What is happening to Reddit?

46  2017-01-31 by xray21215

Seriously, the last week or so has been power shills brigading the entirety of Reddit. What is going on? I thought they relied on subtly, not scorched earth? Posts are making the front page of /all within minutes and are filled with shill comments. Entire subreddits are being created just to storm the Frontpage. This is next level astroturfing and I'm just curious why.

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Might be multiple parties working to get their narrative across.

I've head CTR, JIDF, and "Bridge across American" or for america, whatever David Brock renamed CTR.

And t-d don't forget.

T-d?

maybe the bots found a way to hack it

What agenda are the 'power shills' pushing in your opinion?

What makes you think it's shills and not people who have been galvanized by recent events?

Ooh ooh, I know the answer!

What is a persecution complex?

David Brock is what's happening.

I thought they relied on subtly, not scorched earth?

They tried that, but it didn't work, so they tried hitting harder, and that didn't take, so now Brock is all "I can do it!" and he's over-playing his hand to the point of exhausting all his resources just to try to show his masters that he's good for something.

From NY Post and multiple other sources:

“Many in the party — Clinton loyalists, Obama veterans, and Bernie supporters alike — talk about the man not as a sought-after ally in the fight against Trumpism, but as a nuisance and a hanger-on, overseeing a colossal waste of cash,” Suebsaeng wrote. And they’d like him to “simply disappear.”

We are watching Brock's creepy-ass, fan-boy tantrum play out in real time. And it is weird af.

dont worry brock will be tossed from a plane soon enuf

Oh yes! He and JimmyC have already been hit by the bus, mama. It's just a matter of time til they jam that thing in reverse to deliver the death blow.

yes whats the cartoon character .. .deadpool <----;0

yes whats the cartoon character .. .deadpool <----;0

Good lord no! Lmao, dp has a hot factor even with the jacked up face. If they offed Alefantis & Brock, it'd be more like "grandma got run over by a reindeer"! xD

my son loved deadpool so i have quite the afinity

he is a much harder action figure to aquire back in the day before the wolverine movie ...

your A&B comment really cracked me up giggle!

And cmon, chicky! Brock does look exactly like a grandma! Lol

okok slap him in a wig i guess it could work....

First it was Soros now it's Brock... who's next?

First it was Soros now it's Brock... who's next?

Soros & Brock are collaboratorers so.....

Well, he has a personal vendetta against pizzagate which is why they also want to quash any mention of Hillary and Podesta.

Well, he has a personal vendetta against interest in pizzagate

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spez made it suck after brock fucked it up

David Brock just got a huge funding surge. They are scared because they know what's coming so they are throwing the sink at the situation: increased paid-for shilling, resparking and redoubling down on the Russian dossier that got debunked weeks ago, calling for explicit violence and reporting on it as "news", etc.

it's simple really. The circlejerk is changing direction. The jerk was on Bernie's side, now the jerk's against Trump. Because Trump is a bigger deal, the jerk is growing.

Are there shills? a few. Is CTR here? are Democrat shills everywhere and Republican ones nowhere? nooope. /r/Conspiracy is changing direction because the jerk is becoming more aware of it.

Cunt bots

I know, right? Who could possibly disapprove of the actions our current administration is taking other than someone that is paid to do so! There's absolutely no reason for anyone to dislike trump or any of the other people who are currently in office.

I'm glad that there are at least some people who are smart enough to understand that disliking Trump's administration is an illegitimate position that should be ignored or written off as "shill propaganda."

Must suck to burn a whole shill account over one thread.

Sorry dude, I can't be a political shill. I'm already a marvel shill for thinking Suicide Squad sucked. I'm pretty sure there are rules against multishilling.

Personally I can't browse r/all anymore. It's just a bunch of bullshit being pushed up. I'm sure I'm not alone.

This is the death of Reddit.

Yeah I have to avoid most of my favorite subs because the shilling is ridiculous. I know there's a lot of Americans on here but seriously everything is about trump. Fucking shit is driving me insane.

I haven't really enjoyed browsing /r/all like I use to for a while but I was still checking it until sometime this month I decided it wasn't worth looking at anymore.

I feel exactly this way. Even friendly subs like here. So much shilling and disinformation.

They are starting to field some well made accounts. Many of the more sophisticated ones have 6 and 7yr old accounts with 100k karma. They still use the week-2mo old accounts for the occasional drive-by, but I am starting to see a great deal more action from the heavies.

Bear in mind, I totally understand there are people with opposing view points. And there should be, I am glad we don't just have an echo chamber here, because I don't even trust half of what I believe.

But, between just becoming familiar with the people that I usually run into around here, some judicious tagging, and some other tricks that I trust for outing some of these people, I have discovered quite a few of what I call heavy accounts. They got depth and weight. However, if you go digging you can usually find where there is a significant break in their comment history between the time the original user stopped using the account, and it got picked up and put to use by whatever org is running them.

My experience is that real people don't resort to personal attacks "(I was called a "dummy" for asking why Hillary wasn't going to be persecuted) and tend to be more neutral or logical, and not so seemingly desperate to disparage others' opinions. It really makes any discussion stifling and this sub wasn't always like this. I almost wish Hillary did win because I can't take 4 more years of a brigaded sub!

That is how you identify the casuals. There are others that are more subtle, but they invariably use conversational traps and eventually just attack or belittle.

If you read /pol/ you'll know why

But what's the place where the "LiTeRaLlY HiTlEr" toad-man is from!!! I camt to go there cuz CNN & Buzzfeed sed it was unlegal!!!

But more importantly, im on mobile and my reaction/shitpost/meme/trap folder is on my computer. : ^ )

There are people in the comments actually asking questions, doubting the shills claims, and/wanting proof. Please dont just push them out and downvote them. Their questions are just as valid as anyone else's.

They're getting desperate

r/pics is an anti-Trump shithole now. I didn't even vote for him and it's sickening.

There are tons of pictures of protest signs tagged "US POLITICS" with the mods offering the caveat of "If you don't want to see political posts, just add the term to your filter."

It has David Brock's smell all over it.

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yes whats the cartoon character .. .deadpool <----;0

Good lord no! Lmao, dp has a hot factor even with the jacked up face. If they offed Alefantis & Brock, it'd be more like "grandma got run over by a reindeer"! xD

But what's the place where the "LiTeRaLlY HiTlEr" toad-man is from!!! I camt to go there cuz CNN & Buzzfeed sed it was unlegal!!!

But more importantly, im on mobile and my reaction/shitpost/meme/trap folder is on my computer. : ^ )

T-d?