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

submitted 11 months ago by silverbax@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The study found that 11% of the respondents had been contacted by a bot or troll attempting to promote a product or service. Even more concerning was the discovery that 13% of the respondents had witnessed a company manipulate public opinion on the platform.

Self reported garbage. Asking a user to self identify manipulation is ripe for abuse.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I have 2 accounts in the top 1% of reddit and neither was contacted for manipulation. Spammed? Oh, sure, ALL the time! But never the whole "Hey... can I buy your account?" kind of way.