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Ask HN: Experiences promoting corporate propaganda in your job?

5 points by t0lo ↗ HN
Hi HN, we always hear about discreet government propaganda divisions, but I want to know about the corporate ones, which are probably as if not more effective and widespread as they are a big part of our lives, especially given the world we are fast heading into. Thanks.

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quantified
For example, like re-sharing LinkedIn posts?
t0lo
Haha no. Like being asked to post favorable comments on behalf of your company and deliberately astroturf and change narratives on their behalf.
nejsjsjsbsb
If any company did that, I'd get my CV ready that evening.
csomar
That is probably illegal. It is always not worth it.
theflyinghorse
Propaganda means different things. Usually it comes leadership direction. ie Where I live every large corporation must start each meeting with thanks and acknowledgments to the native tribes that lived on this land at some point. If the meeting organizer does not do that they might get in trouble with HR.

Kinda hilarious when a 60 year old Russian lady tells these thanks to a room full of recent Indian and Chinese immigrants who have no conception of why any of this matters before proceeding with a 10 minute engineering meeting about pump capacity.

trillic
You’re being serious? Every meeting?? Daily stand-up? Quick sync on the teams message you just sent me?
theflyinghorse
Yes. Every single meeting. Really the only way to avoid this ritual is if you invite only the people you trust not to tell HR about skipping of the acknowledgements