• TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I don’t think we know what the actual figure is because this blog post ostensibly fabricates this alleged 2020 study.

    Edit: But of course this post is taking off anyway because Lemmy users are soooo much more discerning than those dumbass Reddit users.

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      2 months ago

      this blog post ostensibly fabricates this alleged 2020 study.

      Yeah. It’s probably corporate trolls manipulating public opinion.

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        2 months ago

        Quite an experience to live in fear, isn’t it? That’s what it is to be a corporate troll manipulating public opinion.

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          2 months ago

          A corporate troll manipulating the public opinion by claiming corporate trolls were manipulating public opinion, that is.

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            2 months ago

            Ah, yeah, I knew what you meant. I just thought it was funny imagining the serious tone of Blade Runner’s replicants pasted onto Reddit bots astroturfing for Burger King.

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          2 months ago

          live in fear, isn’t it? That’s what it is to be a corporate troll manipulating public opinion.

          I can only imagine being paid to post “company” opinions in internet forums (my company pretty much trains / pays us to keep their name out of internet forums…) It seems like it would just be… depressing, soul sucking, dreary, dreadful but not particularly fear inducing.

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      2 months ago

      The headline also does not say the same thing that the post claims!

      Headline: “15% of content” --> every 6th or 7th post or comment is a corporate troll

      Article: “15% of subreddits contain” --> the vast majority of subreddits contain no troll content

      Actual study: [file not found]

      I also cannot find any Pew research study resembling the one described. The link is a 2017 report that doesn’t mention reddit.