flood the zone

[RORSCHACH]

Hi,
What does "flood the zone" mean here?


“If lots of users share the same post or click on the same link—and if key “influencers” with large personal networks do as well—then it’s more likely to pop up on your screen. To manipulate this process, the Russians “flooded the zone” with a vast network of fake Twitter and Facebook accounts, some carefully designed to appear like American swing voters.”

Source: Hillary Rodham Clinton. “What Happened.”

 

[lingobingo]

It’s explained in this link, which I found in an earlier WR thread on this subject (flood-the-zone):
Working the YouTube Moment

 

[RORSCHACH]

I've read this thread before but I could not understand it's meaning here.

 

[lingobingo]

Well, the term is basically a sporting one, I believe, so I won’t be of much use explaining it! I’m sure someone else will, though.

 

[RORSCHACH]

no one did

 

[RORSCHACH]

Can anybody explain this to me?

 

[lingobingo]

Here’s another link to a couple of explanations: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-meaning-of-the-journalistic-term-Flood-the-zone