anus comments on Palantir may be engaging in a coordinated disinformation campaign by astroturfing these news-related subreddits: r/world, r/newsletter, r/investinq, and r/tech

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[–] anus@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

Put me in my place if this is nonsense but doesn't it make way more sense if the astroturfing is done by WSB goons? I just don't see corporate entities coordinating this kind of thing

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[–] considine@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

The top hits for my "WSB" search are:

World Sports Betting
r/WallStreetBets
World Superbikes

I don't think any of their goons are astroturfing (well, maybe World Superbikes). Did you mean a different entity?

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[–] anus@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

Sorry I thought this was more common, it's definitely wall Street bets

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[–] considine@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

Do you mean investors are trying to manipulate stocks by planting stories? Yeah, I think so. But intelligence agencies have whole training programs on how to manipulate narratives, and a very long track record of doing so.

See: Israel's hasbara apparatus,

GCHQ leaked documents on infiltrating and derailing socialist discussions,

Church Committee Hearings,

"The Cultural Cold War" by Frances Stonor Saunders.

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[–] anus@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

Astroturfing is definitely a thing that exists but what evidence is there that palantir the company is spending resources that way?

Most companies have marketing and PR departments, not GCHQ and IDF veterans

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