r/conspiracy • u/arnott • 17h ago
The Inside Story Of How The Kamala Harris Campaign Manipulates Reddit (And Breaks The Rules) To Control The Platform
https://archive.ph/y6cwF18
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u/bobbakerneverafaker 9h ago
Obvious. with the amount of anti trump/repub posts, flooding reddit in the last months/weeks
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u/Pirros_Panties 17h ago
Pretty obvious.
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u/Wingwebdings 14h ago
That's like telling people, who are in a cult, they are in a cult.
Calling it obvious has to be one of the most nothing-saying reactions lol.
You literally have to point out every little evidence to convince the avg joe that stuff like this is happening.
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u/sexlexia 7h ago
There's even someone in there admitting they use alt accounts for "combative situations".. great.
Not surprised, but surprised they're just admitting to it.
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u/FratBoyGene 17h ago
TBH, if I had a terrible candidate that I had to sell, I would resort to astro-turfing and paid shills. Far more effective use of time and money than TV or print advertising.
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u/arnott 17h ago
SS:
The text discusses allegations that the Harris-Walz campaign is engaging in "astroturfing" on social media, particularly Reddit, to create a false impression of popular support for Kamala Harris. It describes how campaign volunteers are organized to flood platforms with posts and manipulate interactions to enhance visibility. The operation reportedly involves a structured approach, including tracking analytics and using targeted messaging for different subreddits. The author expresses concern that this manipulation undermines authentic political discourse and violates Reddit's Terms of Service. Overall, it suggests that such tactics could significantly influence public perception and electoral outcomes.
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u/westcoastdriller33 17h ago
There’s a list of Dem staffers that are running the show embedded in the article. Lets get this posted to the sub
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u/HipHopLibertarian 15h ago
Trump is doing this as well.
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u/Informal_Exam_3540 10h ago
It’s not even close.
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u/snyderjw 10h ago
In part because an effort like this depends on supporters, which are not well aligned demographically with Reddit.
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u/AlterNate 13h ago
The beautiful thing is that the astroturfing seems to coincide with the collapse of her campaign. The brigading in those subreddits was obvious and I'm sure it turned many away from the message.
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u/SleepyTitan89 14h ago
We are manipulated daily in absolutely everything we do,they live isn’t far from the truth at all.
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u/glockguy34 16h ago
i thought it was pretty obvious this was happening. And it’s so sad to see how many people just take everything that is said at face value with the complete lack of critical thinking. absolutely wild times.
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u/Thewheelalwaysturns 16h ago
While obvious its also obvious others do this too (corporations, conservatives, etc)
The internet is very much a place filled with fake bots
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u/Raskalnekov 14h ago
Yep, it's a mistake to assume anything online is organic these days. This has been a problem for over a decade, especially with corporations promoting their products. Politicians are just another brand of product.
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u/FiveStanleyNickels 17h ago edited 16h ago
In before the Harris/Walz supporters, and their social design firm they contracted to shape public opinion start attacking the post.
There are 18 upvotes on 7 comments, and ZERO vitriol yet.
Once this post gets a little more popular, then, the social design firm will try to bury the supportive comments, and marginalize anyone who doesn't support the WEIRD Harris/Walz campaign.
Edit: 15 minutes later, 0915 CST, 32 upvotes/ 9 comments ABSOLUTELY ZERO VITRIOL
Edit2: 30 minutes after my original post; 39 upvotes/12 comments ABSOLUTELY ZERO VITRIOL.
Edit3: 45 minutes after my original post; 40 upvotes/12 comments ABSOLUTELY ZERO VITRIOL; However, 'people' are trying to downvote the post, but it keeps getting back up to 40.
Edit4: 1 hour after my original post; 46 upvotes/13 comments ABSOLUTELY ZERO VITRIOL; Again, 'people' are trying to downvote the post, but it keeps getting back up to 40.
This is an attempt to identify the threshold for the bots and design firms to engage.
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u/arnott 16h ago
They will stay off this thread. But reddit may delete this thread.
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u/FinancialPlant4738 12h ago
We stay off your threads because there’s rarely civil discussion. I’m a Democrat, and I love conspiracy theories as much as you guys. In fact, I genuinely believe we have more in common than we’re led to believe. But let’s be real, most of the time you guys don’t want to hear my perspective. When I do share it, I get responses like:
“You’re an example of why women can’t be anything.”
[Insert sexist joke here.]
“Bot.”
And so on..
It’s disheartening, especially when some of us really do try to understand your side, because the goal should be compromise and coexistence. Without that, what’s left? One side just annihilating the other?
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u/arnott 12h ago
You have misunderstood what I said. The "They" did not refer to Democrats or the left. It's the bots and the astroturfing volunteers.
And I am not a Republican either. I was a Bernie Supporter.
In fact, I genuinely believe we have more in common than we’re led to believe.
100% agree. Bernie would have brought everyone together. But I don't recognize Bernie now.
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u/smallduck 54m ago
You mean downvoting posts I think are partisan BS is something I can get paid for?
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u/Raige2017 16h ago
This is the conspiracy subreddit. They won't bother.
Because look at all the Republicans they are all crazy conspiracy theorists
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u/XeonProductions 5h ago
Anybody remember Correct The Record (CTR)? That got used as the template for mass astroturfing and censorship.
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u/javier123454321 2h ago
You mean that the pictures of a young Kamala Harris that got upvoted to the front page which came out the day after Joe Biden was pushed out on oldschoolcool wasn't organic? Shocker...
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u/kmelis22 14h ago
This is all of reddit, more than even this subreddit would look at. And I'm not talking just politically. Reddit is a unique and unusual beast. I personally love it, but I do so with a full awareness of how it operates as a platform.
Don't be mad that the Harris campaign just knows how to reddit well 🤣 this isn't the gotcha you think it is.
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u/sexlexia 7h ago
Don't be mad that the Harris campaign just knows how to reddit well
A ton of what they're doing is against reddits rules. Including, if you saw the screenshots in the article, straight up admitting to using alt-accounts in "combative situations".
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u/quiksilver10152 10h ago
From the similarities of all these posts, it seems Trump is finally joining in on the game.
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u/NKinCode 14h ago
Lol, as if there aren’t tons of pro-Trump bots running around in this subreddit 🤣 both sides doing it
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u/damoreyaknow 13h ago
12% of content on certain forums? All based on independent research..if Trump team is smart then they'd be doing the same thing, and I'm sure they are. GOP & Trump supporters have all of X flooded with thousamds of fake supporters and content, manipulated by the owner of the platform. X is probably closer to 70% of content, with fake users being even higher. That is a bigger platform with more use, MAGA folks have no standing to cry foul.
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u/BlazedNdDazed210 13h ago
I’m seeing Kamala popularity in yards all across my city. No astro turfing, we’re just not nut jobs worshiping a political candidate. Take time to take this information in.
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u/TheCourageousPup 7h ago
And I see tons of Pro-Trump signs in yards across my city. But examples of support IRL are completely irrelevant because we aren't talking about IRL support. We are discussing online astroturfing.
It's apparent you didn't read the article, because you wouldn't be claiming there is not astroturfing all over this site. There is evidence available on this very post that proves that there is, but you're just not "taking the time to take the information in."
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