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Shilling on social media appeared overnight. Literally a switch was turned on and suddenly hundreds of "totally organic" posts about Bloomberg are popping up ev
by allovernow 7y ago
Shilling on social media appeared overnight. Literally a switch was turned on and suddenly hundreds of "totally organic" posts about Bloomberg are popping up everywhere mimicking local forum/board subcultures. Many of the people seem to be posting somewhat ironically, though it seems his campaign has attempted to embrace the same style of "no press is bad press" attention that undoubtedly contributed to Trump's election.
It's pretty gross to watch someone literally buy an election. I hope he fails. But there's a good chance he'll get far, because though he is running as a Democrat, many of his past statements regarding women, minorities, and stop and frisk appeal to the non-PC Republican sentiment that worked in the last election. And you can count on the fact that the average person won't understand that none of this buzz is organic.
- at_a_remove 7y agoThe results are even clunkier than when Correct The Record began. Those were obvious and a little insulting. So far, Bloomberg's shills are staggering about like 1950s robots, emitting electoral noises on some kind of shrill, buzzing loop.
- whatshisface 7y ago>mimicking local forum/board subcultures I wonder what the HN ones look like, maybe like this: "I disagree with the article and also with the parent comment..."
- cabaalis 7y agoI see this also for Bernie, in odd locations. I've been playing Warcraft 3 reforged lately, and the general chat that shows up on the main menu in-game has been all kinds of people extolling the values of Bernie Sanders. Of course, it could be grassroots. I just doubt it.
- nacho2sweet 7y agoI am paid to shill in warcraft 3 general chat. I can vouch for this.