According to the comments r/europe_sub and r/canada_sub might be involved as well.

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    3 days ago

    Put me in my place if this is nonsense but doesn’t it make way more sense if the astroturfing is done by WSB goons? I just don’t see corporate entities coordinating this kind of thing

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      2 days ago

      The top hits for my “WSB” search are:

      • World Sports Betting

      • r/WallStreetBets

      • World Superbikes

      I don’t think any of their goons are astroturfing (well, maybe World Superbikes). Did you mean a different entity?

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        1 day ago

        Sorry I thought this was more common, it’s definitely wall Street bets

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          12 hours ago

          Do you mean investors are trying to manipulate stocks by planting stories? Yeah, I think so. But intelligence agencies have whole training programs on how to manipulate narratives, and a very long track record of doing so.

          See: Israel’s hasbara apparatus,

          GCHQ leaked documents on infiltrating and derailing socialist discussions,

          Church Committee Hearings,

          “The Cultural Cold War” by Frances Stonor Saunders.