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Did Reddit year-end recaps expose Russian interference in Alberta? (www.stalbertgazette.com)
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Did Reddit year-end recaps expose Russian interference in Alberta?::Online anti-LGBTQ+ harassment and engaging with small communities are documented foreign interference tactics, but they have so far not been observed in Canada.

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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 119 points 8 months ago (15 children)

When Reddit’s year end recaps were released — which give statistics on activity for individual subreddits such as top posts and comments — they indicated Russia was the third most common country of origin for users visiting many of these [small subreddits for Albertan towns], causing moderators to rethink what was behind the trolling activity they had contended with a few months before.

I don't think there's any question about the interference campaign existing. At this point the question is about influence. How effective are these trolls?

And what was the second country, and why isn't that a problem?

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 99 points 8 months ago (4 children)

It also suggests that Reddit has been sitting on this data showing signs of foreign interference and just didn't care to do anything about it.

[–] Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 8 months ago (2 children)

That's how much they care about moderation.

[–] bbkpr@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

Considering they don't pay moderators, I don't think they do.

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