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You'll find the same with any article critical of China. The party is paying people (quite well) to defend China online. It's another kind of misinformation ca
by dkjaudyeqooe 5y ago
You'll find the same with any article critical of China.
The party is paying people (quite well) to defend China online. It's another kind of misinformation campaign.
- miohtama 5y agoYou can also check the comment history of these people to see if they are outright government trolls or brainwashed university students. Sometimes it is pretty clear.
- robbedpeter 5y agoIt's not always brainwashing and indoctrination, it can also be the threat to family social standing, political scrutiny, and the ability to travel freely. If they have family or close friends that already have trouble with the state, China makes exquisite use of those factors in controlling people.
- pell 5y agoAlways interesting to see what kind of mindblowing absurdities they come up with to defend the horrendous acts against the Uighur people. I also see it in German comment sections at this point.
- nowherebeen 5y agoThere are definitely signs of them here. I have another thread that had someone trying to steer my comment into a East vs West argument just for mentioning China. It seems like they are trying to pick fights out of nowhere as if they are getting paid. And if you notice, they come at certain hours like there is suddenly a wave of them all at once.
- foverzar 5y ago"It seems like they are trying to pick fights out of nowhere as if..." ...that is what people generally do on the internet, when they disagree.
- nowherebeen 5y agoYes and no. When you disagree you usually have a point to make, but when you purposefully try to steer a conversation into a confrontational topic, then it does become suspect.
- dungPatrol 5y ago
- okasaki 5y agoCan you point me where to sign up to get paid to defend China online?
- dkjaudyeqooe 5y agoHere's a starting point: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/20/technology/china-facebook-twitter-influence-manipulation.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/20/technology/ch...
- whycombinatore 5y agoI checked, and you don't have sufficient social score.
- okasaki 5y agoI guess you mean my credit score/background check. We don't have a social score in the UK. Though I wouldn't be surprised it if something akin was secretly compiled by GCHQ et al.