This a 2015 interview by Radio Free Europe with a former professional Russian internet troll on online Russian disinformation operations.
Posted as food for thought.
1 posted on
10/02/2022 5:58:52 PM PDT by
Widget Jr
To: Widget Jr
RFE = CIA since the 1950s. For good or not good, but let's be honest about it.
OTOH, thank goodness our own govt would NEVER weaponize deep state regime propaganda against Americans. NEVER!
2 posted on
10/02/2022 6:03:42 PM PDT by
Travis McGee
(EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: Widget Jr
The enemy of your enemy is NOT always your friend.
3 posted on
10/02/2022 6:09:25 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: Widget Jr
I would really like to know how many of those trolls post on FR and who they are.
4 posted on
10/02/2022 6:17:14 PM PDT by
DannyTN
To: Widget Jr
Very interesting. I didn’t know they had a “bad” troll who would say something negative - maybe a strawman type argument - and then a “good” troll would answer with nicely-worded propaganda. That’s kind of sophisticated.
That’s interesting how they are supposed to type certain names (like Putin’s) without using case endings. I would think that would cause them to have to write oddly-phrased sentences (in Russian) and that would be a good way to see if the post was done by a government troll. It would be interesting to read one of their forums and see if I can identify a propaganda troll by how they write sentences, but my Russian is probably not that good.
6 posted on
10/02/2022 6:21:48 PM PDT by
Wilhelm Tell
(True or False? This is not a tag line.)
To: Widget Jr
9 posted on
10/02/2022 6:26:38 PM PDT by
McGruff
(Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
To: Widget Jr
1 Russian Troll vs Mockingbird Media (MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC, REUTERS, AP, POLITICO, THE HILL, WSJ, FORBES, FOX, et. ETC. ETC. ETC.)
15 posted on
10/02/2022 7:15:57 PM PDT by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: Widget Jr
Unfortunately, the Russian trolls can’t keep up with the Ukrainian Trolls of FR…
To: Widget Jr
ChiCom ones are called Wu Mao.
21 posted on
10/02/2022 7:58:23 PM PDT by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: Widget Jr
There are a few on freerepublic.com like Nosewanking and Ivanpreston and Kathi
24 posted on
10/02/2022 9:36:00 PM PDT by
Cronos
To: lodi90; patriotfury; pierrem15; marcusmaximus; PIF; ought-six; UMCRevMom@aol.com; SpeedyInTexas; ...
Ping to a few more and hat tip to
Gleeaikin. Only a few trolls who are not giving their best.
28 posted on
10/03/2022 12:07:08 AM PDT by
Widget Jr
(🇺🇦 Sláva Ukrayíni 🇺🇦 - Just say no to CCCP 2.0)
To: Widget Jr
Here is a revealing thread about Ireland:
A couple of months ago, I promised to look at the posts by the largest russian emigre community in Ireland. Pre-amble: it's ridden with chauvinism, racism, support for russia and war in general. A thread
https://twitter.com/AntonDykyi/status/1573053864454115328
32 posted on
10/03/2022 2:56:15 AM PDT by
AdmSmith
(GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
To: Widget Jr
To: Widget Jr
Lol. As if everyone else doesn’t do the exact same thing. CIA, MI6, Mossad.... Everyone.
60 posted on
10/03/2022 7:55:08 AM PDT by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: Widget Jr
RFE/RL: Did they immediately offer you a salary of 45,000 rubles, or did you get gradual raises before you reached that point? $776 a year? Wow.
64 posted on
10/03/2022 12:24:09 PM PDT by
gitmo
(If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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