2016 Postmortem

brooklynite

(94,495 posts) Tue Sep 27, 2016, 02:31 PM Sep 2016

The next time you feel driven to vote in an online poll...remember this:

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The next time you feel driven to vote in an online poll...remember this: (Original Post) brooklynite Sep 2016 OP

Repugnant trolls have been busy BSdetect Sep 2016 #1

K&R! eom BlueCaliDem Sep 2016 #2

I think the Trump minions are using Bots to pump up these polls. Lint Head Sep 2016 #3

Trump fans think these Troll Polls matter. riversedge Sep 2016 #4

Oh crap. I thought Hillary won! onehandle Sep 2016 #5

From Salon: 4chan & Reddit manipulated the online polls Cattledog Sep 2016 #6

BSdetect

(8,998 posts)

1. Repugnant trolls have been busy

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Sep 27, 2016, 02:34 PM

Sep 2016

Working the system.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)

2. K&R! eom

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Tue Sep 27, 2016, 02:38 PM

Sep 2016

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)

3. I think the Trump minions are using Bots to pump up these polls.

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Tue Sep 27, 2016, 02:39 PM

Sep 2016

riversedge

(70,186 posts)

4. Trump fans think these Troll Polls matter.

Reply to Lint Head (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 27, 2016, 02:46 PM

Sep 2016

onehandle

(51,122 posts)

5. Oh crap. I thought Hillary won!

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Sep 27, 2016, 02:58 PM

Sep 2016

Darn.

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Cattledog

(5,914 posts)

6. From Salon: 4chan & Reddit manipulated the online polls

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Tue Sep 27, 2016, 03:01 PM

Sep 2016

"4chan and Reddit users reportedly banded together to manipulate an estimated 70 online polls to make it seem as if the Republican presidential nominee had won the first presidential debate at Hofstra University on Monday.

As one user correctly noted on 4chan’s politics-focused thread, “/pol/ has enough manpower to change the outcome of a poll with 1.3 million votes.”
“Trump won,” another wrote. “MSM in denial but the numbers don’t lie.”

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