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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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[–] SCB@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

. If older generations were ‘dumb’ and spent more, they would be the ones targeted.

You can see this playing out now in the grifting ecosystem built around Trump and the "alternative news" crowd. Again, this targets people with set opinions, seeking to double down on them.

The claim here is that companies are specifically aiming to shape opinions rather than exploit existing ones.

I think this is a meaningful difference