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New Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinion (medium.com)
submitted 11 months ago by sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf to c/technology@beehaw.org
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Cross posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9762996

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[–] juliebean@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months ago

couldn't read the whole article, but the first couple paragraphs seem to contradict the headline. '~15% of reddit users have encountered corporate astroturfing' is not the same as '15% of content on reddit is corporate astroturfing'.

[–] JiminyPicket@beehaw.org 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Reddit gets shittier by the day. Currently, they're blocking users using a VPN, they're trying to force you to either login to read, or to stop using a VPN so they can have even more of your data. Reddit should be burned to the ground, it's a data-harvesting cesspool, run by a bunch of greedy dickheads. I wish everyone would wake up and leave at the same time, destroy their IPO.

[–] resketreke@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There's a way to bypass the blockade. swap "www" with "old" in the web address and you're good to go.

[–] JiminyPicket@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

I do that, but I don't like the layout. Thanks though.

[–] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Isn’t this website AI generated stuff

[–] i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 11 months ago

Some portion of it likely is. Medium is like Wordpress.com with paywalls.

[–] 520@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

Medium is a blog hosting site. It's all user generated and there's zero editorial control.

[–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 3 points 11 months ago

Medium? Not that I know, but I don't keep up with these things.

[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did the definition of "trolls" suddenly change or is this author just using it wrong? Corporate astroturfing? Sure that makes sense. Corporate trolling? Not sure I get the point of that.

[–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 2 points 11 months ago

I think the editor was absent that day.

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I've been to r/movies.

[–] stown@sedd.it 2 points 11 months ago

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