Zillions of Fake Trump-Troll Twitter/FB/Forum Accounts Popping Up Left-and-Right

Reaganite Republican ^ | 22 February 2016 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

He's definitely thorough -and thoroughly devious- I'll give him that.

But besides apparently buying-out apparently Breitbart, (aka 'Trumpbart' lol) Trump is now unleashing wave-after-wave of online trolls to attack every single pro-Cruz post...
and twirl their virtual pom-poms in your face.

They are very easy to spot, tho- 20 - 100 followers, lame sunset or some such background they found in 5 seconds, one 'character' trait like 'I'm a trucker', and typically a profile photo that looks like a model or some other 'winner'.

And they always link Trump's own twitter account on EVERY thread... apparently getting paid per post. It's obvious they all work of the same list of talking points- when challenged in-depth, they don't seem to really understand anything but the basics... like anybody's first week on the job, I guess.

They all seem to have an assigned character, usually are anchored to a specific issue/block of voters... 'Jews for Trump', Trump-Texas, whatever. There were a bunch of Iowa/NH/SC characters on there lately -who all have disappeared- only to be replaced by a whole slew of new ones throughout Dixie today.

I've had one assigned to my website, and one to my FB page... both of which attacked pro-Cruz posts at any hour of the day or night until I blocked them.

They also jam all online polls for Trump- thus, he polls 65-85% after every debate, yet pulls a weak 32.5% when he scores his 'big win'- hardly what you might call dominating.

And they love to tell you how the race is all but over when Trump has merely 
70 of the 1257 delegates required to win the nomination- please.

These trolls always engage politely in a transparent -and brief- 
charm offensive, but it doesn't take much resistance before they start telling me what an idiot I am... and in terms that would make even The Donald blush (picture a darker orange or perhaps cinnamon color).

They also work in teams... if I get into it with one of them before I notice it's a fake-looking account, 2-3 others promptly appear to lynch me/chant in unison.

Some pathetic efforts at acting can be seen as well, of Facebook, twitter, even on Free Republic these days. Some pose as 'disillusioned' Cruz fans, others say they were 'never for Trump' and they're Christian and/or conservative and will be 'glad to support him' in the general.

That's because the Trump campaign knows perfectly well there are legions of conservatives so astonished by a GOP primary that could nominate a lifelong liberal and potential tyrant that we just might stay home if he's foisted upon us.

I would hate to do it -held my nose and voted for Romney last time- but Trump is simply not acceptable to large swathes of the voting public. And numbers bear this out, regardless of how loud he and his trolls/supporters shout at us.

[McGruff]

“Trump is now unleashing wave-after-wave of online trolls to attack every single pro-Cruz post”

Wow. I've never seen such paranoia.

[heights]

OK, whatever you say..

[Jewbacca]

You hire sweat shops in India to do this.

Trump has been doing this for a while.

http://www.vocativ.com/usa/us-politics/donald-trump-facebook-likes/

http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trumps-facebook-followers-2015-6

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/freerepublic.com

2.1% from India? On Freerepublic? Ha.

[ifinnegan]

A lot of them here.

[Behind the Blue Wall]

Hmm . . . on the one hand, Trump gets pilloried for failing to fund a ground operation in Iowa, but somehow, his shoe-strings campaign operation has time to register and post on behalf of “zillions” of sock puppets in every little two-bit bulletin board on the Internet.

[datura]

Because anyone who either disagrees with you - or your candidate - are trolls. Or worse, they are not “conservatives”?

Nice to see you finally added another post-SC vanity about the evil Trump and his supporters. It will no doubt change many voter’s minds. (Do I need the tag behind that?)

Why don’t you try this: Support your candidate. Vote for your candidate. But don’t try to give us your personal opinion as fact. Everyone has opinions, and why do we need to read yours in the form of yet another vanity?

Your post reads like some of the Trumpet screeds that get zotted, only with the candidates reversed and some paranoia thrown in.

[Jewbacca]

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/freerepublic.com

2.1% from India?

[Nickname]

That’s why one of the first comments is a Trump supporter name calling right?

[nclaurel]

Where is the proof of who starts these? Heck it could be Hitlery.

[CodeToad]

Reagan, himself, would not be a conservative according these self-professed conservatives.

Reagan, as Kali governor, singed into law the most permissive abortion law. Heck, Reagan supported the amnesty of 3 million illegal aliens.

[mplsconservative]

Just wow. So anyone that disagrees with you is a troll?

[Disambiguator]

Is that really possible? Zillions?

Maybe that's short for "Brazilians."

[eastforker]

I am sorry your blog is not doing well.

[tacticalogic]

What a stupid, paranoid article. Ridiculous.

It's not paranoid at all. There are companies that do this for hire to promote product brands, and political campaigns will frequently employ them to try and promote or attack candidates or ballot initiatives.

[datura]

I know. I listened to the same people telling me in 1979 to not vote for Reagan. He was a liberal. He had been a Democrat.

It sounded just like it does now, except then we only had the big 3 tv stations, radio, and newspapers. If we had the internet back then, they would have driven Reagan out.

[Robert DeLong]

Getting likes is not what this thread was about, but wow the level of paranoia within the Cruz camp is incredible.

Again, no proof whatsoever of Trump involvement.

Perhaps the world actually prefers a strong America over a weak America.

Bottom line, is it has little impact if any.

[GeaugaRepublican]

If you look at the Cruz campaign, the probability is much more likely that the paid trolls are for Cruz campaign.

Why? The Cruz campaign hires the firms that provides those services and Trump does not.

Download the payees of the Cruz campaign and you will see a number of “media” firms and consultants that provide this service, unlike Trump campaign.

Most of Trump campaign expenditures go to tangibles such as rent, travel, hats, Rally costs. Very simple, inexpensive campaign by Trump.

[Nickname]

If you believe that, then you’re I’ll informed.

[jaydee770]

And that’s just an observation based on posting history and sign-up dates. I have no idea if they are paid-by-the-post or not.