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View submission: Reddit’s 2017 transparency report and suspect account findings
The funny thing is these accounts had the same trouble onboarding into Reddit as regular new users do...
Comment by LeVentNoir at 10/04/2018 at 21:47 UTC
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I suspect the places that are easiest to onboard are the smaller, local and hobby based subreddits, rather than diving directly into the largest and most active / polarised ones.
I'm sure you're busy, but I'd be really curious as to some kind of correlation between Account Karma Growth Rate (karma per time), and which subreddits the account is active in.
I suspect that the largest subreddits (/r/pics), will have spike like growth, one hit wonder posts then a long time of nothing, while smaller reddits say (/r/hfy, shoutout!) or local subreddits will have steady, and overall stronger growth from the the strength of the community, despite the size difference.
Comment by [deleted] at 10/04/2018 at 21:52 UTC
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Have you found any way to filter and scan for accounts which have been purchased for the intent of astroturfing while appearing legitimate? Too many times I've seen provocative, extremist commenters on both sides of the aisle have 3 months of posting history while the account was made some 4 years ago. I appreciate the transparency of Reddit as of late.
Comment by DryRing at 10/04/2018 at 22:24 UTC
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1. When are you going to take responsibility for the fact that the #3 subreddit is a hate group that spreads Russian propaganda freely? (reddit.com/subreddits)
2. When are you going to take responsibility for helping hostile powers both foreign and domestic attack our democracy?
Our 2018 elections are under attack and we are defenseless. The president is refusing to allow our intelligence communities to protect us. 70% of the local news markets are now broadcasting Sinclair and along with the largest cable network, are filling our airwaves with actual fascist propaganda. We are approaching a moment in the next few weeks in which actual rule of law may be thrown out when the special prosecutor is fired.
Our country is falling to fascism in slow motion and Reddit is *helping it along* and *profiting from it*.
The #3 subreddit, which you give an audience of *hundreds of millions* to, at the *top of the subreddits list*, broadcasts actual Russian propaganda 24/7. I can't believe we've reached a day when their hate group activities have become less important, but they have.
Our democracy is in real danger, and you're going to take your CEO paycheck into your bunker and not give a shit.
You are *knowingly aiding and abetting* information warfare against the United States-- against me, personally, because I live here-- and you should be prosecuted for it.
Comment by [deleted] at 10/04/2018 at 22:28 UTC
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I can’t believe they’re so unsophisticated...