Hype about Snyder Cut just fake? Director is said to have used bots

Last year is the infamous Snyder Cutwhich is the four-hour version of the DC film Justice League by director Zack Snyder, finally officially released. But the road to get there was long and arduous: Joss Whedon’s theatrical version flopped and Warner Bros. resisted supporting Snyder’s costly endeavor for a long time.

That snyder The fact that the director finally got his way and was able to release his own version is largely thanks to the loyal fans who took to social media to support the release of the Snyder Cut. Or so it seems. But now a report suggests that the hype manipulated with bots could have been – by Snyder.

The Snyder Cut on Social Media: Is It All Fake?

The really detailed and very detailed article comes from Rolling Stonewhere to meet with employees of Warner Bros. and cyber experts have spoken to the rumors behind the possibly manipulated social media hypes as well as the numerous demands and threats to verify their authenticity.

Accordingly, the magazine has received two reports, originally from WarnerMedia were commissioned and which state that behind at least 13 percent of the accounts involved in the social media hype are not real people, but bots put. According to experts, this sets you apart from the usual three to five percent for such campaigns.

The company Alethea Group was able to trace this back to a specific domain, among other things: Forsnydercut.com therefore comes from an advertising agency that is no longer active, which advertised to create cheap website traffic and was behind the hashtag, which went viral in May 2018 #ReleaseTheSnyderCut should stick.

These assumptions are also confirmed by more than 20 people who Justice League (buy now €8.99) as well as the Snyder Cut and those of Rolling Stone were questioned on this matter. Almost all of them believe that Snyder rigged the campaign, while the director denies the allegations and blames it on Warner Bros.