[–]HuJimX 37 points 4 hours ago yeah it’s definitely China’s fault that a Korean vessel sunk a Filipino fishing boat. fuckin mao ze dong
[–]stoopidmothafunka [score hidden] an hour ago I’m sure you’re not personally invested in China’s reputation, Hu Jim
“Hate the government, not the people”
Possibly Chinese person: actual argument
Cracker: have you considered that you’re asiatic?
Oh shit, sometimes I forget that.
hmm… you wish to comment on matters of international politics? have you made sure you’re on the list of approved races?
Really incredible stuff. Even after learning it was a Korean ship they manage to blame China
A few comments down threw some sense into the mix saying it sounds like astroturfing is at least playing some role, and someone linked a very interesting web archive link: Reddit admins accidentally reveal "Eglin Air Force base as the most “Reddit addicted city”, from 2013. (and here’s a link to the web archive page if the original reddit post goes missing)
I found this paper that a Redditor said was funded by Eglin which shows how to influence conversations online and control majority opinion, but keep in mind I haven’t read the paper nor looked any deeper into the authors so take it with a grain of salt, unless you wanna look further.
Edit: apparently the official explanation is that Eglin is where military VPN traffic goes through, so everyone browsing Reddit on military networks does through Eglin. Kinda sus but seems reasonable imo
having all vpn traffic go through the same military base seems like it would be a major vulnerability
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