Re:Automated Pro-Trump Bots Overwhelmed Pro-Clinton Messages
by mistermann on Friday November 18, 2016 @12:12PM
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Honestly did you frequent /r/politics before and after? CTR absolutely dominated that subreddit.....this new phenomenon where people won't believe anything unless there is "proof" is strange.
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Re:Automated Pro-Trump Bots Overwhelmed Pro-Clinton Messages
by frgtpsswrdlame on Friday November 18, 2016 @12:15PM
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Well Hillary supporters dominated the subreddit but I don't know why you think that means CTR had to be involved.
Re:Automated Pro-Trump Bots Overwhelmed Pro-Clinton Messages
by colordrops on Saturday November 19, 2016 @10:29AM
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Because it was their actual stated goal, and they even mention Reddit specifically. Why would they ignore Reddit and only target other social media platforms?
Re:Automated Pro-Trump Bots Overwhelmed Pro-Clinton Messages
by epistasis on Friday November 18, 2016 @02:00PM
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What's strange is that accusations are believed without any evidence. There are swarms of people that really dislike Trump, how are you distinguishing between the two on /r/politics? Long before the 2016 election even started, before CTR was ever started, Trump-like views would have been despised. So saying that CTR dominated /r/politics is not believable on its face. Unless there had been a sudden chance of character for /r/politics and at the same time a CTR swing back. Which would be easy to show.
Accepting anything without proof is strange and foolish.