Reddit admitted it has “found and removed a few hundred accounts” associated with Russian propaganda, one week after The Daily Beast confirmed the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency, or Troll Farm, used the platform during the 2016 presidential campaign. Reddit’s CEO Steve Huffman, writing under the username Spez, outlined both direct propaganda, such as troll accounts using the platform, and indirect propaganda, like subreddits such as r/The_Donald repeatedly linking to Russian Twitter troll account @TEN_GOP. “Given the recent news, we’d like to share some of what we’ve learned,” he wrote.
If you are a frequent visitor to Reddit this is not really news, since this was being called out during the election, but nothing was ever really done about it.
Like Facebook the moderators of Reddit seemed to ignore the problem altogether.
And that has really pissed off a number of Reddit users:
Reddit users rebelled en masse against the site’s CEO for concealing Russian troll activity the site now admits it knew about, and for not working fast enough to ban dangerous and extremist communities.
Reddit’s CEO Steve Huffman admitted the site has been targeted by at least “a few hundred” troll accounts in an announcement to Reddit users on Monday, four days after a Daily Beast investigation confirmed for the first time that Russia’s troll farm used the platform.
Reddit has not responded to repeated requests by The Daily Beast for comment about The Daily Beast’s investigation, which showed Russia’s Internet Research Agency used American proxies to access the site.
Based on that reporting, Senate investigators are looking into opening up probes on the troll farm’s use of Reddit and Tumblr, according to The Washington Post.
I only visited that r/The Donald subreddit a few times, but the stuff that was posted on there was outrageous, misleading, and consistently pro-Donald Trump.
Many of the talking points that you may have seen defending Trump during the election, or minimizing news stories about him, originated on these subreddits and then spread far and wide on Facebook, Twitter, and various other social media outlets.
By the way as of this post r/The Donald is still up and has over half a million subscribers.
The Russians have a pee tape and it looks like Stormy Daniels may have Trump dick pics.
ReplyDeletehttps://thinkprogress.org/stephen-moore-slut-shame-stormy-daniels-cnn-7fba3d22bdd2/
Delete" “the fact that we’re even having this conversation should probably register on the Richter scale, that we’re discussing a sitting president being sued by a porn star,”"
http://www.newstandardpress.com/when-youre-a-star/
"Yeah, that’s her. With the gold. I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know, I’m automatically attracted to beautiful— I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. [Bush starts laughing] Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star they let you do it. You can do anything.”
Bush: [Still laughing] “Whatever you want.”
Trump: “Grab them by the pussy. [Bush bursts out laughing.] You can do anything.”
Bush: “Look at those legs, all I can see is the legs.”
Trump: “Oh, it looks good.”
Bush: “Come on, shorty.”" {dick siZe?}
You mean Stormy took a microscope with a camera attachment with her on a trick?
ReplyDeletebaby Carrot stub pic? "Daniels filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking to free her from the “hush agreement.”"
Deletehttps://www.thedailybeast.com/stormy-daniels-lawyer-more-evidence-is-going-to-come-to-light?ref=home
I’m still annoyed that people are obsessing over Russia and no one cares that China buys up American companies and the film industry. China makes Russia look like Disney.
ReplyDeleteBut Reddit is trash.
wait until those $$$ stop.
DeleteChina doesn’t seem to own our President, and has not meddled in several different countries elections. If they’d done so, we’d be talking about them.
DeleteYou know we’re screwed when the head of fucking REDDIT is admitting the reality of Russian interference more than our president.
Actually there is *some* concern.
DeleteHeard on NPR there was an issue with them buying companies that installed and oversaw our WIFI network. They're supposedly not supposed to be in telecommunications because they could eavesdrop on all of our cellphones or something.
But you know our Republican public servants and greed. They never met a dollar they could turn down.
Hey even bestbuy geek squad was hired to extract information from unsuspecting customers. Inside job. Many small internet companies such a swift wireless, speed connect, commspeed. Large companies like apple, pc matic, banks, tracfone, dish, direct tv, and many many others were involved hacking customers. A inside job to harm americans. We can do without them and there is no excuse for this deception and outrageous crime. It is past time to call them out and end their marketing technics. I don't know what is being taught in marketing in classes but it must be looked at along with every teacher in this nation. Clearly the pos lying assclowns are hiding in positions that can disrupt and harm americans. Seek them out and raise hell. Every odd event, death, train wreck, fire, crime, can be traced to trump blob mob and kgb putin bots. Seriously this was a sloppy organized take over of our country in all areas. F ing assholes are busted.
ReplyDeleteBecause of Donald, we are shit deep with Russians. That Vlad, he sure knows how to infiltrate.
