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by femiagbabiaka on Friday January 03, 2025 @08:07PM
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Astroturfing does not equal botting, although I wouldn’t be surprised if there were many bot farms active on Reddit.
The platform is virtually designed to be manipulated now, awards being an egregious example. Here’s an article about one such astroturfing campaign from folks who do not share my political tendencies: https://thefederalist.com/2024/10/29/busted-the-inside-story...
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by userbinator on Friday January 03, 2025 @08:31PM
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It's not surprising that Reddit leans left on average, but what really deserves attention now is that the sentiment seems to be shifting in the other direction.
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by mistermann on Friday January 03, 2025 @08:46PM
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I am a bit of an oddball in that I believe all instances and forms of unrealized hallucination deserve attention (though not equal attention).
To be clear: I am not surprised when bias exists in hallucinations, it's kind of a defining characteristic.
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by mistermann on Friday January 03, 2025 @08:33PM
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Haha, good article.
Unsatisfied with the natural fantasy world we live in, it seems we are now amplifying it on our own...and imagine how much Reddit/etc content is produced by the FBI, CIA, etc.
Westerners deserve all the pain and suffering we get, hopefully it gets even worse out there.
What % of the Reddit userbase is non-legitimate, what is the source of the illegitimate users, and what is the source of your knowledge on this matter?