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In reply to the discussion: The government figured out sockpuppet managment but not "persona management". [View all]Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)245. Dang. I missed that one also.
Another great link.
I need to start checking the greatest page more often.
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The government figured out sockpuppet managment but not "persona management". [View all]
Catherina
Jul 2013
OP
I'm in no position to list names but I know my ignore list here covers some of them
Catherina
Jul 2013
#5
I'm not sure about it becoming more difficult to recognize them. Not to disagree totally as you
sabrina 1
Jul 2013
#263
almost every jury i've served on is someone complaining about something ridiculous
xiamiam
Jul 2013
#199
You notice how they're the ones who wail the loudest about hurt feelings?
backscatter712
Jul 2013
#192
Indicators of persona management would be rapid climbs in post counts and clustering by a group
leveymg
Jul 2013
#6
We saw a crew of professional crisis managers here after the Fukushima disaster.
leveymg
Jul 2013
#45
And typos will be a problem, missing spaces, misspellings, webisms, mispelled webisms , slang ..
bemildred
Jul 2013
#185
That is why certain memes are so valuable to them and are so often employed
truedelphi
Jun 2014
#304
Yes, ambiguity in all its forms is rejected, it's black-n-white all the way.
bemildred
Jun 2014
#305
Yes, my apologies, I post so quickly that sometimes it takes me a while to see something is unclear
Catherina
Jul 2013
#7
It's mutual, and based solely on rock steady principles. The stuff of lasting relationships
Catherina
Jul 2013
#33
"the first response to an OP" lol! I noticed. They always showup in swarms too
Catherina
Jul 2013
#94
Damn, Catherina! I noticed this, too, but I never thought it would be something so sneaky.
Th1onein
Jul 2013
#219
Sockpuppets "...hijack the thread, distract with a bunch of irrelevant nonsense..."
chimpymustgo
Jul 2013
#120
That is flat out not true. I have seen so many posts favorable to Obama that are then swarmed by
Pretzel_Warrior
Jul 2013
#215
You are right, there are two sides. The one side refuses to discuss issues but only personalities.
rhett o rick
Jul 2013
#229
Jun 22, 2010 -- the date of the HB Gary email. might be interesting to examine
nashville_brook
Jul 2013
#8
If investigative journalists were not being surveilled and threatened with felonies,
woo me with science
Jul 2013
#73
Excellent insight: "Propaganda *always* accompanies the rise of authoritarianism."
chimpymustgo
Jul 2013
#36
+1 "the establishment's propaganda... its increasingly intended to deceive."
woo me with science
Jul 2013
#74
"So, I had a Democratic Underground account I started a couple of years ago"
nashville_brook
Jul 2013
#55
precisely -- and as of this month, there's no law against Pentagon propagandizing Americans!
nashville_brook
Jul 2013
#78
"Kafkaesque anonymous cyber tribunal." So unfair to the infiltrating right-winger. 8(
DirkGently
Jul 2013
#168
The chess metaphor is excellent, particularly about building expendable personas.
leveymg
Jul 2013
#128
I'm glad they post here - gives us a handy resource to examine the larger war propaganda machine.
leveymg
Jul 2013
#24
There are a number of US funded and industry advocacy/PR groups that have a web presence.
leveymg
Jul 2013
#51
The influx is steady, wars or not. And the numbers will keep increasing
woo me with science
Jul 2013
#27
I didn't see your post before. DU moves so fast with important posts buried under royal baby love
Catherina
Jul 2013
#46
Then they disappear for ages only to reappear at the same time to assault and counterrecommend
Catherina
Jul 2013
#30
Before any of us could even imagine such deceptive tactics, we did remark on the similarity of
sabrina 1
Jul 2013
#32
totally agree -- i'm pointing to the use of the term by casual users...
nashville_brook
Jul 2013
#63
"such software will form a broad programmatic area of military operations" + Smith-Mundt Amendment
nashville_brook
Jul 2013
#76
wouldn't it be cheaper for them to just bomb us for real, in a false flag attack?
magical thyme
Jul 2013
#88
these sorts of propaganda programs are exactly what drives cynicism wrt attacks on the US
nashville_brook
Jul 2013
#108
Sad, but true. But I would think a few minor restrictions would screen out (most of) the fakes.
reformist2
Jul 2013
#69
Well that's what happens when you're so cheap you won't pay for quality labor
Catherina
Jul 2013
#104
So you're the one that was the subject of an ATA whine! You should know that Skinner himself has
Number23
Jul 2013
#292
At some point the bulk internet surveillance is going to get corrupted
Waiting For Everyman
Jul 2013
#147
I was thinking of ways that they might implement it, but it really does pose some interesting
penultimate
Jul 2013
#165
I don't like wearing socks. Or much of anything else. But my onboard cam is disabled. Lucky you!
freshwest
Jul 2013
#216
Oh, no, that is much better! I did tell you about the cats reporting to Sirius nightly, didn't I?
freshwest
Jul 2013
#231
Not only that, but the theme of this thread is exceptional for getting Skinner himself
Number23
Jul 2013
#293
No doubt they're using this place as both testing ground and theater of deployment
kenny blankenship
Jul 2013
#287
Seems like the sockbot squad got in a platoon of reinforcements since this OP was posted. nt
Zorra
Jul 2013
#288
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Enthusiast
Jun 2014
#302