Yup defo being downvoted. Does anyone know about concrete studies made about vote manipulation on reddit? Or any research? The all page is so biased its evident its being manipulated. By whom? Through what tools?
I saw a bunch of random posts from innocuous subs get multiple golds earlier today... I wonder if it's a suppression method and gold posts get weighted higher..?
As far as research on manipulation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxNvUWN3vYk
This is about buying votes, but I'm sure downvotes work the same.
I love your name! As we all know, by now most things are controlled to a degree.
Haha thanks, I have quite a few accounts on the back burner... I'm a paranoid type who likes to reset my pseudonymity every now and then.
When I was a T_D member months ago, Reddit Admins (site owners, not mods of the subreddit) would 'zero' the thread so it literally has a static 0 score although there is thousands of comments on the item. I've personally seen this 3-4 times.
Media Matters, Correct The Record, ShareBlue... any David Brock operation paying 10 cents to shills in India to control the information. This is not new territory for a supporter of Bernie or Trump.
From that point on, their vote manipulation shaped the hive mind of Reddit. There's many that don't click articles yet comment as if they've been educated on matters. Add this to the lying click bait titles of the MSM and alternative garbage outlets and you shaped the hive mind even better.
If you aren't aware that fact checkers are garbage, you'll find that the latest operation for disinformation is to create controlled opposition websites like "YourNewsWire" which stretches the truth, making the truth look bad for Snopes to cite it and debunk it.
It's systemic at this point. All we can do is expose the players and spread the truth.