Here’s what I’ve noticed in relation to trolls on the foxnews.com comments sections:
For the most part, conservative views are well represented and up-voted on Fox. On hot-button issues, though, you will see sweatshop-esque activity kick in, with a LARGE volume of liberal comments generated in a short period of time, typically when news hits. In general, when the sweatshop is at work, the liberal comments are very short, all follow a similar pattern, and often are ad hominum in nature. It is also during these times that you will see comments regularly disappearing due to being flagged, as described in my original post.
Beyond that, the trolling is “reasonable.” A minority of leftists who feel like it is their job to tell everyone how bad Trump is.
...conservative views are well represented and up-voted on Fox. On hot-button issues, though, you will see sweatshop-esque activity kick in, with a LARGE volume of liberal comments generated in a short period of time, typically when news hits. In general, when the sweatshop is at work, the liberal comments are very short, all follow a similar pattern, and often are ad hominum in nature. It is also during these times that you will see comments regularly disappearing due to being flagged, as described in my original post.
Beyond that, the trolling is “reasonable.” A minority of leftists who feel like it is their job to tell everyone how bad Trump is.
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Noticed the same activity pattern on Quora.