The study found that 11% of the respondents had been contacted by a bot or troll attempting to promote a product or service. Even more concerning was the discovery that 13% of the respondents had witnessed a company manipulate public opinion on the platform.
Self reported garbage. Asking a user to self identify manipulation is ripe for abuse.
chitak166@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ya think? I noticed when all top comments on /r/worldnews were the exact same thing just said in slightly different ways.
It’s a science at this point.