Yup. I've worked in tech for nearly 20 years. Most people who work in tech don't give a shit about the ethics of what they do or where they work if the money is good.

This is a screenshot from one of the discords of current and/or previous coworkers, but the sentiment is everywhere

Palantir may be engaging in a coordinated disinformation campaign

Is, has been, is designed to, whole purpose is, etc... definitely not "may"...

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Ex pal people are on slack, not discord. This is probably an investor server

Palantir just partnered with TeleTracking. For anyone outside of health care, TeleTracking is a health tech company that's been on decline for awhile.

Why is this relevant, you may ask? TeleTracking still has a lot of clients, many of which are smaller hospitals grandfathered into older, cheaper contracts. If you go to a hospital that uses TeleTracking, Palantir now has all your patient health information.

Palantir is the absolute scum of the information world. Tech with promise, but used in the worst kind of ways.

Good evidence of astroturfing on Reddit. That Reddit took action and banned the Palantir agents only provides evidence that exposure of the op is the problem. Not evidence that Reddit acts in good faith.

Who cares? Anyone still drinking the reddit cool aid is just asking for a leopard to eat their face.

What kind of ways, can you explain?

If I'm reading this right, you would basically say that any company that helps government institutions spy on people is awful, is that right?

I think we should all care about what misinformation is spread to what people

I haven't thought through all the scenarios and edge cases, but generally spying on the public seems dicey and ripe for abuse. Especially if it's just like "the public, all the time, whenever we feel like it," instead of "ok we got a warrant signed by a judge to investigate Joe Bombguy".

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

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?

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

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.