Posted on 10/18/2018 5:32:20 AM PDT by lowbridge
Twitter has suspended hundreds of accounts after users on pro-Trump Reddit forum r/The_Donald coordinated efforts to set up 'non-player character' profiles mocking liberals on the social networking site.
The trolling campaign was born out of the characterisation of liberals as automatons incapable of independent thought on areas of Reddit and 4chan.
In 24 hours there were more than 30,000 uses of the term NPC on Twitter, and Facebook pages dedicated to the trend have amassed tens of thousands of followers.
So what is an NPC?
It's a video game reference.
Non-player characters (NPCs) are controlled by the game's artificial intelligence rather than the player. As a result, they're limited to certain scripted responses and actions.
In a 2016 post on 4chan, one anonymous user referred to people "who autonomously follow groupthinks and social trends in order to appear convincingly human" as NPCs.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
I’m copying a bunch onto to the Graphics/Memes thread. Warning to people not familiar with it - some people get a Red Danger Screen from google.
Just click “details”, then “visit unsafe site”, sometimes I have to do it twice.
It’s a FR thread, not unsafe, but google hates that thread.
GRAPHICS for EDUCATING - Redpilling the public
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3648238/posts?page=603
Bump
This Thread is making me laugh out loud!
Gray tee shirts and caps are now in very short supply.
Contact the local Walmart for notification about the delivery of Hanes apparel.
<>Message from NPC HQ
Bump
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.