▲ 1295 ▼ New Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinion (medium.com) submitted 2 years ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/reddit@lemmy.world 244 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree. There's also a pervasive feeling that lemmy is unaffected by manipulation and misinformation. If Lemmy continues to grow sooner or later it will become a large enough target for manipulation, and I wonder how federation will fare at that time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pissnpink@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago (3 children) Idk, hexbear content comes up in my feed and I feel that’s all manipulation and misinformation permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] sOlitude24k@lemmy.myserv.one 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Alright. I been afraid to ask for fear of getting banned from other communities hosted on their instance, but what is the deal with hexbear? The chat community seems like satire, but it gives off the same kind of vibes as the_donald, just far-left instead of far right. Like, I consider myself a lefty, but their community just seems self-destructive and toxic. Maybe that's the point, though? Honestly unsure, and afraid to ask on their instance cuz I don't wanna get accused of "just asking questions" and banned. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Pissnpink@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago It really does feel like the_donald doesn’t it? I have no idea what they're about. They claim to far left but when you look at what they’re actually saying it’s all hate for any position on the left. Even the word “left” is a dirty word there. They're probably trolls trying to muddy the water. Maybe it’s some astroturfing or a space to experiment and generate new misinformation content. Idk, it sucks though, it feels all so toxic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kandoh@reddthat.com 7 points 2 years ago It's a bunch lonely people who got hypnotized by a podcast and now that podcast informs all their opinions. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 6 points 2 years ago That's why I'm glad, that my instance defederated from those. I saw some of that content from another instance and I don't miss it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago Yeah, I feel the same, but I don't really know enough about it to make that assertion. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pissnpink@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago (3 children) Idk, hexbear content comes up in my feed and I feel that’s all manipulation and misinformation permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] sOlitude24k@lemmy.myserv.one 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Alright. I been afraid to ask for fear of getting banned from other communities hosted on their instance, but what is the deal with hexbear? The chat community seems like satire, but it gives off the same kind of vibes as the_donald, just far-left instead of far right. Like, I consider myself a lefty, but their community just seems self-destructive and toxic. Maybe that's the point, though? Honestly unsure, and afraid to ask on their instance cuz I don't wanna get accused of "just asking questions" and banned. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Pissnpink@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago It really does feel like the_donald doesn’t it? I have no idea what they're about. They claim to far left but when you look at what they’re actually saying it’s all hate for any position on the left. Even the word “left” is a dirty word there. They're probably trolls trying to muddy the water. Maybe it’s some astroturfing or a space to experiment and generate new misinformation content. Idk, it sucks though, it feels all so toxic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kandoh@reddthat.com 7 points 2 years ago It's a bunch lonely people who got hypnotized by a podcast and now that podcast informs all their opinions. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 6 points 2 years ago That's why I'm glad, that my instance defederated from those. I saw some of that content from another instance and I don't miss it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago Yeah, I feel the same, but I don't really know enough about it to make that assertion. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sOlitude24k@lemmy.myserv.one 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Alright. I been afraid to ask for fear of getting banned from other communities hosted on their instance, but what is the deal with hexbear? The chat community seems like satire, but it gives off the same kind of vibes as the_donald, just far-left instead of far right. Like, I consider myself a lefty, but their community just seems self-destructive and toxic. Maybe that's the point, though? Honestly unsure, and afraid to ask on their instance cuz I don't wanna get accused of "just asking questions" and banned. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Pissnpink@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago It really does feel like the_donald doesn’t it? I have no idea what they're about. They claim to far left but when you look at what they’re actually saying it’s all hate for any position on the left. Even the word “left” is a dirty word there. They're probably trolls trying to muddy the water. Maybe it’s some astroturfing or a space to experiment and generate new misinformation content. Idk, it sucks though, it feels all so toxic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kandoh@reddthat.com 7 points 2 years ago It's a bunch lonely people who got hypnotized by a podcast and now that podcast informs all their opinions. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pissnpink@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago It really does feel like the_donald doesn’t it? I have no idea what they're about. They claim to far left but when you look at what they’re actually saying it’s all hate for any position on the left. Even the word “left” is a dirty word there. They're probably trolls trying to muddy the water. Maybe it’s some astroturfing or a space to experiment and generate new misinformation content. Idk, it sucks though, it feels all so toxic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 7 points 2 years ago It's a bunch lonely people who got hypnotized by a podcast and now that podcast informs all their opinions. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 6 points 2 years ago That's why I'm glad, that my instance defederated from those. I saw some of that content from another instance and I don't miss it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago Yeah, I feel the same, but I don't really know enough about it to make that assertion. permalink fedilink source parent