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Astroturf ‘Outrage Machine’ of Paid Trolls Floods Social Media to Counteract Negative News About Hil
Daily Kos, Wired, Reddit, Correct the Record, Deport Racism articles on The Stream ^ | October 9, 2016 | Rachel Alexander

Posted on 10/11/2016 7:44:10 AM PDT by T Ruth

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On Twitter I've noticed a large number of what seem to be fake accounts. They have a picture of an attractive young woman, have recently signed up, hardly ever "tweet," and follow lots of people without having many followers.

I am guessing these are accounts used by someone to monitor others to determine whom to shadowban and harass.

1 posted on 10/11/2016 7:44:10 AM PDT by T Ruth
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To: T Ruth

It’s a good thing we have never had trolls here on FR.
; )


2 posted on 10/11/2016 7:46:43 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: T Ruth

Clinton using PAID TROLLS to create fake support.
so now we have manipulated polls fake trolls fake news

and yet Trump is finished? the race is over?

this is as settled as algore’s settled science.


3 posted on 10/11/2016 7:47:09 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: T Ruth

Well, from paid stock promoters.... there are paid “pumpers”

the come back of Pump & Dump


4 posted on 10/11/2016 7:47:34 AM PDT by SIRTRIS
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To: T Ruth

bTW you did not have to excerpt the body.


5 posted on 10/11/2016 7:47:45 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: T Ruth

Lots of CTR ‘shills’ out there.
Have been playing around at Reddit & 4chan and they are numerous.
I have a vast supply of ‘meme magic’ to throw at them.
Mock them where ever you find them!!!


6 posted on 10/11/2016 7:54:23 AM PDT by glasseye
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To: T Ruth

Darlin’ Little Rachel, nobody PAYS us to do it; we do it out of love for our country. You should know that by now. DEMS have to pay Trolls.


7 posted on 10/11/2016 7:55:14 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer

Oops! My bad. I misread the headline. Sorry.


8 posted on 10/11/2016 7:55:57 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: T Ruth

They are here also.

Just check who keeps posting NY Times and Washington Post articles.


9 posted on 10/11/2016 7:57:00 AM PDT by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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LOL for a second I thought you had come forward as one of Hillary’s trolls.


10 posted on 10/11/2016 7:59:30 AM PDT by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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To: Helicondelta

I think you are right.


11 posted on 10/11/2016 8:00:22 AM PDT by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be defeated.)
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To: longtermmemmory

Hillary and the cardboard media are spinning themselves into the ground...


12 posted on 10/11/2016 8:01:21 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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Some here may be paid trolls, others seem to be globalist who have some private interests to protect against Trump.


13 posted on 10/11/2016 8:03:59 AM PDT by Vision Thing (You know the depths of my heart, and You love me the same...)
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To: T Ruth

Just found out why the beast had a big crowd last night at her rally at the university....SHE HAD A POPULAR ARTIST named SAMANTHA something...never heard of her but drew a whole bunch of linguine brainwashed snots!! I noticed not one word about the special guest by the paid trolls in any of their posts!! They’re pulling the wool over our eyes...the botch by herself can’t even draw flies...wait flies she can attract, people not so much!!


14 posted on 10/11/2016 8:05:37 AM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: glasseye

r/politics on Reddit is like their beehive.

People on FR should go over and sign up for an account (no email required) and give them some pushback.


15 posted on 10/11/2016 8:05:51 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: T Ruth
The flies know...
16 posted on 10/11/2016 8:16:22 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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Twitter is using celeb accounts to promote Clinton. They had similar wording. I bet the celebs themselves do not A) use Twitter and B) are unaware their accounts were hijacked and C) too afraid to complain as intolerant hollywood would wreck their careers.


17 posted on 10/11/2016 8:33:20 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: longtermmemmory

#3 That news is coming from the fake republicans who look like trolls.


18 posted on 10/11/2016 8:34:12 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: T Ruth

I was reading a story about HRC on the Daily Mail site and the comments section had been flooded by the trolls. Anti Hillary comments were given 30-40 thumbs up and 2500 or 3000 thumbs down. So very obvious a troll was working the site.


19 posted on 10/11/2016 8:48:16 AM PDT by Ann de IL
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To: Ann de IL

spin over to reddit r politics sometime. That is the home of Correct The Record.


20 posted on 10/11/2016 9:02:43 AM PDT by gogulls (frequent lurker since 2000 recount)
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