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Most of comments you read on reddit are written and/or upvoted by bots. No wonder they are trying to shift the narrative to be more pro-US. Eglin Military base

Most of comments you read on reddit are written and/or upvoted by bots. No wonder they are trying to shift the narrative to be more pro-US. Eglin Military base was some time ago biggest source of traffic on Reddit. It’s up to you what you make of that

yreg 3y ago
> Most of comments you read on reddit are written and/or upvoted by bots I don't think that's true yet. At least regarding the portion of comments written; I have no idea about the votes.
- 93po 3y ago
  There’s an important distinction here. Most of the comments you read. You being the general you. Most people will read a few dozen comments at most. These comments are overwhelmingly written by bots or inauthentic participants in subreddits like r politics. And they’re the most visible because these same groups also upvote them inauthentically
  - yreg 3y ago
    I just don't think that's the case yet, but we probably have no evidence one way or the other. I don't know about /r/politics since I don't read it, but say in /r/worldnews, /r/europe, /r/ukrainewarvideoreport, /r/noncredibledefence, when I open a thread and pick ten comments at random and then take a look at their user histories I believe most are human.
    - 93po 3y ago
      Two things happen here: 1. bot farms buy stolen/sold accounts that have human comment history 2. bot farms re-post human content and then repost human comments on that content in a huge cycle to mimic the appearance of being human
    - proudeu 3y ago
      I think /r/worldnews is 90% bots, judging by the repeating content and style of writing in comment section. And yes it looks like human would write.
      - yreg 3y ago
        >judging by the repeating content and style of writing in comment section This is how reddit always has been.
0xDEF 3y ago
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- yayamo 3y ago
  It's not exactly a lie it comes from this 2013 Reddit blogpost http://redditblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/get-ready-for-global-reddit-meetup-day.html http://redditblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/get-ready-for-global-... >Most addicted city (over 100k visits total) Eglin Air Force Base, FL Oak Brook, IL South St. Paul, MN
  - yreg 3y ago
    So it is a total lie that it was "the biggest source of traffic".
willis936 3y ago
>pro-US *pro-illegal-spying I am on the side of the US citizens, Snowden's side.
- lioeters 3y ago
  It's one of those rhetorical tricks being used to manipulate public opinion, where any criticism of the status quo is branded as "un-American" and "un-patriotic". But in fact it's the other way around, we criticize and are angry because we care about the country and the values it stands for. The sleight of hand, the sneakiness of how everything gets turned upside-down is impressive though, how quickly a hero becomes a villain, and the villains openly continue with their villainy as if it were heroic.
  - datavirtue 3y ago
    And the villains are responsible for propping up your 401k and cheap electric bills. Almost enough intrigue to make you giggle.
    - WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
      It's super small subset of humanity that have both of those.

yreg 3y ago

> Most of comments you read on reddit are written and/or upvoted by bots I don't think that's true yet. At least regarding the portion of comments written; I have no idea about the votes.

93po 3y ago
There’s an important distinction here. Most of the comments you read. You being the general you. Most people will read a few dozen comments at most. These comments are overwhelmingly written by bots or inauthentic participants in subreddits like r politics. And they’re the most visible because these same groups also upvote them inauthentically
- yreg 3y ago
  I just don't think that's the case yet, but we probably have no evidence one way or the other. I don't know about /r/politics since I don't read it, but say in /r/worldnews, /r/europe, /r/ukrainewarvideoreport, /r/noncredibledefence, when I open a thread and pick ten comments at random and then take a look at their user histories I believe most are human.
  - 93po 3y ago
    Two things happen here: 1. bot farms buy stolen/sold accounts that have human comment history 2. bot farms re-post human content and then repost human comments on that content in a huge cycle to mimic the appearance of being human
  - proudeu 3y ago
    I think /r/worldnews is 90% bots, judging by the repeating content and style of writing in comment section. And yes it looks like human would write.
    - yreg 3y ago
      >judging by the repeating content and style of writing in comment section This is how reddit always has been.

0xDEF 3y ago

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yayamo 3y ago
It's not exactly a lie it comes from this 2013 Reddit blogpost http://redditblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/get-ready-for-global-reddit-meetup-day.html http://redditblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/get-ready-for-global-... >Most addicted city (over 100k visits total) Eglin Air Force Base, FL Oak Brook, IL South St. Paul, MN
- yreg 3y ago
  So it is a total lie that it was "the biggest source of traffic".

willis936 3y ago

>pro-US *pro-illegal-spying I am on the side of the US citizens, Snowden's side.

lioeters 3y ago
It's one of those rhetorical tricks being used to manipulate public opinion, where any criticism of the status quo is branded as "un-American" and "un-patriotic". But in fact it's the other way around, we criticize and are angry because we care about the country and the values it stands for. The sleight of hand, the sneakiness of how everything gets turned upside-down is impressive though, how quickly a hero becomes a villain, and the villains openly continue with their villainy as if it were heroic.
- datavirtue 3y ago
  And the villains are responsible for propping up your 401k and cheap electric bills. Almost enough intrigue to make you giggle.
  - WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
    It's super small subset of humanity that have both of those.