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When it comes to voting in elections - we discard this type of article/headline with careless disregard. But when it comes to net neutrality, suddenly it's beli

by Alupis 3y ago

When it comes to voting in elections - we discard this type of article/headline with careless disregard. But when it comes to net neutrality, suddenly it's believable despite lacking evidence? This particular AG has made a name for herself by being sensationalist and partisan. This is likely just more pandering... > All told, the investigation found that nearly 18 million of the more than 22 million comments the FCC received in its 2017 proceeding to repeal net neutrality rules were fake. About 8.5 million of those comments were sent by people who simply didn’t exist. Many, however, simply used the names of real people without their knowledge. Not finding a person's name doesn't mean that wasn't a human that submitted the comment. It's an online form - people will do things to remain anonymous, including making up names. I'm afraid this is evidence of nothing.

op00to 3y ago
My dead mother submitted a comment in favor of Comcast and against Net Neutrality. Anyone involved in this is trash and should have to experience someone abusing the memory of their dead loved ones.
- Alupis 3y ago
  It's far more likely someone typed a random name into the form that happened to have been your mother's versus obtained a list of dead people and wrote their names - isn't it? There's no identity check for submitting the comment form. It's as simple as lying on the form. > in favor of Comcast and against Net Neutrality Also, let's not make up stories about this issue.
  - op00to 3y ago
    It’s the truth. Family name is unique in the US. Other than my family, there are no other people with this surname in the SS death rolls. Your behavior is not desirable here. Stop attacking people who don’t share your world view.
    - Alupis 3y ago
      > Family name is unique in the US. No, it is certainly not. The assumption a name is unique is a fallacy. Besides, what did you do - search the millions of public comments for your mother's name on the off chance it was used? And her comment was "in support of Comcast", whatever that means? Using a dead person's name for a public comment is also not a smart way to poison the outcome either. 95% of citizens weren't going to leave a comment anyway - so just use living people's names if for some reason you feel the need to use a real name at all - it would make it at least plausible a real comment was submitted. After all, wow many Frank Smith's do you think exist in Ohio, for instance? There's enough real stuff regarding this issue, we don't need to add fake anecdotes.
      - op00to 3y ago
        You really need to take a little internet break.
  - skeaker 3y ago
    What do you mean, make up stories? I saw these sorts comments myself. You can still find them.
CatWChainsaw 3y ago
18 million comments were fake, in one form or another. Meanwhile, the goddamn Heritage Foundation lists on their website for voter fraud a total of 1499 instances. https://www.heritage.org/voterfraud https://www.heritage.org/voterfraud https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N2XP2AI/ https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N2XP2AI/ So how about you not.

by Alupis 3y ago

op00to 3y ago

My dead mother submitted a comment in favor of Comcast and against Net Neutrality. Anyone involved in this is trash and should have to experience someone abusing the memory of their dead loved ones.

Alupis 3y ago
It's far more likely someone typed a random name into the form that happened to have been your mother's versus obtained a list of dead people and wrote their names - isn't it? There's no identity check for submitting the comment form. It's as simple as lying on the form. > in favor of Comcast and against Net Neutrality Also, let's not make up stories about this issue.
- op00to 3y ago
  It’s the truth. Family name is unique in the US. Other than my family, there are no other people with this surname in the SS death rolls. Your behavior is not desirable here. Stop attacking people who don’t share your world view.
  - Alupis 3y ago
    > Family name is unique in the US. No, it is certainly not. The assumption a name is unique is a fallacy. Besides, what did you do - search the millions of public comments for your mother's name on the off chance it was used? And her comment was "in support of Comcast", whatever that means? Using a dead person's name for a public comment is also not a smart way to poison the outcome either. 95% of citizens weren't going to leave a comment anyway - so just use living people's names if for some reason you feel the need to use a real name at all - it would make it at least plausible a real comment was submitted. After all, wow many Frank Smith's do you think exist in Ohio, for instance? There's enough real stuff regarding this issue, we don't need to add fake anecdotes.
    - op00to 3y ago
      You really need to take a little internet break.
- skeaker 3y ago
  What do you mean, make up stories? I saw these sorts comments myself. You can still find them.

CatWChainsaw 3y ago

18 million comments were fake, in one form or another. Meanwhile, the goddamn Heritage Foundation lists on their website for voter fraud a total of 1499 instances. https://www.heritage.org/voterfraud https://www.heritage.org/voterfraud https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N2XP2AI/ https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N2XP2AI/ So how about you not.