Against Astroturfing and Social Media Manipulation

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Pointing out, fighting, spreading awareness about State sponsored and Company sponsored astroturfing on Lemmy and elsewhere. This includes social media manipulation, propaganda, and disinformation campaigns, among others.

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Conservative Bots and Bad Actors Are Swarming R/Millenials Right Now (www.reddit.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17793163

It's unbelievable how vocal the minority of conservatives on reddit have suddenly gotten in the one sub where a large demographic of important voters often interact. Hmmm. Coincidence?

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

When getting the original spam taken down isn’t going to happen?

Absolutely, yes. Businesses respond to big problems and monetary problems, this is how you effect change.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Well, I do understand your logic at least even though I'm not exactly convinced about the mechanics.

Edit: non-native English speaker here, halp, "convinced about" or "convinced of"?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

And i want to clarify I’m not saying spam shit posts, but spamming actual information, articles and actual good content is precisely an equivalent fight to combat flooding propaganda, and a pretty benign one at that when you look at more extreme gorilla tactics

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I think “convinced of” is more correct, but both phrases work. Could also say “convinced on”.