Reading More & More Articles Bout Governments Paying People To Troll Message Boards

[fukkyalifestyle]

Israel, China and U.S all pay people to troll the internet. So who on here is an agent and who is just a weirdo internet fakkot?

 

[Falcons258]

Israel, China and U.S all pay people to troll the internet. So who on here is an agent and who is just a weirdo internet fakkot?

So how much did @MurderSheWrote and @Chris.B get paid?

 

[mtu wa chuma]

So how much did @MurderSheWrote and @Chris.B get paid?

You must be highly paid then?

 

[fukkyalifestyle]

I hope some of the people are paid to post on here, other wise they lead a sad existence.

 

[Jerz-2]

....soooo, what's the point of it, ultimately?

Like, what possible vested interest does the gubment have in trolling people?

 

[shmoney]

where do i apply?

 

[fukkyalifestyle]

....soooo, what's the point of it, ultimately?

Like, what possible vested interest does the gubment have in trolling people?

Is this a serious question? How about swaying public opinion on things or covering up lies?

 

[Fart Knocker]

while getting paid to troll isnt as cool as having a job like being a product tester for a marijuana company in Colorado, its still sounds like a pretty good gig

 

[fukkyalifestyle]

....soooo, what's the point of it, ultimately?

Like, what possible vested interest does the gubment have in trolling people?

REPORT: CHINA EMPLOYS 300K INTERNET 'TROLLS' TO PROMOTE COMMUNIST PARTY PROPAGANDA
The Chinese government reportedly has at its disposal a team of 300,000 Internet propagandists, whose sole mission is to promote the Chinese Communist Party line.
Sina Weibo, China’s equivalent to Twitter, has recently banned any mention of the phrase “50 Cents” from its website. It is believed that China’s “50 Cent Party” refers to the group of citizens who are hired to post comments which are favorable to the ruling regime,Business Insider reports. The Internet "trolls" are reportedly paid .5 yuan or 8 cents (US) per post.

A Harvard University study published in 2013 found that between 250,000 to 300,000 are members of the cyber 50 Cent Party. “The size and sophistication of the Chinese government’s program to selectively censor the expressed views of the Chinese people is unprecedented in recorded world history,” the authors of the study wrote in the American Political Science Review.

The New Statesman interviewed one of the cyber trolls in 2012, who told the British paper that he had "too many usernames" to keep track of and his job was "kind of psychological."

"You can make a bad thing sound even worse, make an elaborate account, and make people think it's nonsense when they see it,” he added.

In 2011, an internal memo was leaked that described the day-to-day operations of the 50 Cent Party, which included focusing on the United States as a “target of criticism” and using “the bloody and tear-stained history” of China to rally support behind the Communist Party, instead of showcasing Taiwan as an alternative means of governance.

 

[KingTut]

Israel has been doing this. During that flare up this year between them and Hamas, Reddit was full of JIDF shills and trolls upvoting and golding comments that were in favor of Israel. Says a lot about your movement when you gotta pull the wool over peoples eyes to get them to agree with you.

 

[Supercoolmayo]

Damn, how do I sign up?

 

[Luck]

shyt if you not getting paid to post, you ain't doin it right

 

[keond]

They trolling for a cause though......ie some government shyt. These trolls we got are just trolling about Pawgs, trannies, gay shyt, and ass eating.

If anything they being paid by gay lobbyist

 

[Jerz-2]

Is this a serious question?

Actually yeah, lol....I wasn't being facetious, I was legit asking.

But yeah, I never thought about the gubment trolling people on the internet as an effective propoganda tool....guess because I figure that, most times when I think about someone trolling online, I think about people who deliberately try to get your goat, which wouldn't be too effective if you're trying to sway people unconsciously, yunno?

Like, to me, when I hear "trolling", I think, THIS is trolling:

http://thinkprogress.org/health/201...ers-because-he-thinks-america-deserves-ebola/

And only a select few people are going to actually subscribe to that douchebag's ridiculous ideology....ere'body else gon' RIGHTFULLY be like "WTF? This dude is retarded...."

So in that respect, I just can't see trolling to sway people being THAT effective. Like, based on the article about China it does make sense.....but again, I'm just not sure how effective that would be in America. I would think it would be easier to troll in a Communist state than a "free" one, people in this country already don't trust the gubment.

 

[fukkyalifestyle]

Actually yeah, lol....I wasn't being facetious, I was legit asking.

But yeah, I never thought about the gubment trolling people on the internet as an effective propoganda tool....guess because I figure that, most times when I think about someone trolling online, I think about people who deliberately try to get your goat, which wouldn't be too effective if you're trying to sway people unconsciously, yunno?

Like, to me, when I hear "trolling", I think, THIS is trolling:

http://thinkprogress.org/health/201...ers-because-he-thinks-america-deserves-ebola/

And only a select few people are going to actually subscribe to that douchebag's ridiculous ideology....ere'body else gon' RIGHTFULLY be like "WTF? This dude is retarded...."

So in that respect, I just can't see trolling to sway people being THAT effective. Like, based on the article about China it does make sense.....but again, I'm just not sure how effective that would be in America. I would think it would be easier to troll in a Communist state than a "free" one, people in this country already don't trust the gubment.

It is def effective thats why all these countries are doing it including America. Record labels do it too