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Re:Community Interaction and Conflict on the Web by zitterbewegung on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @11:13AM (#16576751)
From reading your comment it seems like you could also create sockpuppet that is part of a target community and then instigate a fight between two different communities (a target and also one that opposes a target) that you want to eliminate?
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Re:Community Interaction and Conflict on the Web by srijankedia on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @05:20PM (#16579918)
We haven't looked into how sockpuppetry is done alongside attacks, but I presume that it would happen at a smaller scale.

BTW here's our previous research on sockpuppets that you may find interesting: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2127107-sock-puppet-acc...

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Re:Community Interaction and Conflict on the Web by intended on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @10:58PM (#16581934)
Actually now that you mention sock puppets I guess with this research it pretty much shows you how many sock puppets vs humans you need to take over a sub,

As long as you out compete the defenders, it's done.

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