theHRguy@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoStudy: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square92linkfedilinkarrow-up1374arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1360arrow-down1imageStudy: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinionlemmy.worldtheHRguy@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square92linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThe 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.
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.