I don’t think bots turn people who are left leaning right leaning or people who are right leaning left leaning for the most part, but I think they greatly distort how they view the status of the world at at large people on the other side. More significantly they over all diminish social trust/solidarity.
I’m a little torn on how much of an issue I think it is on this particular subreddit. We’re just big enough it might be an issue, but not so big that it definitely is.
I’m sure there are bots on Reddit, but I’ve never interacted with anyone here who I didn’t think was a human being.
Astroturfing is a different issue. I’ve interacted with one or two people who toed the Russian party line so consistently that I’ve suspected they weren’t being genuine about it.
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People generally follow herd mentality so quite a bit
I don’t think bots turn people who are left leaning right leaning or people who are right leaning left leaning for the most part, but I think they greatly distort how they view the status of the world at at large people on the other side. More significantly they over all diminish social trust/solidarity.
I’m a little torn on how much of an issue I think it is on this particular subreddit. We’re just big enough it might be an issue, but not so big that it definitely is.
I’m sure there are bots on Reddit, but I’ve never interacted with anyone here who I didn’t think was a human being.
Astroturfing is a different issue. I’ve interacted with one or two people who toed the Russian party line so consistently that I’ve suspected they weren’t being genuine about it.