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China’s Army of Paid Internet Trolls Helped Censor the Coronavirus

• lrossi 6y ago
  > commenters in the southern city of Guangzhou are paid $25 for an original post of longer than 400 characters. Flagging a negative comment for deletion earns them 40 cents. Reposts are worth one cent apiece. Wondering if they’re active on HN as well. Googling a bit one can find sites selling upvotes here. But I didn’t think that people would sell downvotes as well.