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It Appears There Are Hijacked Freeper Accounts
3/1/15

Posted on 03/01/2015 2:25:18 AM PST by Enlightened1

I found three Freepers (in the last 24 hours that prior to a few days ago (10 days at the most) have not been active in a very long time...... At least a year and a half or more. The other two Freepers have no posts for 7 years and 3 years.

Now prior to that time gap all would have maybe 1 or 2 posts a years several years ago. Yet in the last few days they are posting a lot. I find that very odd?

I think these accounts have been hijacked by the opposition?

For those that are wondering what is an Internet Troll? Trolls, post a deliberately provocative message or messages to a newsgroup or message boards/threads with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument. This is done primarily by opposition groups.

I'm sure someone could figure out WHO is doing this. We just need to do a trace route on the account to see where it's coming from.

Here are some articles about it for anyone that does not know about this. Watch your 6 Freepers.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/gchqs-dark-arts-leaked-documents-reveal-online-manipulation-facebook-youtube-snooping/

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/08/darpa-social-networks-research-twitter-influence-studies

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/04/04/cuban-twitter-scam-social-media-tool-disseminating-government-propaganda/


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KEYWORDS: faq; freerepublic; paranoid; trolls
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To: Enlightened1; Norm Lenhart; Bigtigermike; Bratch; Sarah Barracuda; KC_Lion
Yeah, there are paid political operatives, Rat plants, and trolls who created sleeper accounts some time ago, but only go active during certain times, especially primary season and important elections. Then they disappear again.

For instance, where are all the PDS'ers from 2010-2012, who did nothing but troll Palin threads and spread liberal lies and propaganda about the governor? And then there was the "ABO" crowd from 2012, who spammed FR demanding that all of us Conservatives vote for Romney as a lesser evil. Where'd they go?

Andrew Breitbart was on to them too...

BREITBART: Online activists on the right, unite!

21 posted on 03/01/2015 3:10:59 AM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: TheOldLady
TOL, FYI!

Calling all Viking Kitties..Cleanup may be required?
(Humor intended.)

22 posted on 03/01/2015 3:12:17 AM PST by Las Vegas Dave (The democ"RAT"ic party preys on the ignorant..!)
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To: shibumi

Not me either though in the past two or three weeks I have been called a Commie, Jackass and Fa*ot-F***er in various private replies. Usually by people that don’t pick up on sarcasm and have an extremely narrow mind.

I am not a troll - Oaf, provocateur, libertarian bomb thrower maybe but never a troll.


23 posted on 03/01/2015 3:12:56 AM PST by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: eastforker; knarf

They just might end up getting hurt.


24 posted on 03/01/2015 3:13:05 AM PST by MagnoliaB
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To: Timber Rattler

Im always suspect of 2004 sign up dates.


25 posted on 03/01/2015 3:14:11 AM PST by Half Vast Conspiracy (!)
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To: shibumi

Yes, it’s you, alright.


26 posted on 03/01/2015 3:17:14 AM PST by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER; shibumi; admin

27 posted on 03/01/2015 3:20:08 AM PST by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.)
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To: MagnoliaB; eastforker
(bridge)

Wellll ..

Im don't know but I've been told

28 posted on 03/01/2015 3:20:29 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
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To: Timber Rattler

The ones saying we should hold our noses voting for Romney are still here. What we get is....

Obama unchained. Getting people killed all over the world, and letting Christians and other people beheaded by scimitar shown all over the world, without a decisive scorched earth campaign against those responsible. In fact, telling us the perpetrators just need jobs and a good economy, that they would stop killing. That exterminating these groups will not stop them. Yes, not voting for a real American however much you disagree with him was in fact, the correct option. I so agree with you.

I am sure that Romney would be pushing net neutrality down our throats, eventually leading us to lose FreeRepublic.com, as well as every other conservative website out there. I’m sure he would be telling us that Muslims need jobs. Heck, I’m sure he would have personally gone door to door confiscating your guns, sending your family to death camps. Better not say that Romney isn’t a real American on TV either. The media wouldn’t just attack you relentlessly for weeks, but drag you into the street and brutally murder you and your family on live television! Certainly, not voting Romney was the better option! I completely agree with you! Those danged agitators!


29 posted on 03/01/2015 3:21:49 AM PST by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: knarf

Eskimo kittens are mighty cold.


30 posted on 03/01/2015 3:27:27 AM PST by eastforker (Cruz for steam in 2016)
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To: Enlightened1

This is my 3rd comment since 2010. Hmmm ... very suspicious.


31 posted on 03/01/2015 3:31:56 AM PST by Sandy
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To: eastforker

I don’t know but I’ve been told


32 posted on 03/01/2015 3:32:22 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Sound off 1 2 sound off 3 4 bring it down on 1 2 3 4 1 2


33 posted on 03/01/2015 3:37:33 AM PST by eastforker (Cruz for steam in 2016)
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To: shibumi
"“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22
34 posted on 03/01/2015 3:39:32 AM PST by Makana (Self-esteem is the new intelligence - Greenfield)
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To: knarf
It may be me, for I am the slime.
Next in line
Provide your rhyme.
35 posted on 03/01/2015 3:44:59 AM PST by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

It’s hard to run with the weight of gold.


36 posted on 03/01/2015 3:46:06 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Enlightened1

Probably created to be used at a later time rather than hijacked.


37 posted on 03/01/2015 3:46:27 AM PST by Neidermeyer ("Our courts should not be collection agencies for crooks." — John Waihee, Governor of Hawaii, 1986-)
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To: shibumi; Enlightened1; JoeProBono; Salamander; TheOldLady; 50mm
What makes you think that my account has been hacked?

Hey! I can see the Host in the sun!

38 posted on 03/01/2015 3:47:32 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Ragnarok" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L5nD7-qsEw)
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To: Enlightened1

If I were you I would take this issue directly to this site’s admin/owners.
If there is someone computer saavy enough they could possibly figure this out and disclose their findings on this site.

I think otherwise if there wouldn’t be disclosure to those who frequent here then that might be a big problem .

just my opinion


39 posted on 03/01/2015 3:51:05 AM PST by thesligoduffyflynns (sligo surf club)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

I know a girl all dressed in green....


40 posted on 03/01/2015 3:53:34 AM PST by SnuffaBolshevik (Enter something.)
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