New Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinion

silverbax@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world – 1283 points –
medium.com
216

You are viewing a single comment

This part was written about a study from a 2020 study:

The results were alarming, with 15% of the top 100 subreddits found to have content that was likely posted by bots or corporate trolls, specifically aimed at promoting certain companies or organizations. One of the most concerning findings of the study was that corporate trolls were not only promoting products and services, but they were also strategically leveraging positive news articles to influence public opinion.

IMO, I left at the great exodus and I thought it was at least double that before I left. We are not free from the shills here though. I don't know how you get around it tbh.

1 more...