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New Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinion (medium.com)
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[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 30 points 10 months ago (2 children)

And another 50% is trolls working probono to be try and convince people that racism is the only way forward

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And the other 50% is AI bots, just trying to keep people engaged.

[–] pirat@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's a 115% - dayum, that's a lot of users! :D

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I know it's crazy.