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> specifically /r/worldnews, By this point places like /worldnews have become ineffective when it comes to propaganda purposes, especially because they're so
by paganel 3y ago
> specifically /r/worldnews,
By this point places like /worldnews have become ineffective when it comes to propaganda purposes, especially because they're so obviously controlled by bots. They're so good they're bad, that's one of the paradoxes of open confrontation/(information) war.
- sph 3y agoBeing controlled by bots doesn't mean no human person ever reads any of those subs. Bots are where people are. If no one read /r/worldnews, there would be no bots.
- paganel 3y agoIt needs to be read by people at least a step or two above those bots, people that actually effect political change when push come to shove. That type of people has long left /worldnews and related propaganda platforms. Of course, the same applies to most of the Western media, i.e. it has pushed the propaganda angle way, way too much hence nobody that counts takes it seriously anymore.