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MrScorpio

(73,626 posts)
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 05:21 PM Nov 2013

I read this great R.S. article on gerrymandering, only to see the comments overrun by RW trolls...

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-republicans-rig-the-game-20131111

The fuckers infested the comment section like roaches, doing shit like disputing the fact that they're all ignorant, racist, hateful, misogynistic and homophobic, by being completely ignorant, racist, hateful, misogynistic and homophobic.

These are people lack the ability to understand the very words they write.
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I read this great R.S. article on gerrymandering, only to see the comments overrun by RW trolls... (Original Post) MrScorpio Nov 2013 OP
Astroturfers. octoberlib Nov 2013 #1
The Koch's have a full service propaganda network. Dawson Leery Nov 2013 #2
It's has to be... MrScorpio Nov 2013 #3
And they read here too.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2013 #8
Meh. No surprise there... MrScorpio Nov 2013 #10
Better moderators are needed. ... JEFF9K Nov 2013 #4
I noticed the article was linked to from realclearpolitics. Perhaps that would explain the comments. Omnith Nov 2013 #5
That's a good point, but it's also linked to Kos and a few newspaper sites as well MrScorpio Nov 2013 #6
True. It seems some articles get flagged for organized trolls. Omnith Nov 2013 #9
Even on a liberal news or magazine site, they are there ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2013 #7

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
1. Astroturfers.
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 05:30 PM
Nov 2013

A couple months ago , Ari Melber tweeted a link to an article on voter ID that had just been posted on The Nation and within 5 minutes the comments section was overrun with right wing nut jobs extolling the virtues of voter ID. It was unbelievable .

MrScorpio

(73,626 posts)
3. It's has to be...
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 05:36 PM
Nov 2013

This is a complete deluge of trolldom in this R.S. article and it's so obvious to figure out that it didn't happen by accident.

There's probably some astroturfer site that sends out alerts to fuck up comments. I use Disqus, which is the site that that being used for this comment section. I checked out a couple of these trolls' history and up votes and it's a smorgasbord of idiocy. They all up votes each other's comments too, so that they all have ridiculously high numbers.

These fuckers are organized.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
8. And they read here too....
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 06:17 PM
Nov 2013

I notice you were called out by name, Mr. S for this thread. Amazing these fuckers are.

Confirms quite a bit, really.

MrScorpio

(73,626 posts)
10. Meh. No surprise there...
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 06:57 PM
Nov 2013

It's your typical winger cry for attention and complaint about victimhood. I'm not even going to bother to bite.

I didn't comment there on purpose, no time to deal amateurs… If I wanted to be insulted by professionals I would have mosied on over to the Daily Cesspool or even Yahoo.

That's where the REAL knuckle draggers like to play.

JEFF9K

(1,935 posts)
4. Better moderators are needed. ...
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 05:45 PM
Nov 2013

Generally speaking, moderators, and/or automatic systems don't allow cuss words. Some, like at this site, don't allow comments about excess bodyweight. I would like to see moderators and automatic systems that screen out paid right-wing comments, lies, and illogical arguments. Automatic systems could be programmed to look for terms that are only used by Rush, Glenn Beck and Fox News.

MrScorpio

(73,626 posts)
6. That's a good point, but it's also linked to Kos and a few newspaper sites as well
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 06:02 PM
Nov 2013

Including our leftward leaning Detroit Free Press.

I think that the trolls are much better organized to do shit like this.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
7. Even on a liberal news or magazine site, they are there
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 06:05 PM
Nov 2013

Ready to spew talking points or just general racist bullshit. Trashing the source.

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