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Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and "Correct" Online Discussions
    #19248602 - 12/09/13 02:56 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

http://humansarefree.com/2013/09/federal-government-hires-internet-trolls.html

What are your thoughts on this?

I've suspected as such for years now. Now they come out and admit it


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Re: Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and "Correct" Online Discussions [Re: Shroomism]
    #19248625 - 12/09/13 03:09 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Sounds like paranoia to me.  I don't think the government needs to do this, we do a pretty good job of shooting eachother down when one steps out of line too much.  They are mostly just a bunch of people meddling in things and taking our money because that is their nature. 

It sounds like the government is wasting its time which I consider a good thing because it makes me feel like the government is really representing what I believe in.


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Re: Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and "Correct" Online Discussions [Re: Shroomism]
    #19248628 - 12/09/13 03:10 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I hope someone in the NSA loses it and unloads on whoever's in charge there soon. :thumbup:


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Re: Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and "Correct" Online Discussions [Re: moonrockmushy]
    #19248631 - 12/09/13 03:11 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I think it's definitely possible.  Specifically because it is so easy to do.


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Re: Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and "Correct" Online Discussions [Re: Shroomism]
    #19248632 - 12/09/13 03:11 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

The writer of that seems a little paranoid. Sound plausible though, it wouldn't be the first time the government has tried to discredit people/things that speak out against them.



FUCK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

Anyone want to start a revolution?


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Re: Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and "Correct" Online Discussions [Re: thoughts]
    #19248635 - 12/09/13 03:13 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Whom amoung us...
:tinfoil:


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Re: Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and "Correct" Online Discussions [Re: collie man]
    #19248646 - 12/09/13 03:19 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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collie man said:
Whom amoung us...
:tinfoil:



You decide...

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1. They combine their vast knowledge with disinformation and ridicule, in order to make a subject appear as uninteresting and misleading as possible. 

2. At the same time, they fuel meaningless debates on uninteresting subjects, easily diverting attention from the important ones -- while keeping the first page of a forum filled with subjects bringing nothing new or crucial, and acting merely as distractions.

3. If a given subject is of major interest and they are not able to instantly kill it, then they will divert the discussion to one of the never-ending "divide and conquer" debates, like politics, racism, war, etc.

4. They work together to report those who are informed for things they have not committed, like copyright infringement or spam, in order to have their accounts suspended; or provoke them systematically, looking for an offensive reaction that is sanctioned by the forum rules.

5. Finally, they infiltrate the high ranks of a forum or website, becoming "moderators". This gives them power to delete threads of interest, due to fake copyright infringement reported by their undercover colleagues, and they can go as far as permanently banning a user.




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Re: Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and "Correct" Online Discussions [Re: TrentBoyett] * 10
    #19248650 - 12/09/13 03:22 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Zappa.
pris.


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Re: Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and "Correct" Online Discussions [Re: Shroomism]
    #19248656 - 12/09/13 03:24 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Quote:

Shroomism said:
http://humansarefree.com/2013/09/federal-government-hires-internet-trolls.html

What are your thoughts on this?

I've suspected as such for years now. Now they come out and admit it



Roughly 2 years ago Canada had an army of over 5,000 such internet trolls. Around 2 years ago Hillary was on Capital hill asking for budget increases in internet intelligence too, which I assumed included an army of trolls at least bigger than measly Canada's. Its an open secret, kind of like the existance of Area 51, where they deny it exists but everyone knows its there.


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Re: Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and "Correct" Online Discussions [Re: TrentBoyett] * 2
    #19248657 - 12/09/13 03:24 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Sheekle is definitely a fed.

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FUCK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

Anyone want to start a revolution?




I would but I am a little busy with my Islamic Jihad right now.


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Re: Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and "Correct" Online Discussions [Re: Ellis Dee]
    #19248696 - 12/09/13 03:42 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Hmmm.. At least I have a new career idea.


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Re: Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and "Correct" Online Discussions [Re: moonrockmushy] * 1
    #19248704 - 12/09/13 03:49 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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moonrockmushy said:
Sounds like paranoia to me.  I don't think the government needs to do this, we do a pretty good job of shooting eachother down when one steps out of line too much.



Precisely. It's what I call the 'Shepherd'less Herd', the need of a sheep dog, or shepherd, are no longer necessary when you train the sheep to control each other. When someone does some digging and/or logic using, they are automatically 'conspiracy theorists' and anyone who doesn't partake in the consumption of Christian Gods cocks, is the devil; theyz blasphemers.

In short; we're all fucked. Doesn't matter if you take down the Government, the people are still stupid, illogical.. and twerking.


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Re: Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and "Correct" Online Discussions [Re: collie man]
    #19248743 - 12/09/13 04:08 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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collie man said:
Zappa.
pris.



Enlil
mjshroomer.

this article is old news though I've known this for years and its not terribly difficult to spot them.


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Re: Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and "Correct" Online Discussions [Re: Shins] * 1
    #19248762 - 12/09/13 04:17 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I'm pretty sure Israel does the most "trolling" anyway.  They got all those army recruits, they probably just warehouse the ones who aren't fit or willing to fight and force them to troll the internet in the name of world domination or something.  I feel like I've seen them on youtube and I know I've heard about it somewhere.


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Re: Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and "Correct" Online Discussions [Re: collie man] * 1
    #19248784 - 12/09/13 04:46 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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collie man said:
Whom amoung us...
:tinfoil:




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Re: Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and "Correct" Online Discussions [Re: spazmodog]
    #19248812 - 12/09/13 05:12 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Honestly that sounds pretty stupid.


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Re: Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and "Correct" Online Discussions [Re: Shroomism]
    #19248817 - 12/09/13 05:16 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)



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Re: Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and [Re: Shroomism]
    #19248828 - 12/09/13 05:27 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

:salmon:


Edited by Corporal Kielbasa (12/11/13 09:26 AM)


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Re: Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and [Re: Shroomism] * 2
    #19248859 - 12/09/13 05:51 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I don't think it's a very far-fetched idea that intelligence agencies in the West also interact on the internet to distort information or try to divert the attention from certain subjects. But...there are a few things mentioned in the article the OP links to that worry me, i.e. in the "How to spot internet trolls" section. The criteria mentioned there are likely to include many people who aren't CIA/FBI/whatever-paid and -instructed trolls, but just private people who happen to match those same criteria. This induces the risk of a witch hunt, which doesn't seem like a smart thing to undertake.


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Re: Federal Government Hires Internet TROLLS to Monitor and [Re: koraks]
    #19248864 - 12/09/13 05:58 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I felt like I got targeted as a troll for asking a question about bayou corne.  Dude was hyping up its growth and I sent a pm saying its been raining all week there.  Could the high water table be making it appear to be growing in the recent fly over? That afternoon he is going off about trolls and yada yada...

ok now I'm actually gonna read the original artical
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