Troll Farm

August · 06-02-15, 09:14 PM

Ever wonder who you're chatting with online?

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From a nondescript office building in St. Petersburg, Russia, an army of well-paid “trolls” has tried to wreak havoc all around the Internet — and in real-life American communities.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/ma...ency.html?_r=0

Buddahaid · 06-02-15, 09:23 PM

Must be like shooting fish in a barrel from what I observe.

Torplexed · 06-02-15, 09:33 PM

Putinbots....Putinbots everywhere.

Maybe even on this very forum.

I suggest we put out cookies in all the corridors as bait.

Here Trolly...trolly.

August · 06-02-15, 09:37 PM

Personally I think it's brilliant.

Torplexed · 06-02-15, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Personally I think it's brilliant.

Hmmm. I see.

August, have you now, or ever been a member of the Russian Troll Army?

See, the paranoia-sowing part is working already, tovarisch.

Betonov · 06-03-15, 01:02 AM

Call the Norwegians. They have a profesional troll hunter

August · 06-03-15, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

See, the paranoia-sowing part is working already, tovarisch.

You really think this is just disinformation? Seems to me that such a program, if it exists would be increasingly effective as more and more folks move away from traditional media news to twitter feeds and other internet sources.

06-02-15, 09:23 PM	#2
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,330 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Must be like shooting fish in a barrel from what I observe. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

06-02-15, 09:33 PM	#3
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Putinbots....Putinbots everywhere. Maybe even on this very forum. I suggest we put out cookies in all the corridors as bait. Here Trolly...trolly. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

06-02-15, 09:37 PM	#4
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,217 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Personally I think it's brilliant. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

06-03-15, 01:02 AM	#6
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Call the Norwegians. They have a profesional troll hunter