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I know most people that were on reddit at the time are fully aware of this and won't be surprised but don't dismiss the findings out of hand. It's important that studies are being conducted and the fact that the finding match our lived experience is still noteworthy.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

insert shocked pikachu here I mean, is this really surprising? That place was a cesspool disguising as irony. But news flash, it stops being ironic after a certain amount of time.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It’s not about how expected this was. It’s about the fact that we have data to prove it, and it is definitely a probable phenomenon.

Incidentally, I’d be fascinated to see the data the alphabet agencies have doubtlessly gathered on what major players on /r/TheDonald are affiliated with foreign agents (primarily Russia, though China and Israel absolutely had a hand in it too), or just straight up foreign agents themselves. I hear they’re going to release a big report about that on February 31st.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Agreed, it's such a dereliction of duty to not report on this.

As well as letting all the kompromized 4th of July legislators, et. al., and one former commander in chief in particular continue their treasonous subversion.

We are heading right off the rails.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I mean… it’s basically one entire party.

Remember when they popped the DNC’s email server and released stuff tactically at just the right moments to have the most damaging effect on Hillary?

It’s kind of an open secret that they popped the RNC’s email server too… and then didn’t release anything. Ockham’s razor might suggest there wasn’t anything there, but if you believe that, I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn I’ve been looking to sell. FancyBear/FSB/Russian Mafia/whoever is kinda obviously blackmailing like at least half of the Congressional Republican caucus, as evidenced by the entirely astroturfed opposition to Ukrainian military aid and extremely peculiar Russophilia.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago

And today the front page is still being used to push fanatical American extremism, just in a different guise. American progressives are just alternative Trumpists. It’s horrifying

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (14 children)

So what's the definition of white nationalist vocabulary?

EDIT: Why da fuck am I getting down voted for wanting specifics on the very premise of the article?

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (6 children)

No. Fucking. Shit.

Any and I do mean, any conservative based subreddit all now function the same. r/conservatives have turned into a shithole. Hell, even TrueUnpopularOpinion has turned into it's own shithole because it's just a foundation for right-wingers to express their radicalized thought processes for all to see.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

Yes, that's why nazi digg kept them around.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

4chan was pure weaponized autism in those days. They still call Trump "The meme president".

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

My story from the donald is I got banned for saying, "Donald will have more than 2 terms." Or something like that.

Now Republicans don't think they should ever lose elections.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

I would be extremely interested if things changed after the sub went private.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (10 children)

Did it actually radicalize, or just take the mask off? They may have used vocabularies they always wanted to.

Using an original dataset of Reddit user posting histories from 2015–2017, I test for increases in the frequency of this far-right vocabulary.

I think there's a lot to be discussed on the topic but I wouldn't put much on this methodology.

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