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During the elections r/politics and reddit generally was intensely pro Hillary. The margins who supported Trump did so regardless of some Russian originated po

During the elections r/politics and reddit generally was intensely pro Hillary. The margins who supported Trump did so regardless of some Russian originated postings of comments (like this one). Actually did you know I am an agent of the government of Malaysia. You've all been trolled and influenced in ways you don't even realize yet.

justherefortart 9y ago
No it wasn't, it was pro Sanders and still is.
- monochromatic 9y ago
  During the primaries, yes. Once Sanders was out, r/politics just looked like the internet wing of the Democratic Party.
  - justherefortart 9y ago
    Hardly, butthurt sanders fans (and lots of shills) everywhere. Hell, they're still all over reddit.
    - lesss365 9y ago
      /r/politics flipped right after the DNC convention. Filled quickly with rabid pro-Hillary accounts, and any voice critical of her candidacy was quickly silenced with a flood of down votes and horribly formulated arguments and claims
      - mistermann 9y ago
        I was there and my experience was also exactly like this, and not subtly either, it was unmistakable. Is it difficult to find threads from a specific date?
zyxzevn 9y ago
Hi "agent from Malaysia". It is well known that "Correct The Record" has been influencing the discussions and votes. In the beginning it was easy to identify them, because they just copy-pasted political statements. They were very active during the primary elections. In some subreddits we had discussions whether there were any people at all on reddit that were in support of H. That was how popular Bernie was, and partially still is on reddit. There also military level manipulations going on directly from military bases, and also manipulations by some Israeli agencies. Also the UK has active agencies, but they seem more subtle. And then we have manipulations by companies that want to support their product (or favourite politician). There are even click-farms that you can pay to work for you, and companies specialized in manipulating social media (as Correct the Record). And we have groups that work together to get upvotes and downvote unwanted posts. We usually call this "brigading", and while it is forbidden, this is also very common on reddit. In 24 hours you can see the upvotes switch between soccer and football. Each nation has its own favourites and opinions. And I think that this is a good thing. We as different nations learn to communicate with each other. Compared to all the manipulating going on, the manipulations of "Russian bots" is not much. And as far I have seen the influence, it is really overhyped. Frankly, if you really want to destabilize the US, you can do that by letting the internal political corruption bring it to the ground. By communicating on the other hand, besides all bots and trolls, we can learn to see problems and solutions of our and other nations. See many different sides of problems and politics. This can be beneficial to all nations. (Even Malaysia ;-)

justherefortart 9y ago

No it wasn't, it was pro Sanders and still is.

monochromatic 9y ago
During the primaries, yes. Once Sanders was out, r/politics just looked like the internet wing of the Democratic Party.
- justherefortart 9y ago
  Hardly, butthurt sanders fans (and lots of shills) everywhere. Hell, they're still all over reddit.
  - lesss365 9y ago
    /r/politics flipped right after the DNC convention. Filled quickly with rabid pro-Hillary accounts, and any voice critical of her candidacy was quickly silenced with a flood of down votes and horribly formulated arguments and claims
    - mistermann 9y ago
      I was there and my experience was also exactly like this, and not subtly either, it was unmistakable. Is it difficult to find threads from a specific date?

zyxzevn 9y ago

Hi "agent from Malaysia". It is well known that "Correct The Record" has been influencing the discussions and votes. In the beginning it was easy to identify them, because they just copy-pasted political statements. They were very active during the primary elections. In some subreddits we had discussions whether there were any people at all on reddit that were in support of H. That was how popular Bernie was, and partially still is on reddit. There also military level manipulations going on directly from military bases, and also manipulations by some Israeli agencies. Also the UK has active agencies, but they seem more subtle. And then we have manipulations by companies that want to support their product (or favourite politician). There are even click-farms that you can pay to work for you, and companies specialized in manipulating social media (as Correct the Record). And we have groups that work together to get upvotes and downvote unwanted posts. We usually call this "brigading", and while it is forbidden, this is also very common on reddit. In 24 hours you can see the upvotes switch between soccer and football. Each nation has its own favourites and opinions. And I think that this is a good thing. We as different nations learn to communicate with each other. Compared to all the manipulating going on, the manipulations of "Russian bots" is not much. And as far I have seen the influence, it is really overhyped. Frankly, if you really want to destabilize the US, you can do that by letting the internal political corruption bring it to the ground. By communicating on the other hand, besides all bots and trolls, we can learn to see problems and solutions of our and other nations. See many different sides of problems and politics. This can be beneficial to all nations. (Even Malaysia ;-)