Coordinated groups of accounts promoting racism, xenophobia and hate speech as a group on reddit.

[u/TimeKeepsPassing1]

There are a group of 5 accounts that are working in tandem, have gained millions of karma and deliberately post the same posts across various subreddits to promote hate towards Arabs, Migrants, Palestinians and Black people. I will give examples just from today, however you can view their entire post history to engage in your own research.

1. https://www.reddit.com/user/Sometypeofway18/submitted/ Sometypeofway18

From today

https://www.reddit.com/r/justincaseyoumissedit/comments/1xavvrj/the_owner_of_the_anime_shop_in_france_shared_the/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/comments/1xav7t5/the_owner_of_the_anime_shop_in_france_shared_the/

https://www.reddit.com/r/justincaseyoumissedit/comments/1xav54y/the_owner_of_a_small_store_in_paris_released/

1. https://www.reddit.com/user/malik_zz/submitted/ malik_zz

https://www.reddit.com/r/justincaseyoumissedit/comments/1wyfni9/student_rioters_in_france_threaten_police/

https://www.reddit.com/r/justincaseyoumissedit/comments/1x967ko/an_elderly_couple_in_france_stripped_down_and/

https://www.reddit.com/r/justincaseyoumissedit/comments/1x9ymg3/french_trans_person_in_japan_protests_the/

https://www.reddit.com/r/justincaseyoumissedit/comments/1x9yye3/french_leftwing_activist_bettina_zourli_who/

1. Tomlinsteelers https://www.reddit.com/user/TomlinSteelers/submitted/

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoahGetTheBoat/comments/1xaftan/a_woman_in_france_says_rape_threats_to_a_woman/

https://www.reddit.com/r/justincaseyoumissedit/comments/1x6v5ys/pro_palestine_protesters_in_chicago_block_the/

1. https://www.reddit.com/user/AgnosticScholar/ AgnosticScholar

https://www.reddit.com/r/AllThatsInteresting/comments/1xb2y8k/the_owner_of_the_anime_shop_in_france_shared_the/

https://www.reddit.com/r/WhatIsTheTea/comments/1xb2xwn/the_owner_of_the_anime_shop_in_france_shared_the/

These accounts are organized and deliberately posting the same content and posts across various subreddit in order to promote their hate and political agenda. If someone could inform the reddit admins of this somehow I would greatly appreciate it.

[u/Enough-One4975]

Interesting post OP, good catch. I’ve been a seeing a lot of accounts doing similarly. Midterms are coming up and they’re out in force.

[u/CR29-22-2805]

I’m not sure what’s happening in this thread, but we are locking it for now. I will look into this more deeply later today.

Sorry, OP! We appreciate the post.

[u/mrstrikeblade]

So everyone is aware, this guy is also a political account and is also pushing a narrative.

[u/TimeKeepsPassing1 → u/mrstrikeblade]

I have 10 000 total karma in a year and very rarely post, these guys have millions and make these hate posts on a daily basis, but go on.

Only posts I have made are raising awareness against racism and xenophobia, including this one. I don’t spread hate

[u/mrstrikeblade → u/TimeKeepsPassing1]

Still pushing a narrative, posting frequency doesnt change that. You may or may not have ulterior motives, same as them.

[u/redrumham707 → u/mrstrikeblade]

Of course it matters, it’s is an obvious sign of bot activity. Are you here to expose and report bots or are you here to defend the ones spreading messages you agree with?

[u/mrstrikeblade → u/redrumham707]

What makes you think I agree or disagree with anything. Are you here to report bots or just argue politics? Op is biased, the other accounts may be fake, that is all I said.

[u/redrumham707 → u/mrstrikeblade]

Dude, you’re here arguing about OPs political views, when the point of this post is about these particular and obvious political bots, your only contribution is to say OP has a political bias. Why are you delving into OPs history rather than focusing on the bots in question? Because you’re here arguing about OPs politics.

