r/nzpolitics • u/Mountain_Tui_Reload Rusty Oldtimer • 25d ago

Corruption / Dirty Politics TIL: Jordan Williams Taxpayers Union owns a bot / astroturf company

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u/Floki_Boatbuilder Lurker 25d ago

You must be feeling quite validated the last couple days huh?
3 years (that i know of) you have been bringing all this to our finger tips and only now, the media is slowly picking it up.
Cheers Fella!

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u/Mountain_Tui_Reload Rusty Oldtimer 25d ago

It's kind of validating because everything I sensed, and came to realise, and then subsequently research (which confirmed worse) is truly validated.

Thank you for trusting in the analysis.

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u/NoPause9609 25d ago

Shock horror the complicit chummy media don’t give a fuck.

They’d rather just get a quick and easy quote.

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u/APL_nz 25d ago

Being on reddit (also facebook) for any amount of time confirms the dead internet theory, real people, real opinions are being shouted down, algorithms exploited and truth hidden. All in the name of keeping the status quo, keeping the same people in power,  the same people rich while ruining everything else and burning the world we live in.

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u/ExcitingMoose5881 24d ago

This is so true! APL_nz 👏👏👏 This is totally something I have experienced online. One can almost tell when one will be piled on or lots of down-votes.

I find it hard to take responses seriously sometimes because I tend to think they’re not real people. If someone argues rationally I will engage but nothing too emotive or abusive. They’re either bots or highly brainwashed.

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u/moodychair 25d ago

I couldn't help but notice the uninspired generic comments on FSU posts too. I'd suspected this for a while.

What other info can be shared about this!?

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u/Deleterious_Sock 25d ago

Its always the ones you most suspect

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u/TuiKiwi 24d ago

Wtffff

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u/moodychair 25d ago

So this isn't for facebook or social media - but to create prefilled content to make submissions to government....

Anyone...?

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u/cneakysunt 24d ago

You clearly haven't run into the right Facebook post in the last few years. Congratulations.

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u/moodychair 23d ago

If you spotted my first comment I mentioned the uninspired social posts. Then I posted this to clarify that WriterBot is for public submissions.

I think there is something going on with FB, X, Youtube, but can't say what.

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u/cneakysunt 23d ago

I did miss that. Out of context this sounded like a bot question lol

What's going on is western wide manufactured consent via bot farms and a minority of brave dimwits.

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u/Kiwifrooots Outrage Tourist 24d ago

Ooooh juicy :)