Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

What are some astroturfed or biased online spaces (ie. subreddits) that newcomers would not know about?

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What are some astroturfed or biased online spaces (ie. subreddits) that newcomers would not know about?

Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

Where the bias isn’t obvious until you spend time on them.

The first examples I can think of are r/Canada and r/WorldNews

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I wanted to post here instead of on reddit. Reddit is large, and astroturfing on Reddit can affect everyone

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