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New Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinion (medium.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Maybe Reddit needs a paid verified seal, let's make it...umm.. blue to distinguish between real people and big corporate greed. /s

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I thought it must be way more.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Feels low.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

When I stopped over there, it looked like reddit is running some sort of suggestion algorithm like youtube for posts. It mostly seems to be promoting right wing outrage bait. We might not have videos but I'm very happy not being subjected to that shit anymore from some of the more popular video/gif subs. It's strange they'd want to lean into it further. Baiting engagement that way will just degrade your ability to host interesting conversations and continue being the top result for many questions on google.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Oof... This makes the dystopian, highly censored, antithetical Star Trek subreddit make more sense...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Reddit sucks!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I would've thought that number would be higher. Surprised at only 15%!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Key words: "at least"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I always thought there were corporate trolls on there just not so many

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (4 children)

No need to read the article, and check my comment history if you doubt it..

I want to add that this is only part of it. The secret "secret" arent the bots in the system coming from the outside. Its how the content is manipulated from the inside.