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cctv ago

Yeah you pretty much described the last 90 years of Public Relations. What's new is that people don't assume public opinion on the Internet is shaped in the same way as other media, because here everyone can look as true or real as you.

un1ty ago

What's new is that people don't assume public opinion on the Internet is shaped in the same way as other media, because here everyone can look as true or real as you.

No, what's new is that the government of the alleged land of the free, home of the brave is actively sabotaging any possible freedom users perceived they had online. Not to mention that it's one thing to write articles in a magazine that are static - its completely different when you have dynamic content voted on in an apparent organic system of approval being manipulated at its core. Whats to stop them from changing votes in an election? If they have their PR game on point, thanks to studies and studies and research like from OP, they've got it in the bag.

Charlie_Prime ago

Very true. Oligarchs completely underestimated the power of the Internet in the 1990's. I was a web designer back. Now they realize controlling this new media is not optional. Letting it run free could literally destroy their sweet rackets.

cctv ago

I agree with you that in this case the main difference is the impersonation, aka fake accounts and other cheese tactics!

EDIT: just twitter search the name of this post ("Blowing the whistle on shilling...") and you'll see what I mean.