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New Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinion (medium.com)
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What the article calls "corporate trolls" is simply astroturfing. It became rampant in Reddit; as the walled garden was unwalled, more of the organic grass has been replaced.

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[โ€“] eatthecake 14 points 10 months ago

Author is making things up. The studies it talks about are not new, they do not link to the studies and there is no evidence that 15% of reddit content is corporate trolls. The author claims that young people reporting more troll activity is evidence of trolls targeting younger people rather than evidence of young people being more likely to identify troll activity. Article is garbage.