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Sunday, July 15, 2012

Chinese Water Army?


Another new term for me - Chinese Water Army, the name coming from their ability to sweep away other opinions with a flood of comments by an army of paid commentors. In the US this is called astroturfing and sometimes reputation management.

Undercover Researchers Expose Chinese Internet Water Army - MIT Research

An undercover team of computer scientists reveals the practices of people who are paid to post on websites.

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