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by propogandist 3650 days ago
this is very common on sites like reddit and it's even used by intelligence agencies [1]. Politicians or firms can hire companies to sway public opinion [2], check their clients [3]

[1] https://theintercept.com/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/

[2] http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/21/hillary-pac...

[3] https://modsquad.com/work/

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pretty easy to programme a bot that acts like a teenage girl. * parse magazine * foreach ad/article * capture image (sources: google images, tubmblr, #tag) * Post article to FB feed When idle; * every 30mins wakeup * search through network, like (rand * (TotalPosts * 1/3 * 1/8)) * like all sponsored posts
Wow - I'm very naive.

Please don't tell me I've been arguing with bots on HN. :-)

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