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## [Q] trying to find a short story I remember where augmented reality/social media was used to fabricate a coup. Someone like Charles Stross or Vernor Vinge wrote it.
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* Author: u/None *
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* URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/4t48sf/q_trying_to_find_a_short_story_i_remember_where/
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* Score: 12
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* Created: 2016-07-16T11:49:26
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### Post:
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Other details:
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* Main character was some sort of programmer for the information network
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* AR is introduced by showing threat raings over people as he walks past them. Specifically soldiers drinking, with protestsnt catholic tensions, so might have been set in northern Ireland.
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* Information sent is different for every person and tailored to what is most likely to make them beleive. Protagonist realises this at the end
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I've been googling for half an hour and not found it, it was I think by someone like Charles Stross,
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It popped in to my head when hearing about the events in Turkey, and how much of a role control of the media plays in a successful coup
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### Comments:
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> **u/Escapement** [+3] *Ankh-Morpork City Watch* (11 hours later)
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> I recommend posting this question to /r/whatsthatbook - it's a pretty good subreddit for this sort of thing.
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> **u/bbrazil** [+2] *NERV* (2 hours later)
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> Probably different, but I recall an Asimov short story where a programmer manages to cause a revolution over a few weeks/months by tweaking the Computer.
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> **u/kenkopin** [+1] (4 hours later)
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> I believe the story you are describing is [The Moon is a Harsh Mistress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress) by Robert A. Heinlein
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> Edit: Now that I re-read your description, I'm thinking I'm wrong here.
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> **u/abcd_z** [+1] (5 hours later)
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> Probably not what you're looking for, but the premise sounds similar to [this SMBC comic.](http://smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2286#comic)
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