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Reddit Has Become a Battleground of Alleged Chinese Trolls

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142 points mzs | 1 comments | 15 Mar 19 15:33 UTC | HN request time: 1.653s | source
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zachguo ◴[15 Mar 19 16:54 UTC] No.19401562[source]▶
The number of gov-backed trolls is overestimated. Majority of those are simply real people using VPNs. It may sound hard to believe, but think twice about the huge size of population and high rate of Internet penetration.

Chinese population is largely nationalistic and conservative, and some hawkish groups are very active online. There is a joke that Great Firewall is not for controlling Chinese people but protecting Westerners from Chinese netizens.

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908087[dead post] ◴[15 Mar 19 17:19 UTC] No.19401879[source]▶
Your post history is pretty much exactly what I was expecting it to be after reading this.
1. zachguo ◴[15 Mar 19 17:47 UTC] No.19402208[source]▶
I usually only post when I think a story is too one-sided or some key facts are unmentioned. For my posts related to China, you may find a similar post history from some other HNers who have worked for years in Asia.