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Because fb is THE psyops battlefield, and multiple state actors on many sides are tangibly involved. Why would mark zuckerberg find himself talking to captains

Because fb is THE psyops battlefield, and multiple state actors on many sides are tangibly involved. Why would mark zuckerberg find himself talking to captains and colonels at the naval warfare school? Its like an influencing campaign in civ :)

TeMPOraL 8y ago
> Why would mark zuckerberg find himself talking to captains and colonels at the naval warfare school? Why wouldn't he? I would love to talk to these people given opportunity - not because I'm involved in anything connected to military, but out of simple curiosity and interest in strategy and tactics...
shostack 8y ago
I'm surprised Reddit isn't mentioned more often. I'd argue it is also one of the primary social battlefields. The silence and inaction from admins and mods has been stunningly absent despite the blatant bot and troll activity there.
- mahranch 8y ago
  Reddit is the 4th/5th largest website in the U.S according to Alexa (keeps swapping between 4th and 5th). Source: https://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/US https://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/US Any agency, whether it's a nation state/government, business or political party, would be laughably bad at their job to ignore a website that size, one with the perfect format to spew their propaganda. It even has little score counters so you can keep track of what works, and what doesn't! How handy! Reddit has been a target for manipulation for years now. I've been a moderator of some of their largest subreddits and the evidence was so overwhelming you can't help but become angry, then apathetic when told by the admins that they wouldn't do anything. "As long as they don't break the global rules, they're free to be here" I saw a moderator get told that by an admin ~3 years ago (few months before the Ellen Pao debacle). Spewing propaganda is fine on reddit, so long as you don't manipulate the votes. I take issue with the fact that BOTH are inorganic manipulation of reddit. Both should be dealt with swiftly, without prejudiced and without mercy.

TeMPOraL 8y ago

> Why would mark zuckerberg find himself talking to captains and colonels at the naval warfare school? Why wouldn't he? I would love to talk to these people given opportunity - not because I'm involved in anything connected to military, but out of simple curiosity and interest in strategy and tactics...

shostack 8y ago

I'm surprised Reddit isn't mentioned more often. I'd argue it is also one of the primary social battlefields. The silence and inaction from admins and mods has been stunningly absent despite the blatant bot and troll activity there.

mahranch 8y ago
Reddit is the 4th/5th largest website in the U.S according to Alexa (keeps swapping between 4th and 5th). Source: https://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/US https://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/US Any agency, whether it's a nation state/government, business or political party, would be laughably bad at their job to ignore a website that size, one with the perfect format to spew their propaganda. It even has little score counters so you can keep track of what works, and what doesn't! How handy! Reddit has been a target for manipulation for years now. I've been a moderator of some of their largest subreddits and the evidence was so overwhelming you can't help but become angry, then apathetic when told by the admins that they wouldn't do anything. "As long as they don't break the global rules, they're free to be here" I saw a moderator get told that by an admin ~3 years ago (few months before the Ellen Pao debacle). Spewing propaganda is fine on reddit, so long as you don't manipulate the votes. I take issue with the fact that BOTH are inorganic manipulation of reddit. Both should be dealt with swiftly, without prejudiced and without mercy.