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New Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinion (medium.com)

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[-] lol@discuss.tchncs.de 75 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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.

The study found some (likely) bot/corporate troll content in 15% of the top 100 subreddits. That's completely different from what the article's headline claims.

Edit: Also, the "New Study" as the headline calls it is apparently from 2020.

(here's a link to the article without paywall if you want to read it for yourself)

[-] x4740N@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

FYI there is also scribe qnd 12ft.io for medium links

[-] MBM 3 points 11 months ago

The study found some (likely) bot/corporate troll content in 15% of the top 100 subreddits.

Now I'm surprised it's that low. Feels like a big part of /r/all is bot posts, with the top comments being from bots too

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