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. 2021 Oct 31;11(1):111. doi: 10.1007/s13278-021-00815-2

Table 2.

Coordinated amplification strategies

Pollution Flooding a community with repeated or objectionable content, causing the OSN to shut it down
Observed by (Ratkiewicz et al. 2011; Woolley 2016; Hegelich and Janetzko 2016; Hine et al. 2017; Nasim et al. 2018; Fisher 2018; Mariconti et al. 2019)
Boost Heavily reposting or duplicating content to make it appear popular
Observed by (Ratkiewicz et al. 2011; Cao et al. 2015; Varol et al. 2017; Vo et al. 2017; Gupta et al. 2019; Keller et al. 2019; Graham et al. 2020; Assenmacher et al. 2020)
Bully Groups engaging in organised harassment of an individual or community.
Observed by (Ratkiewicz et al. 2011; Burgess and Matamoros-Fernández 2016; Hine et al. 2017; Kumar et al. 2018; Datta and Adar 2019; Mariconti et al. 2019)