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

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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

The percentage is that low?

[-] theodewere@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

the impact those accounts have is much higher than a normal 15% slice of the comments.. what they produce is generally non-random, so it's all going toward whatever set of ideas they need to bombard with bullshit.. they intentionally shut down and/or control discussion..

this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2023

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