How do you think secret government operatives use the internet to disrupt activism?

[struggle4progress]

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	Get off the internet: the CIA owns the whole thing
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	Don't laugh: I got a speeding ticket when they remotely took control of my car
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	Encourage people to waste hours giggling at LOLkatz
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	Reduce genuine human conversation to TLDR and other newspeak
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	Just another scam to throw big government bucks to do-nothing contractors
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	Convince everybody that everyone else is a paid covert agent
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	See the iconic graphic that so totally explains why we all must be concerned!
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	It's time for another thread about pretty sluts breastfeeding pitbulls at Olive Garden
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	Dunno. But the internet really has gone downhill since we were kids
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[Ichingcarpenter]

1. Actually its very real

we just had one that got pizz

[Democracyinkind]

2. By posting polls?

[sufrommich]

3. I think threads like this are always used

as an excuse to start pointing fingers and accusing People I Don't Like of being trolls and disruptors and I think it's obvious as hell.

[OnyxCollie]

4. They become fixtures on message boards,

where they attempt to control opinion by propagandizing non-stop against whistleblowers who reveal undemocratic government actions.

That's my guess, anyway.

[Maedhros]

5. This article covers some of the technicques used:

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/

But you knew that, since it's where you got your image.

[struggle4progress]

6. It's a really impressive image, isn't it?

[lovemydog]

7. Yeah, it's got the colors & circles

& words! Seriously, I love your polls and your great sense of humor, struggle4progress.