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3. Thats awful about LinkedIn. I was not aware of that

Reply to bettyellen (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 06:34 PM

Mar 2018

I feel like Reddit and others will never own up to what happened and their culpability in not trying to stop it. They just hope everyone will forget that they gave legitimacy to this. Hence their refusal to comment.

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DailyBeast: Russians Used Reddit and Tumblr to Troll the 2016 Election [View all] emulatorloo Mar 2018 OP

They were trolling forums on LinkedIn- of retired Nat Sec workers and getting some thrown out of bettyellen Mar 2018 #1

The illusion worked very well because I could barely find another Hillary supporter Kirk Lover Mar 2018 #2

Thats awful about LinkedIn. I was not aware of that emulatorloo Mar 2018 #3

There was a scary story in Newsweek I think- some had been contacted in real life! They were bettyellen Mar 2018 #4

Here you go- this is some crazy shit! bettyellen Mar 2018 #5

Thank you! (Edited) emulatorloo Mar 2018 #6

It happens everywhere. laserhaas Mar 2018 #7

Explains some the high drama crap ismnotwasm Mar 2018 #8

It would be silly to think they ignored any platform to push their chaos... Wounded Bear Mar 2018 #9

Lots of Reddit folk in total denial though emulatorloo Mar 2018 #10