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Does anyone else remember when "they" broke up the anti-work movement on reddit by putting a mod on fox news then dividing the community by creating the work reform sub? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I some times think about it and how shitty people are

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I was amazed at how few people thought she was a plant.

It's not that hard to get someone in a mod position. Then they just have to be a whackjob on air. Mission accomplished.

Vaguely similar to the Occupy Wall Street protests. Interview several people across the country then cherry pick the ways they disagree with each other to call it a disunified movement. All you really need is one discordant voice.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago

I think it's because a lot of people though: "hmm, yea, that checks out for a reddit mod"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

In regards to OWS, they just had to find the most wacked out, stoned nut jobs that saw the sit-in as a party and ask them a couple pointed questions. Then they blast it all over the evening news as a bunch of lazy hippies, no crazy editing needed. I remember seeing the newscast live and compared it to what was going on online, and yeah that was a masterful way to shut it down unfortunately, because the next day all anyone could talk about was the lazy, entitled kids demanding free this or that from wall street. From there the movement was dead in the water.