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The CTR conspiracy theory claims that certain parts of Reddit are controlled by a CTR conspiracy, pro-Hillary commenters are usually "shills", pro-Hillary news

The CTR conspiracy theory claims that certain parts of Reddit are controlled by a CTR conspiracy, pro-Hillary commenters are usually "shills", pro-Hillary news is usually upvoted by bots and/or interns. What I asked for is evidence of this grand conspiracy. A PAC that does "online messaging" on certain platforms isn't evidence of this grand conspiracy. Everyone does online messaging. You're claiming something far wackier is being done by one specific group of people that you singled out.

aaron-lebo 10y ago
You can find account after account like this on social media and you don't have to look very hard: https://www.reddit.com/user/wardsalud/submitted/ https://www.reddit.com/user/wardsalud/submitted/ There's a reason that account has been flagged for bot removal consistently. Their account consists of pro-Clinton articles every single day for months, lots of them upvoted and heavily-commented on. Yeah, there are some people who just don't have a life, but at some point you have to just start looking at evidence.
- cynicalkane 10y ago
  All you did here was find a pro-Hillary commenter and say "oh they must be a shill". I'm not sure if you understand what evidence is.
  - aaron-lebo 10y ago
    A network of people manipulating social networks is not going to come out and reveal themselves. Though we do have Correct the Record coming out saying they are "messaging" and we know they've spent $10 million. Where do you think that money went? What do you think messaging is? How is it by definition not paid shilling? You just had to be on some of the reddits during the election season and you could literally see the tone change when the weekend would end. We know the Clinton campaign did engage in a strategy of manipulating media attention (see Wikileaks). We don't know CTR is manipulating social media but we have a lot of reasons to suspect so. At some point the burden of proof is on you.

aaron-lebo 10y ago

You can find account after account like this on social media and you don't have to look very hard: https://www.reddit.com/user/wardsalud/submitted/ https://www.reddit.com/user/wardsalud/submitted/ There's a reason that account has been flagged for bot removal consistently. Their account consists of pro-Clinton articles every single day for months, lots of them upvoted and heavily-commented on. Yeah, there are some people who just don't have a life, but at some point you have to just start looking at evidence.

cynicalkane 10y ago
All you did here was find a pro-Hillary commenter and say "oh they must be a shill". I'm not sure if you understand what evidence is.
- aaron-lebo 10y ago
  A network of people manipulating social networks is not going to come out and reveal themselves. Though we do have Correct the Record coming out saying they are "messaging" and we know they've spent $10 million. Where do you think that money went? What do you think messaging is? How is it by definition not paid shilling? You just had to be on some of the reddits during the election season and you could literally see the tone change when the weekend would end. We know the Clinton campaign did engage in a strategy of manipulating media attention (see Wikileaks). We don't know CTR is manipulating social media but we have a lot of reasons to suspect so. At some point the burden of proof is on you.