British newspaper The Guardian notes that recently, readers have been complaining of pro-Russia propaganda being posted in the comments section of articles about Russia and Ukraine.
One reader wrote to The Guardian:
"One need only pick a Ukraine article at random, pick any point in the comments at random, and they will find themselves in a sea of incredibly aggressive and hostile users (the most obvious have accounts created since February 2014 ... but there also exist those who registered with the Guardian before the high point of the crisis) who post the most biased, inciteful [sic] pro-Kremlin, anti-western propaganda that seems as if it's taken from a template, so repetitive are the statements. Furthermore, these comments are consistently capturing inordinate numbers of 'recommends', sometimes on the order of 10 to 12 times what pro-Ukrainian comments receive."
Guardian comment moderators believe this is an orchestrated campaign.
Russia has worked hard to make people believe that the country is supporting the Russian-speaking population in Ukraine and defending those people against some type of threat. These "comment mills" play into that strategy.
Last year, The Atlantic wrote about how the Russian government apparently pays people to "sit in a room, surf the Internet, and leave sometimes hundreds of postings a day that criticize the country's opposition and promote Kremlin-backed policymakers."
This practice isn't new, according to The Atlantic. But it can stifle open discussion about political issues in Russia, giving a louder voice to those who support the Kremlin.
http://www.businessinsider.com/putin-paying-people-to-post-pro-russia-propaganda-in-comments-2014-5
Just like Organizing for Action and other Obama and Democrat propaganda organizations.
Yes, some of them, I think, post here.
Democrats have been doing this for years.
After what I’ve seen in politics in recent years—repeated, insidious efforts by both political parties to reelect Hillary—I have come to be in favor of only one massive government project (and the dumping nearly all other government funding): the building of an unprecedentedly large complex of nursing homes to stuff the over-regulating bureaucrats and their many employees and favored do-nothing business associates in for good and all. Yeah, my own generation and the one just after it.
Get out of the way, and let the young folks work. Get rid of the state and local regulations against individuals building their own homes and new, small manufacturing shops.
Hmmm. That’s going to happen soon anyway, with the ongoing default processes and natural aging, isn’t it. Commies. Fascists.