4chan and Reddit bombarded debate polls to declare Trump the winner

[molova]

Source: Daily Dot

You may be getting trolled right now without even knowing it.

Donald Trump supporters artificially manipulated the results of online polls to create a false narrative that the Republican nominee won the first presidential debate on Monday night.

The efforts originated from users of the pro-Trump Reddit community r/The_Donald and 4chan messaged boards, which bombarded around 70 polls, including those launched by Time, Fortune, and CNBC.

Read more: http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/trump-clinton-debate-online-polls-4chan-the-donald/

[Grassy Knoll]

1. Those Idiots Don't Know How To Wipe Their Own Asses....

[OhZone]

2. Online polls are meaningless -

this goes back to the 90's or early 2000's. Freeping polls it was called back then, when freepers did it.

They prolly still do.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Well they sure wasted their time

Those phony polls don't mean squat

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Don't burst Trump's little bubble; he'll have a sad. He's been quoting the polls all day. nt

[Sunlei]

38. If The Republican uses bogus, gamed, poll numbers he probably uses other 'cheats' to pretend he wins

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[Old Vet]

33. No they didnt...........

I actually mentioned in a post that during the end of the the debate I visited FR and they were ACTIVELY freeping polls and had figured a way to make one click to one poll go to five polls. I don't know how but it obviously made a difference, Trump winning so many polls was just bullshit in the first degree.

[C_U_L8R]

35. the story become about cheating polls

Donald didn't win squat and the freeper4chanaltright clowns totally wasted their time.
They will look even more stupid in the light of real polls.

[mwrguy]

4. 4chan should be investigated by the DOJ

[Loki Liesmith]

6. I can assure you that there are lots of eyes on 4chan.

Every day.

[PersonNumber503602]

24. For this? I don't think trolling online polls is considered a crime.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

26. We're hitting hyperbole levels which shouldn't even be possible!

[Loki Liesmith]

5. A false narrative that nobody believed

[Foggyhill]

8. This was utterly predictable and those polls should be retired permanently.

I can write scripts (or programs for more efficiency
to vote hundreds of thousands of times (possibly millions...)
from the tens of thousands of IP address my company controls
(or use someone else's computer if I'm more malicious about it).

Got 30 years of computer/systems and software engineering behind me so it's child's play.

It's like those media company are idiots or just don't care. Retire those "polls".

[justiceischeap]

25. Or you could create a ton of money by scripting a poll

that isn't "freepable".

[Lint Head]

9. I think here on DU we may have some sleeper trolls who

wait for the right moment to post concern or flamebait or attack polls we reference. I'm just speculating. Not accusing anyone. It's been on my mind since this unusual primary season has been made even more unusual by the Orange Man and the minions who follow him. If they can outwardly spout racism, misogyny and xenophobIa I think they would do just about anything. DU is an often cited website by the altered right, white supremacy folks. They know who we are.

[elmac]

14. Good point

they are pros when it comes to dirty tricks.

[rumdude]

10. Losers with too much time on their hands

Sad.

[LisaL]

11. Of course they did.

That's why on-line polls are useless.

[ailsagirl]

16. Except for CNN's

[Loki Liesmith]

28. All online polls are worthless

[Old Vet]

34. What was very telling were the thirty florida voters CNN had watch the debate.............

I believe 90% thought Clinton won the debate and the few trump supporters just not knowing what to say. One can only hope that everyone votes Straight down ticket, That would be cool, Its VITAL we get control to nominate supremes.

[Kingofalldems]

12. And Newty called it an 'historic victory' this morning.

Ha ha.

[ailsagirl]

17. I thought he was supposed to have "an ounce of brains"

Obviously not

[elmac]

13. Trump did win

the Booby Prize

[FailureToCommunicate]

15. Are these the "400 pound" guys?

I spoke to two people today who both said they heard the polls showing Trump the big winner. I asked if they themselves watched and each said nope.

To top that off I heard an NPR political wag this morning repeat all the anti-Hillary things Trump said he 'wanted to say but was too polite'!

[Sunlei]

21. he said that the "400 pound" man sitting on a bed, what did he mean by that statement?

Couple of online polls allowed people to vote more then once, they were bogus. When a poll is compromised by a couple bots voting hundreds of times, the owner of the website shouldn't let the polls be used by anyone.

IMO, online communities are a powerful force but the owners of those communities have a responsibility compromised data (cheated-botted polls) are not released as fact.

[FailureToCommunicate]

23. Trump's idea of an international cyber mischief maker. Or maybe he was referring to his 10 yr old son,

the "cyber expert". The one he'll install as the next head of NSA?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

41. The sterotype of the fat hacker in his basement.

[Sunlei]

44. ok, now I see what he meant. That's how trump sees his 4chan and Reddit fans.

Donald got some good polls free, out of a few of them and then he insults them.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

40. Yup.

Probably celebrated with a frozen pizza, microwaved by mommy of course.

[groundloop]

18. Yeah, and according to Drudge poll tRump won the debate Huuuuugely

[GusBob]

19. Trumps 10 yr old son doing the cyber

Eom

[world wide wally]

20. You truly have to be STUPID to believe that

[daleo]

27. Nobody takes online polls seriously, anyway

We all know they can be "freeped" or "DUed" - now we can add "4Channed" to the list.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

31. Trump & Deplorables take them seriously enough to trumpet them on media. They look like fools. nt

[Nitram]

29. Ho hum. No one except hard core Trump supporters will give that a second glance.

Nothing to see here, folks.

[bullwinkle428]

30. Some 4channers and redditors, I assume, are good people.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

32. reddit seems to be an ordinary mix. 4chan is a mix of pranksters and deplorables. . . . nt

[Xithras]

39. Reddit is a reflection of humanity.

The good, the bad, and the OHMYGAWDWHATTHEHELLISTHAT?!?!

[Javaman]

36. anyone believes that 4chan supports trump or hillary has no idea what they are talking about.

the people at 4chan skewed the poll results for lulz an that is it.

if you ever inhabit 4chan, the majority of think trump is a fool but at the same time have a low opinion of hillary as well.

they skewed the polls simply because they can.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

42. I think they want Trump just to see what happens.

"Some people want to watch the world burn".

[Javaman]

43. there is that. nt

[Blue_Tires]

37. It's news that online polls get skewed?