As reported by Karl Quinn of the Sydney Morning Herald, there was a post made by a troll on
/r/Ghostbusters that was intended to false-flag critics of the movie and make them appear foolish. The user's post history indicates that this person is in fact a supporter of the movie. It is also the case that the thread was heavily downvoted and criticized by the members of the sub who commented at the time.
Article:
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment...he-troll-who-was-trolled-20160711-gq2z4y.html
Archive of the original thread:
https://archive.is/FTi8W
At some point on <current day -2> this post was screenshotted and then posted on Twitter without context - and apparently going viral. It would appear that the following writers and publications simply collected the screenshot on Twitter and then republished it, with no further investigation deemed necessary.
BBC -
https://archive.is/3YTbz
Ben Wilson for Gamesradar+ -
https://archive.is/6hDR1
Devin Faraci for his own dumb ass -
https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAc...ocjus_devin_faraci_falls_for_a_rghostbusters/
Carly Lane for The Mary Sue -
http://archive.is/48Zmk
Kat Brown for Glamour -
https://archive.is/tPFZO
Ed Biggs for ContactMusic.com -
https://archive.is/05qVL#selection-6279.0-6279.163
Olivia Waring for Metro -
https://archive.is/2Yjr0#selection-599.0-599.217
Katie Rife, AVClub.
http://archive.is/kLP9l
Liv McConnell on Revelist:
http://www.revelist.com/movies/ghos...all-the-ghostbusters-reddit-fuckery-though/10
Ben Arnold at Yahoo Movies:
https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/online-backlash-against-positive-reviews-for-new-084556703.html
Perez Hilton:
http://perezhilton.com/2016-07-11-g...iracy-theory-good-reviews-reddit#.V4Ri-rWMI-I
The John Campea podcast:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JF0X81G8J7Q
'Ghostbusters' Haters Attempt To Organise Disappearance Of Positive Reviews (ContactMusic.com):
http://archive.is/05qVL
Ghostbusters fanboys are not happy about the positive reviews the film is getting (Metro):
http://archive.is/2Yjr0