Ms. Mirsky says her strategy is to simply hit the "like" button and move on.

WSJ: Are We All Braggarts Now?

But Mirsky says Russia's main motivation in hosting today's talks is to promote its own role in foreign affairs.

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Georgy Mirsky of Moscow's Institute of World Economy and International Relations said he never expected anything to come of the negotiations.

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However Latvian social democrat MEP Alexander Mirsky said that the views of some of his colleagues were "too full of emotion" and urged a "balanced" approach to the country.

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"It's become a phenomenon where if someone posts a status update and 500 people see it and no one objects, it must be true, " says Jennifer Mirsky, 45, a digital content strategist in New York.

WSJ: Are We All Braggarts Now?