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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.
In this latest incarnation, multiple Reddit users enlisted the Trump-supporting masses on r/The_Donald, which has over 200,000 subscribers, by posting dozens of online polls that are vulnerable to vote brigading, bots, and other forms of manipulation that make these non-scientific surveys notoriously unreliable.
Polls that were not open to public voting consistently put Clinton ahead of Trump. In a flash poll by Public Policy Polling, Clinton led Trump 51 to 40. A CNN/ORC poll conducted immediately following the debate found significantly stronger support for Clinton, who topped Trump 62 to 27.
http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/trump-clinton-debate-online-polls-4chan-the-donald/
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 28 2016, @06:46AM
People who want the government to respect the Constitution and everyone's liberties will lose no matter who wins, though maybe Trump would be a bit worse. Both of them support mass surveillance, are against encryption, are in support of organizations like the TSA, and generally support the very rights-violating intelligence community that violates people's rights on a massive scale every single day.
Though, it is the act of mindlessly voting for the perceived 'lesser evil' that got us into this situation in the first place. Why not continue it for the next several decades, so we can keep our corrupt, authoritarian duopoly? That's a great idea that demonstrates long-term thinking.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 28 2016, @03:06PM
> Though, it is the act of mindlessly voting for the perceived 'lesser evil' that got us into this situation in the first place.
Actually, its the act of mindlessly assuming there is such a thing as pure good that got us into this situation in the first place. All politics is compromise. You pick what matters most to you and focus on what you can actually achieve. Anything else is a fatalism that plays right into the hands of the people who want to make sure they get the most and you get the least. Stop letting your vote be determined by grade-school logic.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 28 2016, @04:02PM
A bit worse under drumpf? He's a fucking fascist that wants to suck Putin's dick. As bad as its going to be under Hillary, it would be many times worse under drumpf.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 29 2016, @01:52AM
Having four inches of my arms removed with a belt sander, or eight inches. You're blind if you fail to see why it doesn't matter so long as literal criminal behavior is accepted and supported by individual USians, as the US fedgov still gets more than 75% of its monetary resources from personal income tax returns. (On that note, I've heard tell of slavery in ancient Egypt amounting to coughing up 20% of your earnings to the Pharaoh.)