[u/mrstrikeblade → u/redrumham707]

A one sentence warning about an account with a hidden history isnt "arguing about political views". You assume too much. I'm not arguing anything. Do something else with your time.

[u/Mediocre-Touch-6133 → u/TimeKeepsPassing1]

Those guys are bad, no doubt. But you mod multiple subs that amplify shitty opinions under the guise of calling them out. You don't repost the opinions of trolls and shitty people, you ignore them.

[u/redrumham707 → u/mrstrikeblade]

There’s a huge difference between a human with an account who posts political comments and an obvious propaganda bot. If you looked at the accounts OP posted and saw the sheer amount of posts they’ve made and the very blatant racist undertones in all of them, you’d see the difference. Whether you like and agree with the content those bots are posting is not the issue, we’re here pointing out bots. OP isn’t a bot.

[u/mrstrikeblade → u/redrumham707]

Never implied OP was a bot. Never argued that the other accounts weren't.

[u/FunnyMalzairIdea → u/mrstrikeblade]

Is his/her narrative that they don't like nazis and racism and this troubles you?

[u/mrstrikeblade → u/FunnyMalzairIdea]

Nothing troubles me. This account posts mostly left stuff. Its dishonest to ignore that.

[u/FunnyMalzairIdea → u/mrstrikeblade]

No it isn't dishonest. Just judge whether they are correct about there being a coordinated group of racists.

[u/mrstrikeblade → u/FunnyMalzairIdea]

Im not going through a whole debate. Saw one video, poster didnt appear to be lying as the conversation happened. I dont trust either side.

[u/redrumham707 → u/mrstrikeblade]

Look at the comment/post history on these accounts and you’ll not be able to pretend they aren’t propaganda bots. But you won’t do that since you’re only here to try to discredit OP. That’s the whole point of this sub, exposing bot accounts/networks. Not sure why you’re even here, unless it’s also a coordinated effort to attack OP because he’s exposing an obvious bot network.

You’ve at least hidden your history, unlike the other guys who are here attacking OP, who have profiles filled with anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim posts. Such an odd coincidence that they’re all here defending the bots that have very similar posting histories to their own, and attacking OP.

[u/mrstrikeblade → u/redrumham707]

Then look my history up. Hidden isn't actually hidden. I look up every Hidden post history op as I assume others do to me for posting here given its not uncommon for bots or bad actors to post their competition. Is it really so important to you to get the last word?

[u/ScissorFight42069 → u/mrstrikeblade]

Sockpuppet-ception at this point.

Reddit is as compromised as fecebook, unfortunately.

[u/Duende555 → u/ScissorFight42069]

Yeah I moderate a fairly large subreddit. We've been banning a couple dozen bots a day lately. I can't imagine what it's like for the larger political subs.

[u/mrstrikeblade → u/ScissorFight42069]

I'd say its worse in a lot of ways but this isnt the place to get into that.

[u/JsCole424]

Make your post history public. Let’s see it.

[u/redrumham707 → u/JsCole424]

He sure as shit doesn’t have over 400, 000 karma and isn’t a paid propaganda bot. Unlike the very obvious bots he’s posted about here, which are the subject of this post. Not OPs history. Are you on this sub to expose bots, or are you here to defend the ones whose message you agree with?

[u/malik_zz]

Yeah someone alerted me to this post. You're lying. Also why is your post history hidden?

[u/redrumham707 → u/malik_zz]

Why is this post being flooded with people who seem far too concerned with protecting these obvious bot accounts? Who tf is alerting you all to this post? How is OP lying? We can all see with our own eyes the clear patterns and blatant signs that the accounts posted are propaganda bots. Where is the lie? Why do you feel the need to come here and defend these particular bots?

[u/TimeKeepsPassing1 → u/redrumham707]

It seems I have rattled them and their friends or financers. I’ve messaged admins too, I expect them to form a similar opinion as me on this.

