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How the left recruits trolls to make website comments
americanthinker ^ | Nov. 17, 2014 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 11/17/2014 12:20:08 PM PST by PROCON

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To: Responsibility2nd

I used to post on the WSJ, where posters are required to use real names and I used to do a search on some of the posters who seemed to have a real axe to grind and would quite often find that the posters were associated with lobbying groups or had some other financial tie to the issue. These types have a tendency to get nasty, rather than argue rationally.


21 posted on 11/17/2014 12:44:48 PM PST by Eva
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To: PROCON

I have no idea what your writing means, but that’s a very strange looking cat. Its fur looks like a coyote.


22 posted on 11/17/2014 12:45:49 PM PST by NorthMountain
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To: shibumi

I confess that I didn’t know how to spell Ginsu until I just looked it up. But if I’m going to post something on the internet as an “original article” rather than random posting, I look those words up before I publish it. And a little MANUAL proofreading never hurts.


23 posted on 11/17/2014 12:47:21 PM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: GeronL
"Improve their writing and research skills?"

Actually, posting here is graduate degree program on concise, correctly spelled and grammatically pure communication.

There is nowhere, on the planet, that will shoot you right out of the saddle, more quickly, and with greater glee, than FR.
Note that every buzz phrase here is the result of someone hitting the 'post' button a fraction faster than a final proofread.

24 posted on 11/17/2014 12:48:43 PM PST by jonascord (It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted...)
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To: cuban leaf

dowel?

If only....

http://www.amazon.com/Wolfcraft-2960405-Fluted-Wood-Dowel/dp/B000PCEUW2/ref=sr_1_1?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1416257401&sr=1-1&keywords=dowel&pebp=1416257403924


25 posted on 11/17/2014 12:49:05 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

For “Jensu” read “Ginsu.”


26 posted on 11/17/2014 12:49:08 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: jonascord

bump


27 posted on 11/17/2014 12:50:18 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: PROCON

Breitbart figured this out in 2008, and Rush in 1999 before him.


28 posted on 11/17/2014 12:55:59 PM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Responsibility2nd

There’s another type of Troll:

The “gang” troll. This type of troll runs with a group of other people (usually all from another posting site). They like to play a game. They will bait you, and then when you take them apart in little pieces in your response, the rest of the “gang” will show up to defend the first.

This troll showed up before the 2000 election; again in 2004; again in 2006; and it increased in 2008; 2010 and 2012.

How to catch them: Watch for an outrageous statement, followed by another post supporting the first statement; but only after somebody has countered the first statement. Keep track of the screen names - and after awhile, you will find a constant repeat of several names over and over again. Those people are the “gang” .. and the quickest way to stop them is: DON’T REPLY TO THE FIRST STATEMENT.

It works every time.

Why: Because the “game” is to get you to go ballistic so they can have a good laugh about it.


29 posted on 11/17/2014 12:57:06 PM PST by CyberAnt ("The hope and changey stuff did not work, even a smidgen.")
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To: PROCON; All
From March 2009:

BREITBART: Online activists on the right, unite!

30 posted on 11/17/2014 12:57:14 PM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Lots of nose-holding and voting R being recommended.

ya gotta admit, it makes more sense than staying home........

31 posted on 11/17/2014 12:58:34 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Don't harsh my buzz homie......)
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To: Hot Tabasco
Only if you like voting for liberal Republicans and throwing your vote away anyway..

I don't.

Besides, there are always more than R and D on my ballot.

/johnny

32 posted on 11/17/2014 1:01:18 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Responsibility2nd
This bit about the Soros troll? Very true. We have one here at FR. A retread newbie who trolls the drug threads.

There is one on the Birther threads. A dead giveaway is their posting history.
33 posted on 11/17/2014 1:04:03 PM PST by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
"This person is actually educated but is on the never-ending-government-dowel..."

It just goes on and on and on...

34 posted on 11/17/2014 1:04:18 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: PROCON

I recall Moby and his marching morons.


35 posted on 11/17/2014 1:04:22 PM PST by Darksheare (People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Besides, there are always more than R and D on my ballot.

You series? Perot is running again???....LOL!

36 posted on 11/17/2014 1:05:17 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Don't harsh my buzz homie......)
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To: CyberAnt

Don’t forget to mention the “concern” trolls.


37 posted on 11/17/2014 1:05:44 PM PST by JohnnyP
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To: Hot Tabasco
Doesn't matter. There are always more than R and D on my ballot.

Anyone that voted for the liberal Romney obviously threw their vote away because Romney lost.

I don't vote for liberals, R or D.

/johnny

38 posted on 11/17/2014 1:06:49 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Yea, we know.........LOL!


39 posted on 11/17/2014 1:09:41 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Don't harsh my buzz homie......)
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To: PROCON

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40 posted on 11/17/2014 1:09:52 PM PST by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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