<story><title>Reddit is being manipulated by big financial services companies</title><url>https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaymcgregor/2017/02/20/reddit-is-being-manipulated-by-big-financial-services-companies/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>codingdave</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m not sure how anyone can think discussions on reddit are not manipulated at this point. If you watch carefully, you see the exact same verbiage used from multiple accounts on the same topic used to steer conversations. And as new responses come up, there will be a multi-hour delay, then new verbiage will get posted simultaneously to multiple accounts. There is clearly behind-the-scenes writing efforts going on, then being distributed to accounts. And if I see this just as a casual observer, I can only imagine what you would find if you really dug deep.</text></comment>
<story><title>Reddit is being manipulated by big financial services companies</title><url>https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaymcgregor/2017/02/20/reddit-is-being-manipulated-by-big-financial-services-companies/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hacker_9</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s a shame this has happened. It used to that aggregated news was the best news because it wasn&amp;#x27;t opinionated. It also didn&amp;#x27;t need to focus on the big ticket items (murder, sex, drugs) like newspapers, as sales weren&amp;#x27;t a concern, so you have science, tech, and I kid you not, actual good news to read about!&lt;p&gt;But now with the pay-to-get-upvotes scams going on, we get utterly biased and even ridiculous stories constantly on the front page. And how to even start on the comments, which just read like blurbs to the title. A great example on the front page at the moment:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;Donald Trump&amp;#x27;s war on media is &amp;#x27;biggest threat to democracy&amp;#x27; says Navy Seal who brought down Osama Bin Laden&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;p&gt;I almost feel like this stuff is AI generated at this point, just throwing together keywords that get clicks. As someone across the pond looking in, the bias is laughable obvious. I just hope that more people realise that manipulation is present, and remember not to believe everything they read.</text></comment>