I have seen that argument a hundred times to convince people that certain places are free from it. I've witnessed shilling in tiny corners of the net.
The game is not to get millions of people to see it; that's television's job. The idea is to target specific groups with messages that will resonate with them in a place where they think they are getting straight opinions. That's why they always say the venue is too small to target; it's to get their targets' guard down.
Another important aspect is that they are not just targeting passive readers, but people likely to incorporate their poisoned messaging into future discourse on various topics. It's like spending all day shilling and then overhearing your exact talking points on the bus ride home, but on a much larger scale and longer timeframe.
The user I'm responding to also narrowed the scope by limiting it to "the Harris campaign." That's just one tentacle of a much larger political apparatus.
It's not for control of public opinion, people there are beyond 'redemption'.
It's the best basket in which to test new rethorical and astroturfing techniques.
As one of the most 'resistant' places, if a technique can put a dent there, it is likely to work extremely well in more mainstream places to quell dissent.
As far as TPTB is concerned, there is no 'opinion' to be really spread there, only AI tools to be trained.
All you have to do here is say voting is a waste of time, it's all scripted, Trump's a Jew lover, etc. etc.
I mean, all of those things are true to an extent, but they know better to make it obvious they shill for the DNC.
Plus this whole .win site was set up to astroturf the right, giving the normie more control over it than Reddit, which is why patriots.win is how it is.
This happens here, too.
The Harris campaign is shilling here? lol seems super unlikely. The userbase is to small to care about.
I have seen that argument a hundred times to convince people that certain places are free from it. I've witnessed shilling in tiny corners of the net.
The game is not to get millions of people to see it; that's television's job. The idea is to target specific groups with messages that will resonate with them in a place where they think they are getting straight opinions. That's why they always say the venue is too small to target; it's to get their targets' guard down.
Another important aspect is that they are not just targeting passive readers, but people likely to incorporate their poisoned messaging into future discourse on various topics. It's like spending all day shilling and then overhearing your exact talking points on the bus ride home, but on a much larger scale and longer timeframe.
The user I'm responding to also narrowed the scope by limiting it to "the Harris campaign." That's just one tentacle of a much larger political apparatus.
Places like this have different value.
It's not for control of public opinion, people there are beyond 'redemption'.
It's the best basket in which to test new rethorical and astroturfing techniques.
As one of the most 'resistant' places, if a technique can put a dent there, it is likely to work extremely well in more mainstream places to quell dissent.
As far as TPTB is concerned, there is no 'opinion' to be really spread there, only AI tools to be trained.
Why do so many comments try to persuade people it's AI doing it?
All you have to do here is say voting is a waste of time, it's all scripted, Trump's a Jew lover, etc. etc.
I mean, all of those things are true to an extent, but they know better to make it obvious they shill for the DNC.
Plus this whole .win site was set up to astroturf the right, giving the normie more control over it than Reddit, which is why patriots.win is how it is.