Who Trolled Amber? - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Who Trolled Amber is an exhaustively researched and well-presented deep dive into the frenzied activity that surrounded the Depp v. Heard trial. The podcast is not concerned with re-litigating the trial itself, but rather the origins and impact of coordinated online attacks against Amber Heard. The investigation is complicated, compelling, and shockingly easy to follow thanks to Mostrous’s measured tone and flowing script. Who Trolled Amber provides not just a peek, but a long unblinking stare behind the curtain of online disinformation campaigns.

I am so impressed with how deeply researched this was. This show lays out so well how easily misinformation be used to manipulate, and people are using that unchecked information to base their viewpoints. This is a must listen; I’m somewhat terrified think of the implications this type of campaign could have on other much larger and grander scale political events.

Season 2 idea - imagine how many people think *they* are not affected by misinformation - how can we dig into that idea and show how easy it is to be manipulated ? How commonplace is the spread of misinformation?

The story of tracking down how Depp’s bot army happened and who was behind it is both fascinating and horrifying, and the storyteller does a great job of taking us through the story and the process of figuring it out

As if keeping up with all the new keywords to block on your pages isn’t enough (you know, the fake accounts commenting and tagging real people with bogus product links, etc), I can’t imagine how large corporations report legitimate metrics on their social campaigns. I’ve always feared that the “audience” I’m paying to advertise to is heavily inflated with fake accounts, or worse, “clicking” & charging ads throwing budgeted ad money away. The rising rate of bots and spam on social media has been my biggest headache as a marketer. It makes me hate parts of marketing that I used to love.