This is the first half translated. (fixing the google translate errors)
It is as if nature has Trump-Bias! ", brags someone in the chat of The_Donald as a comment on the latest survey results for the voting in New York. Trump is the clear favorite.
"Centipedes! You are needed! Help the campaign today! “,stands in the The_Donald subforum of the social platform Reddit.
Since Barack Obama, the social media president, nothing is as it once was. Suddenly, the Internet is the focus of attention, when politicians are courting voters. Recently it was the US president himself, who lived out the ideal of politics in social media. A 23,000 questions severe, overwhelming avalanche thundered letter three years ago down at him. Although he failed to respond to all the questions of the Reddit community, Obama wrote: "This is an example of how technology and the Internet help to support conversations that strengthen our democracy."
With that it was clear: the battle for the next presidency will by parts be decided in the internet. No longer just in TV debates and demonstrations with speakers and flags. Especially Reddit, particularly in this country often underestimated as a social platform, reaches dizzying numbers. In the US web ranking, the page is infront of giants like Netflix or Linkedin. Before Microsoft's search engine Bing. And before CNN.
And this is where The_Donald, part of the Reddit community, continues on. With last more than three million visitors in one month.
A battlefield of Malice
Despite its enormous reach - The_Donald reaches regularly the Reddit frontpage- The_Donald acts like enigmatic Insider Club with unique visual language and its own vocabulary. It is one of the many contradictions inherited in the Community. Trump could hardly manifest himself more acurate in the social networks.
Even to The_Donald sees itself as "something like” an official campaign under-forum for Donald Trump. In fact, there is organizing and call to vote. There are tons of explanatory resources, advocacy papers, graphics and items to make Trump sound right. And to prove, for example, thatTrump is neither a misogynist or racist. This is pretty close to a proper campaign.
"For serious Trump supporters»
"This forum is for serious Trump supporters", is said there. And immediately afterwards: "We also have jokes, comics and so on." In addition, not surprisingly: "We are not politically correct." And there then derailes the Trump-train in a similar type train drivers do often. This is despite an armada of almost 60 moderators. It is clear: Each provocation is intentional.
Just like Trump, his online community emerges as an army of spiteful trolls who denigrate their political opponents. Like this:
Ted Cruz is called '' Lyin Ted , and they jokingly claim he is in itruth the" Zodiac Killer ". Hillary Clinton gets titled either as Shillary (a portmanteau of "shill" (decoy) and Hillary), "Crooked Clinton" (corrupt Clinton) or Hitlery. About false Twitter posts to Bernie Sanders Supporter be incited to burn money under the hashtag #burnitforbernie - in order to reveal as to ridicule. An article in which the civil rights activist Al Sharpton is called race hustler, receives thousands of votes. Bernie Sanders is accused, he would pull the people the money from their pocket. Bernie Sanders has received most of his campaign donations from ordinary citizens and has no PACs (political action committees) who pay for it.
Furthermore: pictures of Hitler ( "a selfie of Hillary Clinton"), a comic which claims diversity is hot, "get rid of the whites", a poster that shows Bernie Sanders next to communist dictators, and jokes that degrade Jeb Bush to a baby. Policy through jokes, not by content.