When trying to discredit public figures on social media, the following methods may be used: 1. **Publishing false information**: Fabricating or exaggerating facts to create untrue stories or events. 2. **Quoting out of context**: Intercepting part of a public figure’s speech or event to distort its meaning. 3. **Spreading rumors**: Spreading rumors through text, pictures or videos to mislead the public about the person. 4. **Fake accounts**: Creating fake social media accounts to impersonate the person or his team to post harmful information. 5. **Manipulating media content**: Using image editing tools to forge photos or videos to mislead the public. 6. **Spreading private information**: Disclosing the private information of public figures without permission to damage their image and privacy. 7. **Internet water army manipulation**: Organizing a large number of fake accounts to publish or spread negative information to forge a public opinion atmosphere. 8. **Misleading headlines**: Using exaggerated or misleading headlines to attract attention and guide the public to have a wrong impression. 9. **Malicious comparison and association**: Making unreasonable associations between public figures and negative events or people to affect their image. These tactics may have a serious impact on the reputation of public figures, so you need to be vigilant when obtaining information on social media and verify the authenticity of the source of the information.