Comment on ‘The Worst Internet-Research Ethics Violation I Have Ever Seen’ | The most persuasive “people” on a popular subreddit turned out to be a front for a secret AI experiment.

• seeigel@feddit.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Or somebody else is doing the manipulation and is successfully putting the blame on Russia.

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• skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Russia are every bit as active in leftist groups whipping them up into a frenzy too. There was even a case during BLM where the same Russian troll farm organised both a protest and its counter-protest. Don’t think you’re immune to being manipulated to serve Russia’s long-term interests just because you’re not a conservative.

  They don’t care about promoting right-wing views, they care about sowing division. They support Trump because Trump sows division. Their long-term goal is to break American hegemony.

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  • Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There have a been a few times over the last few years, that my “bullshit- this is an extemist plant/propaganda” meter has gone off for left leaning individuals.

    Meaning these comments/videos are aimed to look like they are left folks, but are meant to make the left look bad/extremist in order to push people from the working class movements.

    Im truly a layman, but you just know its out there. The goal is indeed to divide us, and everyone should be suspect of everything the see on the Internet and do proper vetting of their sources.

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  • aceshigh@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yup. We’re all susceptible to joining a cult. No one willingly joins a cult, their group slowly morphs into one.

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  • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    [Most Reddit addicted city (over 100k visits total)

    1. Eglin Air Force Base, FL](web.archive.org/…/get-ready-for-global-reddit-mee…)

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  • CBYX@feddit.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The difference is in which groups are consequentially making it their identity and giving one political party carte blanche to break American politics and political norms (and national security orgs).

    100% agree though.

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• taladar@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Mainly I didn’t really expect that since the old methods of propaganda before AI use worked so well for the US conservatives’ self-destructive agenda that it didn’t seem necessary.

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