Did the sentiment in this sub's comments make a U-turn the after the election was called?
Posted by ahk525@reddit | tulsi | View on Reddit | 22 comments
During the electoral campaign, sentiment on this sub's comments was strongly anti-Tulsi. After the election ended, suddenly this sub's comments are largely pro-Tulsi.
Do you agree with this observation? Why do you think such a change happened?
If you look at some pre-election threads on undelete.pullpush.io, you'll also notice that some staunchly anti-Tulsi accounts were deleted (alongside their posts) around election night.
You can see two of them by looking at the blue comments:
https://undelete.pullpush.io/r/tulsi/comments/1f1vm89/tulsi_endorses_president_trump/ https://undelete.pullpush.io/r/tulsi/comments/1gdkkd3/its_not_a_ploy_or_exaggeration_trump_will_do_what/
Do you believe this sub might have been a victim of astroturfing? Do you believe astroturfing even happen on reddit, or is there not enough evidence to believe so?
This article seems to contain very damning evidence for reddit content and vote manipulation by the Kamala Harris campaign. PLEASE NOTE though that although the evidence they present seems very compelling, many consider The Federalist to not be a credible source (but then again, who can we believe in 2024 when mainstream TV channels repeated for months that 2024 Biden was "sharp as a tack" and "the best version of Biden ever").
Orania_Resident@reddit
The mods operating this sub are anti-Tulsi. She needs a new sub made for her as she'll become especially relevant in the upcoming decade. I'm too lazy to mod any sub though.
Banjoplayingbison@reddit
It’s because those of us who supported Tulsi back in the day, felt like she’s become a hypocrite and threw her values away
OuTiNNYC@reddit
This is such a good point. I dont have time either and I suck at stuff like that. I wonder how we could find one?
PeaceLoveorKnife@reddit
There's a lot of botting and forced posting on social media, and the moment election season kicked in it was massively increases.
Unsurprisingly, the bots and agents died out when they weren't needed anymore.
sneedfs@reddit
Yes, the discord groups and bots were deactivated. Same thing happened to the JoeRogan sub.
Shockedge@reddit
Guess it was sort of popular sentiment disinformation campaign that's not worth the effort that the fight is lost
crispicity@reddit
Bot army license renewals were not needed anymore. Reddits entire vibe across many subs completely changed the day after.
njckel@reddit
Idk, I just joined this sub like yesterday and assumed it was pro tulsi. I'm pro tulsi, anyways.
Dennygreen@reddit
why would anyone AstroTurf a sub that has like 10 people in it?
no one has cared about Tulsi in years. shit, barely anyone cared in 2019.
noposlow@reddit
Is this really still the Dems' perspective? Not even 2 weeks out from getting your asses handed to you, handing over the country to MAGA, and yet still doubling down on losing rhetoric. National intelligence director... seems like a pretty good reason to start caring.
Dennygreen@reddit
listen here sonny, back in my day when I joined this sub, Tulsi was a dem, and she got like 1% of the vote. I was one of the few that gave a fuck about her. There were like 50 of us here.
And it's dwindled down to like 10, even with the magas. That's all I'm saying.
that's some terrible astroturfing.
noposlow@reddit
Then you know. The DNC is terrified of Tulsi. They excommunicated her after her evisceration of Harris, and yet, after the smoke clears, here she is one step closer to being our first female president while they whimper like scared strays. The Republican party is far from perfect, but at least they still... let their constituents vote for it's presidential candidates. Tulsi is a winner, and she proves it over and over. She got my vote once and will likely get it again if I'm given the opportunity.
Chocowark@reddit
They were scared enough of her in 2016 to assassinate her character. Now she's on the other side and will get a cabinet position and 4 years of executive experience. She is potentially unbeatable in an election if she's at the top of the ticket. Killing her online momentum isn't a waste of resources from their POV.
GoldenSeakitty@reddit
I cared enough that I both met her while she was on the campaign trail, and I primaried for her her in 2020.
Stone365@reddit
The troll bots on Reddit are real, I have seen enough evidence to be sure and they were taking over non-political subs with politics too. Hopefully you're right they are gone at least for now.
sayzitlikeitis@reddit
I'm happy for her new position but I still think she's a sellout
MaximusGrandimus@reddit
I definitely noticed that too OP
OuTiNNYC@reddit
I might be so used to being defensive on Reddit that I haven’t even realized. I should try and put my guard down maybe and smell the flowers.
casinocooler@reddit
They moved on to RFK jr bashing.
HarveyMushman72@reddit
Yes. The troll farms are quiet now here, as well as other subs.
iamanewyorker@reddit
No more money - got to pay back that 20 million
brainomancer@reddit
I certainly think part of it is the post-election dismantling of off-site influence campaigns to control the narrative on reddit, as you cited with that Federalist article.
But I also think that there are a lot of new people here organically participating who were made aware of Tulsi Gabbard because of her support for Donald Trump. People who had never heard of her before the election, or never would have trusted her back when she was a Democrat.