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Almost all India threads that mention the Indian government and the ruling BJP have supporters jumping in to support their party. I assume this happens a little
by windex 6y ago
Almost all India threads that mention the Indian government and the ruling BJP have supporters jumping in to support their party. I assume this happens a little more when the parties are extreme right/left wing.
They arrive via whatsapp groups asking members for support and a link. Soon enough the targeted sites end up being downvote/upvote bot parties unless there is strong moderation.
The media in India is muzzled similarly unless you do propaganda. Individuals online are equally bullied, muzzled, and in some cases killed. The country has currently imprisoned a stand up comedian for jokes "he might" make because he is not of the right religion.
- Thorrez 6y agoYou're saying that people are creating brand new HN accounts to support the Indian government? I don't see that. I looked at all the comments by green accounts in this thread: Pro Indian government: 1 comment, 1 account Anti Indian government: 8 comments, 4 accounts Unknown: 2 comments, 1 account
- ffiw 6y agoYou won't get a reply. For presenting any evidence like that on /r/india you would be promptly get banned. These guys ruined /r/india it's now full of anti modi bhajan 24/7. The only reason I still stick with reddit is because of some technical subs like /r/programming. Now these people aren't leaving even hacker news.
- windex 6y agoModi is India's Trump I hear. Lot of similarities except for the genocide.
- hashhar 6y agoThe governemnt is making large scale detention centers though.
- lord_washington 6y ago> Modi is India's Trump I hear. Except for the re-election.
- windex 6y agoTrue. The lack of education helps with the brainwashing.
- lord_washington 6y agor/India is an anti-Modi partisan sub. The last I checked they were expecting Biden administration to interfere in India's internal matters. Not a surprise since we still have a good number of Mir jaffers and Jai chands in the country. The unfortunate thing is that's the first place where foreign redditors will go whenever they want to see something India related. All that aside, it's still a good place to see some meltdowns.
- windex 6y ago>India's internal matters Genocides arent an internal matter anymore. Sensible world governments usually put pressure on deviant administrations elsewhere. Followed by sanctions. As far as I know, India's current party is a hate mob re-branded. I saw some videos of the police siding with ruling party rioters running down people belonging to other religions in the country's capital. Shameful.
- quantummkv 6y ago> Genocides arent an internal matter anymore. Sensible world governments usually put pressure on deviant administrations elsewhere. I am tired of seeing these prof-less posts of genocide (and Jio/Ambani) being posted in every India related thread on HN. If you claim that there is a genocide going on, then please post proofs of the genocide. If a genocide in the remotest region of China can have proofs, then surely the ones in India do too?
- windex 6y agoI am saying that this is the trend on all threads that are critical of the Indian government and calls out its propaganda. It's either that or down votes. It is difficult to call out bad behavior by government.