Meta claims US military online propaganda campaign had “little to no engagement”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63731751

by concordDance • 4 years ago

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The biggest of them all is Reddit. We will know few years down the lane how much of Reddit was astroturfed by the US government given that reddit directly hired ex government officials for their director level positions

Almost all of Reddit home page is now either subtle advertising or outright propaganda

enkid• 4 years ago

What do you think social media is? People post because they want you to buy into their brand. This isn't just companies. They want you to know who they are so you will buy their books, attend their show, or drum up support for them in whatever domain they are trying to advance in.

pydry• 4 years ago

I think it used to be better. However, any form of independent media will inevitably be seen as a threat which the rich and powerful will try to tame and exploit.

If you could create a form of media which had some kind of immunity to this I'd like to think it would be pretty huge but honestly, I dont think its possible.

xwolfi• 4 years ago

We keep hearing this and I keep being called a robot on reddit. I dont know man, some people have weird opinions, some facts are displeasing and journalistic incompetence does the rest.

Reddit is particularly tricky to manipulate one single way because it is compatible with completely opposed political groups cohabiting. So what you call manipulation that you dislike can just as well be compensated by an exageration on the opposite side in another sub.

The only thing reddit cannot do is appeased, neutral discussion but that s true of many groups where opposing sides meet.

wuiheerfoj• 4 years ago

is compatible with completely opposed political groups cohabiting

I don’t know what you mean by compatible here, but cohabiting opposed political groups was certainly not my experience on Reddit

lakomen2• 4 years ago

And if you point it out, you get banned.

ralusek• 4 years ago

If Reddit is a major player for astroturfing on behalf of America or the American government, it's going very poorly. There is probably no easier way to reach the front page than to assert that America is incompetent or evil.

pcdoodle• 4 years ago

Wasn't this all legalized in 2011?

slackfan2• 4 years ago

Ayup.

Thanks, Obama.

butMebbe• 4 years ago

Glad to see the political parties goals of pinning all of reality on one person in order for us to believe we’re “ruled by a god king” thus we cannot change it.

Congress is a thing and could force change, but it’s preferred the people don’t think that way and keep it gridlocked.

The public is a thing but they’re happy as punch to sit and complain than engage in alternative agency.

It’s always just the figureheads fault!

The intentional effort to instigate apathy and create a feckless people is working.

tohnjitor• 4 years ago

From 2015:

Most addicted city (over 100k visits total) Eglin Air Force Base, FL

Archived link because the blog post has been removed.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160410083943/http://www.reddit...

Traubenfuchs• 4 years ago

Why is tax payer money used to badmouth the Iranian government?

What is anyone in the USA gaining from this?

blitzar• 4 years ago

Dont you support the troops?

Meta claims US military online propaganda campaign had “little to no engagement”

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