1 Name: Xion_Kytori : 2011-05-02 01:11 ID:FVt2M6Bf (Image: 400x422 jpg, 33 kb) [Del]
A DPJ politician who recently lost her seat has been ridiculed for accusing 2ch users of being paid to manipulate public opinion against the DPJ using their posts.
Former Hiroshima prefectural assembly member Yukiko Kajikawa, attached to the ruling DPJ, apparently blames her recently lost election on 2ch – well known for a visceral and frequently irrational hatred of the leftist DPJ.
According to her tweet, professional posters have been hired to systematically manipulate Japanese public opinion, being paid several hundred yen for each defamatory post.
She goes on to claim that the conspirators now use Twitter to continue their propaganda efforts as well.
As might be expected of a high profile site used by millions, 2ch is actually home to its own ecosystem of crooks, scammers and cranks, as well as all manner of political provocateurs and commercial and media shills, so unfortunately there may well be some truth to her claims even if she is crazy.
