What I've found most interesting is actually what's happening in the comments as apposed to the actual threads. Although the terrible quality of posts lately is intriguing.

I'm talking about this one thread in particular (I forget the exact one) but there were a ton of comments about fluoride in the water supply. Usually this topic is discussed openly with critical thought and not just outright downvoting and name calling.

This thread, all the comments shining a light on the negatives of fluoride had like -43 points. All of them. I'm not even hyperbolizing here.

This sub and this site have been compromised for years.

I think the "compromising" is from a range of factors. All due to our general open discussion and recent highly upvotes r/all posts. We have a lot of new readers.

CTR The_donald who are just anti-hillary Ex-politics readers More general lurkers.

My guess these are all just interested in the political posts or ones with political implications. You also get a lot of shitposts because of the increase in traffic.

The effect of something like that is confirmation as far as I am concerned.

And the first to compromise this sub is the Alt-Right and the Putin/China Shills. The CTR is already the last ones in before the whole Reddit was compromised.

It's real bad since last week. This sub is damn near unusable. It's basically finished: controlgridbots have ruined it. I've been on this sub for something like 7 yrs in one form or another. This is the very worst I've EVER seen.

Also, don't forget that infiltration here is not as simple as CTR downvoting pages or making shill comments. I had saw stuff about Russia/China against the NWO, people who naively think that voting changes anything and violently downvotes those they disagree with, people who think trump will change anything whatsoever, and fear mongering about this sub being compromised often with legit concerns just to garner paranoia and distrust.

Be noted i am NOT denying CTR infiltration, it DOES exist and is alive. I am just suggesting that if infiltration begins, it will be going on in multiple directions.

cue the guy saying Russia is evil

guys, Russia is our sworn enemy!

There's actually one post on the front pages that shapes Putin as a hero today.

Yep. And every time I point out this INVASION, I get effing buried immediately.

It's gotten ridiculous. BUt in a way, it validates /r/conspiracy as a powerful threat to the establishment.

First they ignore you (pre 2012)

Then they ridicule you (tin foil hat, rachel madow (conspurracy theorists are a threat))

Then they fight you (this invasion of the tardysnatchers since oct 17)

Then you win

We're almost there!

https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/594udb/divide_and_conquer_tactics_attempted_on_this_sub/

https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/59a8cv/this_sub_compromised/

https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/59gn67/rconspiracy_content_manipulation/d98anjk/

These are all good reads about infiltration on this sub.

Plus before the CTR came in there's already Alt-Right and Putin/China shills infesting here.

One should be stickied

Government troll data centers, state sponsored propaganda centers, corporate disinformation agents, fabricated and free gift product reviews...

It seems that we are living in a land of illusions where everywhere you look there is some deception involved.

There doesn't seem any way to prevent these infiltrations, and many are not even aware of them. What can be done?

That's what I was thinking. It's more than just CTR junking up the place. This seems to be much larger.

What I find most interesting is that you can really start to see them come out of the woodwork whenever a post has real merit/credibility and is damaging to HRC.

Agreeded

Just look at new. You find a lot of zero ratings.

I agree. Like two CTR trolls were saying that George Soros does not own these 16 voting machines. Anyways they were downvoted to hell....

does anyone remember the mod sarahoconnor? they posted saying the feds were comming for them and they deleted their account. ever since then this sub has turned to shit

I simply made a rule for myself, I go to /new and upvote anything not involving the current political agenda.

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Don't get me wrong, I think John Oliver is a total shill for the establishment and has lost all credibility. However, while Jimmy Dore obviously isn't as bad as the mainstream media, he's still pretty terrible, as are most of TYT and he's not exactly the best person to get the message across because he is so largely disliked.

TIL OP just crawled out from under a rock.

Welcome to civilization.

It's brought up daily

give it 2 weeks when the election is over and it will return to its previous form

Unless Hillary wins and it becomes state sponsored.

permanent election = one of bill's tactics

permanent erection = me when hill and bill are thrown in jail

maybe if Huma tapes get released

It's cool.

Guess that coffee guy is gone. He would have been all over this.

/r/dncleaks is still alive and well

They come in to tell us not to vote for Hillary or Trump, the reason they do that is because they know we are mostly Trump supporters, they want us to waste our vote. They even managed to get their narrative stickied at the top for a week or so.

Whoa what's this "we" shit????

Gary Johnson 2016!!!

Yeah let's vote for the guy who's pro TPP!

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Literally the two most important subjects.

Maybe to you, sir. The "most important" issues are highly subjective.

I agree that getting money out of politics should be our #1 priority. What you seem to be misunderstanding about Gary's platform is that, he believes there should be no limit on campaign contributions, accompanied with 100% transparency (which is the opposite of what we have now with all the dark money in Super PACs). That way you can see exactly who gave the politicians money when they make bad choices and vote against their constituents wishes. This is how I want to handle campaign finance reform.

The reason I'm voting for him is because he shares the views of the Libertarian party. He's certainly not the BEST choice for a Libertarian candidate, but I would still rather vote for a Libertarian candidate that shares my values than either of the two major choices.

man made climate change

ctr detected, that stuff is made up

you ever been to space? dafuck you know?

gotta go to space? have you?

If you can run around claiming certainty on things you haven't experienced yourself, then you are a fool. There's not much more to it.

i'll take that as a no

what? you're incoherent

solid rebuttal

wtf does "gotta go to space" mean?

I responded to that as it's written. Your next response implies that you meant "been to space?"

take your head out of your ass.

you're one who said that. getting mixed up? here are some free tips of not what to do

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/22/1112509/-The-Gentleperson-s-Guide-to-Forum-Spies

jesus you're either the best troll on reddit (are you bragging to the lower ranked ctr while you're doing this?) or you're just nuts.

solid rebuttal

what rebuttal? You've said nothing in every comment you've made. You're a legitimate troll.

you resorted to insults so I automatically won

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checked it, definite ctr

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CTR confirmed beyond all doubts

If you honestly think climate change is one of the biggest issues facing us in this election you need to reassess your priorities and take another look at who is behind the climate change propaganda.

Preventing climate change legislation that will do absolutely nothing to address the purported problem and will bankrupt the west and hurt the taxpayer and give the UN control over a majority of the world's countries is one of the most important issues.

This is a big one. They know H support online is minimal. Every vote that switches from Trump to 3rd is a vote in Hillary's pocket.

Somehow 3rd party voters on her don't see that or else they are the shills. Very few people switch from Trump to 3rd though. Most people are dropping Clinton for 3rd (now that pussy gate is over).

Dudes, this place has been a trump shillfest for the last couple of months - this is why CTR are here. You brought them here.

There's actually one post on the front pages that shapes Putin as a hero today.

gotta go to space? have you?