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You can say that about any popular sub, what would their motivation be? And is anything inauthentic about popular posts in that sub?

• rumblerock 5y ago
  In theory, probably something like: (1) recruitment and growth of the sub either organically or inorganically (2) selective upvoting of particular perspectives if not direct posts (3) propagation and cross pollination of content across platforms e.g. Twitter + Reddit, etc. But there's really no way to know, and the natural trend towards extreme opinions is inherent as is. The game would be to push perspectives towards more extreme views over a longer period of time.
• version_five 5y ago
  > You can say that about any popular sub, what would their motivation be? Social media has pretty much destroyed the fabric of western society, so theres that. I don't know that we need state actors to get involved in order for that to happen, it seems to work on it's own, but I can imagine if some actor was looking to create more tension and unrest, targeting and subtlety trolling large discussions would be pretty effective.
  • hotpotamus 5y ago
    > it seems to work on it's own I think some FB employees might have an issue with that.
    • manquer 5y ago
      You mean they deserve credit ?
      • hotpotamus 5y ago
        It doesn’t run itself.
• gruez 5y ago
  >You can say that about any popular sub Not really. There aren't too many opportunities to insert propaganda into cat pictures. >what would their motivation be 1. russian/chinese troll farms trying to sow discord 2. account farmers trying to rack up comment karm