Against Astroturfing and Social Media Manipulation

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Pointing out, fighting, spreading awareness about State sponsored and Company sponsored astroturfing on Lemmy and elsewhere. This includes social media manipulation, propaganda, and disinformation campaigns, among others.

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Conservative Bots and Bad Actors Are Swarming R/Millenials Right Now (www.reddit.com)

submitted 4 months ago by mecfs to c/astroturfing

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17793163

It's unbelievable how vocal the minority of conservatives on reddit have suddenly gotten in the one sub where a large demographic of important voters often interact. Hmmm. Coincidence?

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[–] yggstyle 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

A strongly worded assertion for moderation isn't combative. The call for action that this post is- was.

You seem to be assigning a lot of words to my actions... care to actually make an example of it? The quote you used simply highlights the reaction to a literal "hey this is a slippery slope maybe don't just brigade opposing views" statement.... which quite literally is what we are seeing play out.

Alluding to / owed / etc statement

At no point did I say any of this. I stated that the reason you should disagree vocally is because it lets people participate in discourse. Seeing a number before reading a post simply assigns an "expectation of the group" on how you should respond. If herd mentality weren't a thing this post would be moot.

Calling for any type of brigadeing on this medium is tantamount to asking to silence another party.

It's incorrect. Even if you disagree with them - it's just as much their right to express those views as it is yours to disagree with them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You are why the gods invented the block button, I suppose.

[–] yggstyle 2 points 4 months ago

Enjoy the echoes.