K-netizens Discover Manipulation Strategies Employed by Tokki to Boost NewJeans

Recent investigations have emerged indicating that Tokki is allegedly trying to sway public sentiment on K-net, a major online platform for news and community discussions, through interaction in the NewJeans forum on DC Inside. This initiative is said to involve partnerships with administrators of significant fan pages throughout South Korea.

A comprehensive guide published in the community advises K-net users to participate in orchestrated comment activities to enhance support for NewJeans. The recommendations include the following tactics:

Comments on Entertainment Articles: Participants are suggested to leave comments on articles about NewJeans rather than merely liking or expressing surprise, as those responses don’t significantly influence public opinion. Focus should be on prominent news platforms that permit commentary.
Old Articles with Minimal Interaction: Engaging with these posts is considered unproductive; fans are urged to disregard such articles.
Social Media Platforms: Excessive commenting on YouTube and Instagram is discouraged unless pressing issues arise; past experiences indicate that managing comments here has not been effective.
Avoiding Political Associations: Supporters are cautioned against any political associations to ensure that NewJeans and their fanbase, recognized as Bunnies, do not appear linked to any political entities or figures.
Consistency in Commenting: The guide emphasizes uniformity in comment structure, steering clear of personal viewpoints, and avoiding original article titles in social media. Users should prioritize positive comments and then report and downvote any negative feedback encountered.

Additionally, fans are encouraged that when sharing content, they should leave a minimum of 10 positive comments (선플). Once comments are made, refreshing the page to upvote 3-4 quality comments or well-articulated critiques becomes the next step.

Should an article already contain a significant number of negative remarks, fans should first post a positive comment. Then, they should search for highly rated positive comments to endorse. If positive comments are absent, refreshing the page will help identify the most recent favorable comments to upvote.

Simply endorse 3-4 positive remarks and downvote (비추) the negative ones ranked between 3 and 5 among the top comments. If sufficient engagement occurs and favorable comments attain ranks 3, 4, or 5, aspiring for positions 1 or 2 becomes a viable target.

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