ReplyDeletekeep telling yourself that.
Deletemany know it started long ago. biggest scam yet!
Is Bristol in Moscow husband hunting?
ReplyDeleteT-HIS>" this proclamation was intended as a criticism. But what if, instead, it is a mere truism? Within the new political landscape, we all choose our own “realities” and are thereby and obviously “indifferent” to those that differ from ours. Many philosophers and psychologists have long posited that we choose our beliefs before we rationally analyze them. We believe what we want to or even have to; then we go about justifying those beliefs not only to others but to ourselves as well. The realist might object, “That’s irrational!” The antirealist would respond, “Prove it.”
ReplyDelete"There is no way to settle disputes in this sort of stand-off."
"changes that transform a society—occur through re-description. Re-description happens through the use of a new vocabulary: using words in new and different ways to get people to see a new and different reality."
"within Trump’s vocabulary, within his re-description, what constitutes truth and even fact has been detached from Enlightenment standards of verification. The status of logic and science has been demoted in Trump’s new vocabulary. Power, virulent nationalism, and ratings driven by social media now modulate truth claims. Within Trump’s vocabulary, a claim moves closest to truth status when it affirms his stature as leader, exerts American strength (reflected in Trump’s own power), and generates followers, likes, views, and large crowds." "Deploying this new political vocabulary, Trump has ushered in a new form of conservatism: punk conservativism. Juvenile, angry, and unsophisticated, punk conservatives"
https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/168078
"Trump Is the Johnny Rotten of Politics"
http://www.newsweek.com/john-lydon-says-rotten-things-about-donald-trump-green-day-578640
OT FYI:
ReplyDelete""We speculate that mushrooms evolved to be hallucinogenic because it lowered the chances of the fungi getting eaten by insects," Slot said. The study appears online in the journal Evolution Letters.
"The psilocybin probably doesn't just poison predators or taste bad. These mushrooms are altering the insects' 'mind' -- if they have minds -- to meet their own needs."
And the reason that unrelated species have the same genetic protection probably comes down to the fact that they commonly grow in the same insect-rich mediums: animal feces and rotten wood.
This work could guide medical science by pointing researchers in the direction of other molecules that could be used to treat disorders of the brain, Slot said.
Psilocybin has been studied for the treatment of a variety of mental disorders, including treatment-resistant depression, addiction and end-of-life anxiety."
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180227115548.htm
Look who is the biggest financier of guns in the United States.
ReplyDeletehttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/wells-fargo-bank-gunmakers-nra-110023417.html
"Wells Fargo & Co. has emerged as the preferred financier for the U.S. gun industry.
The bank has helped two of the biggest U.S. firearm and ammunition companies access $431.1 million in loans and bonds since December 2012, when the gun control debate gained steam after the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That puts it on the top of the list of banks arranging funding for gunmakers.
Wells Fargo also has a long relationship with the National Rifle Association, inherited from banks that Wells took over. The San Francisco-based Wells Fargo created a $28 million line of credit for the NRA and operates the primary accounts for the pro-Second Amendment group, financial documents show."
So glad I dumped my Wells Fargo stock before all their credit card hanky panky emerged. Now I'm doubly glad.
And how quickly the worms are turning. Kinda makes it clear they have no ethics or scruples. Just greed for power and money.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-lawmakers-tight-races-now-embrace-gun-control-110202965.html
"A majority of Republican lawmakers in the tightest congressional races are changing their message on guns, expressing new support for restrictions after last month’s high school shooting in Florida, according to a Reuters review of the candidates’ public statements.
Eleven Republican incumbents face elections in 2018 widely seen as toss-ups or leaning against the current office holder. So far, six of them have publicly embraced new gun control measures in the wake of the Feb. 14 shooting in Parkland, Reuters found."
"However limited the shift, it shows that lawmakers who will depend on the votes of moderates and independents to win tough swing-district races are deviating from decades of party orthodoxy on gun ownership. "
"In less competitive races, most Republican candidates are still holding to the party position on guns."
So I guess they actually do know what they people want. They just don't give a fuck unless they're about to lose their jobs. Then suddenly they're willing to compromise.
""It's not about winning re-election. It’s about doing what’s right,” the congressman told Reuters of his post-Parkland support for new measures."
BullFuckingShit! It is ALL about getting re-elected.
I noticed before the election that my son was spouting things from Reddit as if it were truth.
ReplyDeleteI just ignored it because most of what he was saying didn't sound like it was coming from an intelligent source. Just loud mouth bias people spouting out whatever came from their ADHD brains.
Figured that Russia had its' hands in all of our social media. They still do. Dr. Evil over there in Russia is for world domination.