The biggest of them all is Reddit. We will know few years down the lane how much of Reddit was astroturfed by the US government given that reddit directly hired ex government officials for their director level positions
Almost all of Reddit home page is now either subtle advertising or outright propaganda
What do you think social media is? People post because they want you to buy into their brand. This isn't just companies. They want you to know who they are so you will buy their books, attend their show, or drum up support for them in whatever domain they are trying to advance in.
I think it used to be better. However, any form of independent media will inevitably be seen as a threat which the rich and powerful will try to tame and exploit.
If you could create a form of media which had some kind of immunity to this I'd like to think it would be pretty huge but honestly, I dont think its possible.
We keep hearing this and I keep being called a robot on reddit. I dont know man, some people have weird opinions, some facts are displeasing and journalistic incompetence does the rest.
Reddit is particularly tricky to manipulate one single way because it is compatible with completely opposed political groups cohabiting. So what you call manipulation that you dislike can just as well be compensated by an exageration on the opposite side in another sub.
The only thing reddit cannot do is appeased, neutral discussion but that s true of many groups where opposing sides meet.
Unsubscribe from the default subs and follow subreddits that interest you. There is a subreddit for almost every mutually incompatible viewpoint conceivable.
Reddit is a long way off from its prime but there’s still a healthy diversity of opinion there. Just not in /r/news.
This is why I specifically mentioned homepage which is the curated subreddits. Worldnews and news are basically almost 100% propaganda channel for the US government
Sorry if my sentence came off as blaming you. by "homepage" I meant the default page of reddit when you are not logged in. larger subreddits like worldnews is practically a petridish for reddit algorithms to push western narratives.
Have you considered the possibility that some western narratives might be upvoted because they're popular with the (mostly western) audience of Reddit, and not because governments are manipulating the site?
> 2.3.1 The number of paragraphs with more than a passing reference to the USA, China or India in any capacity should not exceed more than 50% of the article.
I seriously doubt that the Reddit admins have any grudge against asking “is the rest of the world gradually dumping USD?” or many others of those questions. Maybe it’s the way you ask it?
There are definitely things that you can’t say on Reddit. But these questions are quite tame.
If Reddit is a major player for astroturfing on behalf of America or the American government, it's going very poorly. There is probably no easier way to reach the front page than to assert that America is incompetent or evil.
Glad to see the political parties goals of pinning all of reality on one person in order for us to believe we’re “ruled by a god king” thus we cannot change it.
Congress is a thing and could force change, but it’s preferred the people don’t think that way and keep it gridlocked.
The public is a thing but they’re happy as punch to sit and complain than engage in alternative agency.
It’s always just the figureheads fault!
The intentional effort to instigate apathy and create a feckless people is working.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 79.7 ms ] threadAlmost all of Reddit home page is now either subtle advertising or outright propaganda
If you could create a form of media which had some kind of immunity to this I'd like to think it would be pretty huge but honestly, I dont think its possible.
Reddit is particularly tricky to manipulate one single way because it is compatible with completely opposed political groups cohabiting. So what you call manipulation that you dislike can just as well be compensated by an exageration on the opposite side in another sub.
The only thing reddit cannot do is appeased, neutral discussion but that s true of many groups where opposing sides meet.
I don’t know what you mean by compatible here, but cohabiting opposed political groups was certainly not my experience on Reddit
Reddit is a long way off from its prime but there’s still a healthy diversity of opinion there. Just not in /r/news.
They specifically ban news from US, India and China so they won't dominate the content.
???
India : https://www.reddit.com/r/anime_titties/comments/z3dhr9/meta_...
China : https://www.reddit.com/r/anime_titties/comments/z3datt/uk_ch..., https://www.reddit.com/r/anime_titties/comments/z3fgka/major...
US : https://www.reddit.com/r/anime_titties/comments/z3hoy3/us_ir...
This is just the first page.
Reddit outright bans and then shadow bans the admins with any opposing views.
"who are the mysterious gold buyers who bought 300 tons of gold",
"who are the mysterious buyers of oil ships to keep russian oil float",
"is the rest of the world gradually dumping USD",
"does the Ukraine-Russia war have any chance of peace"
"Europe did not really want to be involved in the Ukraine war but did so only due to immense pressure from US"
"Why would Russia blow up it's own pipeline?"
"Are most of the non western world turning against IMF and USD global reserve"
I really don't need answers to these since the last time I asked one of this in here I was suspended for a week.
Especially due to "Europe did not really want to be involved in the Ukraine war but did so only due to immense pressure from US"
Yeah, "immense pressure from US" when you see your closest neighbors being killed by russian butchers.
There are definitely things that you can’t say on Reddit. But these questions are quite tame.
Thanks, Obama.
Congress is a thing and could force change, but it’s preferred the people don’t think that way and keep it gridlocked.
The public is a thing but they’re happy as punch to sit and complain than engage in alternative agency.
It’s always just the figureheads fault!
The intentional effort to instigate apathy and create a feckless people is working.
It's not like this was due to congressional deadlock.
Although the claims that he didnt sign the bill are laughable, but pay no attention citizen.
>Most addicted city (over 100k visits total) >Eglin Air Force Base, FL
Archived link because the blog post has been removed.
https://web.archive.org/web/20160410083943/http://www.reddit...
What is anyone in the USA gaining from this?