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This is not that surprising given a) who his adversaries are and b) the fact that many young people will now blame Wikileaks for Trump winning the election.
by agd 10y ago
This is not that surprising given a) who his adversaries are and b) the fact that many young people will now blame Wikileaks for Trump winning the election.
- pvg 10y agoI doubt an elite unit of Swedish chefs has been plotting his downfall for months by orchestrating pointed questions on Reddit.
- agd 10y agoI'm not sure about Swedish chefs (?) but it's fairly clear that state-sponsored actors are actively involved in trying to manipulate online discourse.
- pvg 10y agoDo you believe state-sponsored actors have brigaded reddit to air their grievances against the mods of /r/wikileaks? That's the top question.
- crdoconnor 10y agoSeems that way: http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/07/eglin-air-force-base-busted-gaming-reddit.html http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/07/eglin-air-force-base-...
- pvg 10y agoSo Eglin AFB has a beef with /r/wikileaks mods? I'm not sure I follow.
- crdoconnor 10y agoIt would surprising if there weren't some hostility. He's a controversial figure. What's surprising is that the distribution of upvotes doesn't imply any kind of controversy - instead there's near-unanimous condemnation.
- rfrank 10y agoReddit at large is extremely hostile to Wikileaks post election. Another staffer did an AMA a couple months ago and the tone from people asking questions was the same.