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It doesn't look like genuine upvotes. r/The_Donald reminds me 4chan but with a paid agenda to elect Clinton.

by d0mine 10y ago

jakeogh 10y ago
Trump got more GOP primary votes than and GOP candidate in history. It should surprise nobody that the sub(dom)reddit is incredibly popular. http://img.ccrd.clearchannel.com/media/mlib/15172/2016/06/default/gop_primary_popular_vote_0_1465386905.jpg http://img.ccrd.clearchannel.com/media/mlib/15172/2016/06/de...
- d0mine 10y ago
  If Reddit were representative of voters then Sanders would be the Democratic nominee. Are you trying to tell that r/The_Donald reflects genuine views of Trumps supporters and moreover it reflects the views of the majority of Reddit? r/The_Donald is the textbook example of the Internet trolling -- as in you literally can write a book on how to become a troll using its submissions as the educational material. Though usually trolls are not hired guns and have less malicious motivation (the usual motivation being to induce an emotional response for your own amusement).
  - jakeogh 10y ago
    If you don't think the vast majority of people there are real and genuine supporters then you don't understand this political movement. To you it looks like a bunch of trolls, but that's expected, you fundamentally disagree and/or do not understand their POV. As is so common, you cite no examples. Sure there are trolls, there are entire sub's devoted to trolling r/the_donald. For example, they don't like Saudi Arabia. Do you? Should we allow one of the most oppressive and rich governments on the planet influence our news and politics?
    - d0mine 10y ago
      I don't mean "troll" as an insult here. I mean it as the description of the activity that is not about opinions it is about facts. Usually there could be a gray area where it is not clear whether some online activity can be classified as trolling -- r/The_Donald is not one these cases -- the signal is very clear. You could use any common definition e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29 Though some of the submissions might be genuine (given the demographic) due to Poe's law (extreme views and their parody are hard to distinguish) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
  - whamlastxmas 10y ago
    Reddit is absolutely representative of voters who use reddit. However, the youth voter turnout is notoriously low, and reddit users are a pretty small minority of the voting base. I would say /r/the_donald reflects the sentiments of the majority of reddit. I doubt most people agree with everything Trump says, but they agree with what he stands for - getting rid of the career politicians that are doing such a shitty job and only get elected due to an unfair election system (gerrymandering, first past the post, super PACs, two party system, etc).

It doesn't look like genuine upvotes. r/The_Donald reminds me 4chan but with a paid agenda to elect Clinton.

by d0mine 10y ago

It doesn't look like genuine upvotes. r/The_Donald reminds me 4chan but with a paid agenda to elect Clinton.

Trump got more GOP primary votes than and GOP candidate in history. It should surprise nobody that the sub(dom)reddit is incredibly popular. http://img.ccrd.clearchannel.com/media/mlib/15172/2016/06/default/gop_primary_popular_vote_0_1465386905.jpg http://img.ccrd.clearchannel.com/media/mlib/15172/2016/06/de...

d0mine 10y ago
If Reddit were representative of voters then Sanders would be the Democratic nominee. Are you trying to tell that r/The_Donald reflects genuine views of Trumps supporters and moreover it reflects the views of the majority of Reddit? r/The_Donald is the textbook example of the Internet trolling -- as in you literally can write a book on how to become a troll using its submissions as the educational material. Though usually trolls are not hired guns and have less malicious motivation (the usual motivation being to induce an emotional response for your own amusement).
- jakeogh 10y ago
  If you don't think the vast majority of people there are real and genuine supporters then you don't understand this political movement. To you it looks like a bunch of trolls, but that's expected, you fundamentally disagree and/or do not understand their POV. As is so common, you cite no examples. Sure there are trolls, there are entire sub's devoted to trolling r/the_donald. For example, they don't like Saudi Arabia. Do you? Should we allow one of the most oppressive and rich governments on the planet influence our news and politics?
  - d0mine 10y ago
    I don't mean "troll" as an insult here. I mean it as the description of the activity that is not about opinions it is about facts. Usually there could be a gray area where it is not clear whether some online activity can be classified as trolling -- r/The_Donald is not one these cases -- the signal is very clear. You could use any common definition e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29 Though some of the submissions might be genuine (given the demographic) due to Poe's law (extreme views and their parody are hard to distinguish) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
- whamlastxmas 10y ago
  Reddit is absolutely representative of voters who use reddit. However, the youth voter turnout is notoriously low, and reddit users are a pretty small minority of the voting base. I would say /r/the_donald reflects the sentiments of the majority of reddit. I doubt most people agree with everything Trump says, but they agree with what he stands for - getting rid of the career politicians that are doing such a shitty job and only get elected due to an unfair election system (gerrymandering, first past the post, super PACs, two party system, etc).