Comment by javajosh
3 years ago
>We see it all the time.
Really? I'd like to hear about that.
And is astroturfing the most likely attack vector? That might work on big social media where it's easy to feel like you've got a finger on the pulse of public opinion by scrolling down a long list of anonymous content, but it presumably wouldn't work in crypto (or crypto adjacent) communities which are much smaller and where individual reputations are quite important.
It's endless in areas like nutritional science, public policy, energy policy, environmental issues, etc.
Here's a random five second search result:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aat3763
These are examples of academic communities being influenced by corporate or state interests.
It's much easier with informal online communities subject to herd effects.