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In reply to the discussion: I Was a Paid Internet Shill: How Shadowy Groups Manipulate Internet Opinion and Debate [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,311 posts)18. First published in the AboveTopSecret Forum, March 2012
If you follow the link. And yes, they are a bunch of kooks who will believe or say anything. If someone wanted some credibility, they'd talk to a journalist about this, not say it anonymously in one of the places on the internet least connected to reality.
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I Was a Paid Internet Shill: How Shadowy Groups Manipulate Internet Opinion and Debate [View all]
JeffHead
Jan 2013
OP
hey, where do I get a job like that? spending all day getting paid to write stuff online?
niyad
Jan 2013
#2
tell me about it--I lobbied for years, didn't make a dime (of course, I was working for women's
niyad
Jan 2013
#22
I'm learning. Now reading Drew Westen's "The Political Brain". Very interesting read.
Scuba
Jan 2013
#78
Also advanced computer resources. They can shell post and get around spam filters, etc. Very fast.
freshwest
Jan 2013
#45
they focus on posters who contradict dominant narratives. posters like m. goldstein. your post
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#96
Manny's post said absolutely no such thing. He said that daily, people claim he said something he
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#103
Manny regularly gets whacked by some very, ahem, suspicious posters, some with low
Nay
Jan 2013
#104
you people are all being paid to keep the rest of us from getting anything done.
Voice for Peace
Jan 2013
#68
Wait, is the check in the mail? How about direct deposit? Damn, I miss out on all the goodies...
freshwest
Jan 2013
#71
"If we're on film, there must be someone filming us." "My God, Betty, you're right!"
A HERETIC I AM
Jan 2013
#98
I remember reading them and posting on them.. But My Posts doesn't go back that far.
freshwest
Jan 2013
#65
OMGawd! Reminds me of Dittohead wingnut gal who posted her fantasies of being diddled by...
freshwest
Jan 2013
#76
I seem to remember that posting flamebait got OPs or posts deleted in DU2. Less tolerance.
freshwest
Jan 2013
#44
When I first started getting online, I was on the AOL chat room a lot...
Sarah Ibarruri
Jan 2013
#13
Use of such "shills" is standard operating procedure for marketing agencies and lobbyists.
SunSeeker
Jan 2013
#41
"A poor tool of the corporations, of the detectives, a thing in the shape of a man...
jtuck004
Jan 2013
#42
The blonde "elves"--including Ann Coulter--who promoted Paula Jones so vehemently
tblue37
Jan 2013
#86
What surprises me is people pay money for it. How could anyone care what "internet opinion" is
RB TexLa
Jan 2013
#54
Are you that naive? Or do you think we're naive enough to think that you don't know better?
CreekDog
Jan 2013
#57
I really find it quite silly. But hey if people are going to waste money on it.
RB TexLa
Jan 2013
#59
Yes, I do, I do not lie. I'm sure some people's self importance makes it easier for them to believe
RB TexLa
Jan 2013
#61
there are people paid to troll, to post certain ideas, to help their company to harm the competition
CreekDog
Jan 2013
#62
I have seen certain topics attacked by several posters at once as if they were suddenly alerted
Follow The Money
Jan 2013
#102
here's an example of paid posting, just in the past hour or so -you're so convinced nobody does it
CreekDog
Jan 2013
#69