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Re: Russian trolls hit Reddit, too

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Post by rainieri » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 2:12 PM UTC

scarmig wrote: post #8

tomp wrote: post #4

How is this any worse than Reddit admins "trolling" Reddit, e.g. undetectably changing users' comments?!

One is a foreign power attempting to destabilize the US government, and the other is an admin changing a comment as a joke?

Sorry destabilize the US government? Destabilize over the 2 options they ALWAYS have? Oh sorry you have a Republican government now. What a destabilization.

So in conclusion the only dangerous thing in that election is the fact that Trump could be blackmailed. And Hillary can't be blackmailed?

Hilarious.

-- thanks for the downvotes.

Re: Russian trolls hit Reddit, too

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Post by darepublic » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 2:14 PM UTC

During the elections r/politics and reddit generally was intensely pro Hillary. The margins who supported Trump did so regardless of some Russian originated postings of comments (like this one). Actually did you know I am an agent of the government of Malaysia. You've all been trolled and influenced in ways you don't even realize yet.

Re: Russian trolls hit Reddit, too

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Post by galieos_ghost » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 2:14 PM UTC

Why does nobody talk about the fact that Clinton and Democrats spent 10s of millions astroturfing various online communities? You could see r/politics go from fairly balanced to rabid pro-clinton when CTR got fresh funding infusions. You can check Alexa rankings and see the massive traffic surges at the same time. You could see sentiment shift on weekends when the shills were off.

Hell, the CIA had an entire "Meme warfare division" according the vault7 leaks.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/correct...

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xyvwdk/meme-warfa...

Re: Russian trolls hit Reddit, too

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Post by themensch » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 2:15 PM UTC

rainieri wrote: post #11

scarmig wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One is a foreign power attempting to destabilize the US government, and the other is an admin changing a comment as a joke?

Sorry destabilize the US government? Destabilize over the 2 options they ALWAYS have? Oh sorry you have a Republican government now. What a destabilization. So in conclusion the only dangerous thing in that election is the fact that Trump could be blackmailed. And Hillary can't be blackmailed? Hilarious. -- thanks for the downvotes.

What is hilarious is that anyone could think any of those clowns are above reproach.

Re: Russian trolls hit Reddit, too

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Post by SiempreViernes » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 2:16 PM UTC

yanslookup wrote: post #3

Quequau wrote: post #2

I've been a moderator over at Reddit for over a decade. Personally I found Steve Huffman's claims to be disingenuous, deceptive, and self serving. I have no idea if there will ever be any consequences for that but I feel like Reddit would be a better place if there were.

Which claims? That Russian trolls used reddit to influence US voters?

I would guess OP doubts that Reddit cares at all...

Re: Russian trolls hit Reddit, too

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Post by frockington » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 2:18 PM UTC

scarmig wrote: post #8

tomp wrote: post #4

How is this any worse than Reddit admins "trolling" Reddit, e.g. undetectably changing users' comments?!

One is a foreign power attempting to destabilize the US government, and the other is an admin changing a comment as a joke?

One could also be defined as someone in Russia (or another boogeyman de jour) finding funny memes and posting them on the internet to troll Americans. As an America I posted Brexit memes that I found funny, does that mean I am also destabilizing a country?

Re: Russian trolls hit Reddit, too

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Post by realusername » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 2:19 PM UTC

SiempreViernes wrote: post #15

yanslookup wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which claims? That Russian trolls used reddit to influence US voters?

I would guess OP doubts that Reddit cares at all...

Reddit generally never acts on anything (whatever the subject) unless it appears in the news and they are in the spotlight. There's very rarely any proactive action from Reddit.

Re: Russian trolls hit Reddit, too

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Post by frockington » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 2:22 PM UTC

galieos_ghost wrote: post #13

Why does nobody talk about the fact that Clinton and Democrats spent 10s of millions astroturfing various online communities? You could see r/politics go from fairly balanced to rabid pro-clinton when CTR got fresh funding infusions. You can check Alexa rankings and see the massive traffic surges at the same time. You could see sentiment shift on weekends when the shills were off. Hell, the CIA had an entire "Meme wa…

Because a bunch of losers hiding in their parents basements upvoting comments for a penny doesn't inspire the same awe that a Russian "hacker" does

Re: Russian trolls hit Reddit, too

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Post by SippinLean » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 2:26 PM UTC

galieos_ghost wrote: post #13

Why does nobody talk about the fact that Clinton and Democrats spent 10s of millions astroturfing various online communities? You could see r/politics go from fairly balanced to rabid pro-clinton when CTR got fresh funding infusions. You can check Alexa rankings and see the massive traffic surges at the same time. You could see sentiment shift on weekends when the shills were off. Hell, the CIA had an entire "Meme wa…

Considering it was so easy for you to find two articles about it, it appears many people are talking about it, counter to your claim of "nobody."

Maybe no one's discussing it in this thread because this article is about something specific.

Re: Russian trolls hit Reddit, too

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Post by hankhill » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 2:30 PM UTC

rainieri wrote: post #11

scarmig wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One is a foreign power attempting to destabilize the US government, and the other is an admin changing a comment as a joke?

Sorry destabilize the US government? Destabilize over the 2 options they ALWAYS have? Oh sorry you have a Republican government now. What a destabilization. So in conclusion the only dangerous thing in that election is the fact that Trump could be blackmailed. And Hillary can't be blackmailed? Hilarious. -- thanks for the downvotes.

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