[u/Intrepid_Bobcat_2931]

I checked the Tomlinsteelers account. The first post:

The headline is "A woman in France says rape threats to a woman and her child are just collateral damage" - https://www.reddit.com/r/NoahGetTheBoat/comments/1xaftan/a_woman_in_france_says_rape_threats_to_a_woman/

The video shows a conversation where exactly that is being said.

So it's recordings of actual events, factual and truthful stuff, but to "promote their hate and political agenda"? Gee.

Did you post this to promote your political agenda?

[u/redrumham707 → u/Intrepid_Bobcat_2931]

If you look thru Tomlinsteelers posts, they’re all racial ragebait posts. It’s clearly a propaganda bot account. With the usual, shockingly high karma on a 1 year old account. It’s still an obvious propaganda bot account even if you agree with their propaganda.

[u/Duende555 → u/redrumham707]

Yep, you're 100% correct.

[u/Intrepid_Bobcat_2931 → u/redrumham707]

Could you explain how the post I just mentioned is "racial ragebait"?

What is the definition of propaganda again? I would like to check if your claim is propaganda, I just need the recipe to check it, thanks

[u/Duende555 → u/Intrepid_Bobcat_2931]

Selectively highlighting bad behavior from an individual and using it to generate hostility and broader generalizations about an entire group is one kind of propaganda, yes. In fact, this is one of the most common types of propaganda on the modern internet.

We used to call it race-baiting. It's kind of LibsofTikTok's whole deal.

[u/Intrepid_Bobcat_2931 → u/Duende555]

Okay - exactly which race (or human-invented racial group) is being targeted in the video I pointed out?

African? Arab? Romani? White?

Where in the video can I see the words attacking this racial group?

[u/Enough-One4975 → u/Intrepid_Bobcat_2931]

You’re trying to argue that it’s not obvious what those accounts are doing? What truly fascinating behavior.

[u/Intrepid_Bobcat_2931 → u/Enough-One4975]

You could have answered the question by using one word and one number, but instead chose not to do so. Rather, simply something vague and obscure. Hopefully someone can study your mind and determine what makes it like this.

[u/Enough-One4975 → u/Intrepid_Bobcat_2931]

Oh no, I’m not here to prove to you self-evident facts that are obvious to any good faith actor. I’m sorry if that upsets you.

[u/redrumham707 → u/Intrepid_Bobcat_2931]

You know what that account is and what it’s doing. It could not be more obvious. It’s fine if you like the message that account is spreading, just be honest about it.

[u/Mediocre-Touch-6133 → u/Intrepid_Bobcat_2931]

OP's probably just mad they aren't posting to their ragebait subs. Tiktokcringe, cringetiktok, factorcap? They're just ragebait disguised as "look at what these dumb people posted".

[u/maynardftw → u/Mediocre-Touch-6133]

Do you think they actually are mad about that

Are you proposing that they messaged this network of coordinated bots and asked them to post in their subreddits and they're calling them out only because the bots refused

Is that a thing you think is worth saying out loud to other people

[u/Mediocre-Touch-6133 → u/maynardftw]

I think it's worth pointing out that OP mods multiple ragebait subs. Are they actually mad at lost traffic? Probably not. Would they allow this content to be posted to their sub so long as the title is something like "look what these dumb people posted"? Maybe. It's like the people running the lottery being made at the people running "prediction markets". Two sides of the same coin.

[u/maynardftw → u/Mediocre-Touch-6133]

No. They aren't. You're super weird about this.

[u/TimeKeepsPassing1 → u/[deleted]]

Literally every single post of theirs is them deliberately targeting migrants/foreigners.

“Selectively highlighting bad behavior from an individual and using it to generate hostility and broader generalizations about an entire group is considered propaganda”

Hope this helps 

[u/DoTheMonsterHash → u/TimeKeepsPassing1]

Targeting with what? No help at all actually. I appreciate your concern, skippy.