[69mlgsniperdad]

I think you highly underestimate the effect they have on you. A small number of bots can completely disrupt discourse, eliminate stories that might make the top of all, and instead only get a couple dozen views. One of the tests they (point) ran, consisted of voting every story in new on a particular, decent sized sub, either up or down, as soon as it was posted. the stories they voted up, once, had several times more likelihood of making the first page of hot, and consequently all. The first few minutes can make or break a story with just a handful of votes with great consistency. The $ spent on such narrative control are absurd. For instance, David Brock's "correct the record" burned through 10's of millions of $ during the election, used new and purchased accounts, custom 3rd party anaylitics, offices of shills domestic and foreign; there are several different leaks which came out, showing the conversations in their slack groups, and how they go about effectively killing a story, or fabricating an entire narritive. It is VERY difficult to distinguish shills from 'legit' posters in some circumstances, often those who laid low and applied only mild pressure, weren't discovered until they posted images with correct the record filenames, or accidentally used the same verbiage from separate accounts. Currently, since the termination of correct the record, shareblue has taken over their 'mission' and does the same stuff in the same places. The FBI and CIA make enormous use of the same things, to discourage leaked Intel and damaging natsec information on Reddit and the Chan's from spreading, and he FBI has gone as far as planting child pornography to scare people off and even threaten prosecution of those who are influential/damaging. Correct the record has lists and ratings of Reddit users, one which leaked recently, which you can download right now and import into RES. The same thing occurs in the movie/TV industry, and we are starting to see the evidence come out now, of the massive operation mansanto was running out of large corporate offices, as well as partnering/contracting researches and those of larger social significance to discredit and dismantle the compilation of evidence and investigation into their wrongdoings. Judging by your comment, I'd guess you are among the highest tier of impressionability among those partaking in this discussion. Ignorant comment.

[69mlgsniperdad]

I'll add the most common use if intelligence shilling appears to be burying legitimate leaks in similar but provably false claims, or completely unverifiable, but equally absurd claims. On the Chan's '' for instance, there is no way to tell whatsoever, who is being sincere.

[M_Grey]

That was always and is universally true, and is in fact one of the basic facts of Chans... and why it appeals mostly to the very young. Chans mostly reflect the teenagers who are their majority users... a lot of style, occasionally a little brilliant substance, mostly garbage invented for thrills.

[69mlgsniperdad]

Right. CTR and Shareblue is all in reference to reddit. Rest is just somewhat relevant rambling, that many may not be aware of. Also, unrelated, I somehow responded in the wrong place with my first comment, to be clear.