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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 11 months ago

New Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinion

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New Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinion

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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 11 months ago

New Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public…

The Impact of Corporate Trolls on Reddit: A Growing Problem

Cross posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9762996

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The study is from 2018, and I wasn’t able to locate the original source from searching. Also, from the author’s bio:

Ph.D. Rocket Surgeon & Aspiring Troglodyte

The Hacker News discussion also does not inspire confidence…

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