Remember Hollywood? On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]>wrote:
> Geesh.....If this doesn't sum up Lil' TommyTomTomForNews, I don't know > what does! > > *See* *Also* Marshall Kirk & Hunter Madsen. > > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> ** ** >> >> Categories of abuse**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Trolls use a wide variety of strategies, some of which are unique to the >> Internet, including these:**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Making outrageous comments designed to distract or frustrate. This is >> a Saul Alinsky-style tactic employed to stir emotion and angry reactions. >> **** >> >> Posing as a conservative and making comments that discredit the >> movement. After claiming to be a member of the movement, such as a tea >> party organization, the troll then proceeds to post long, incoherent >> diatribes to appear either racist or insane. In some cases, these “Trojan >> Horse Trolls” have been known to make posts that advocate or incite to the >> use of violence in an apparent attempt to provide evidence to leftist >> critics and government sources that the right is comprised of “radical >> extremists.”**** >> >> Dominating discussions. Trolls may attempt to throw a discussion off >> course and frustrate participants whose purpose is to engage in a serious >> and respectful exchange of views.**** >> >> Posting prewritten responses. Many trolls appear to have been >> supplied with a list or database of pre-planned “talking points” designed >> as generalized and deceptive responses to honest arguments. When trolls >> post prewritten responses, their words typically feel strangely plastic and >> rehearsed.**** >> >> Making false associations. In this technique, the position of honest >> posters is characterized in derogatory terms. For example, a troll may call >> advocates of Federal Reserve reform or abolition “conspiracy theorists” or >> “lunatics.” Or, by suggesting certain political arguments are “racist” or >> otherwise outside the accepted confines of serious political discourse, >> trolls attempt to dissuade readers from examining the evidence objectively. >> **** >> >> Exhibiting false moderation. By pretending to be the “voice of reason” >> **** >> >> in an argument with obvious well-defined sides, trolls attempt to move >> readers to relegate the argument to a “gray area,” such that holding or >> seriously considering the argument is a leap away from reasoned judgment. >> **** >> >> Raising straw-man arguments. Here a troll will accuse his opposition >> of subscribing to a certain point of view, even if the argument is >> irrelevant and never actually raised.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Professional trolls**** >> >> ** ** >> >> WND moderators have developed criteria for helping to identify a >> professional troll:**** >> >> ** ** >> >> The person’s posts are usually short and snarky, with reasonably >> correct spelling, grammar and punctuation, suggesting both intelligence and >> education.**** >> >> The posts are on the edge of acceptability, with little or no >> profanity or vulgar language that would get the post flagged immediately. >> **** >> >> The person has a high ratio of posts to the number of days on the >> site, suggesting he’s posting comments nearly full time and is getting paid >> to troll.**** >> >> The person posts politely on progressive websites but nastily on >> conservative websites, using the same username and IP address.**** >> >> The person’s posts are consistently belittling, rather than >> intelligent objections and points.**** >> >> The person’s posts address a broad spectrum of topics rather than >> focusing on one or two subjects of particular interest. The consistency is >> in the support of leftist policies and positions taken by the Obama >> administration.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Once the person is blacklisted, the WND moderators do not receive a >> complaint. Instead, the person quietly returns to post on WND forums in a >> different incarnation, perhaps using a different username, IP address or >> email.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> WND moderators have concluded the purpose of a troll is not to >> intelligently discuss various issues but to minimize the importance of >> dissenting opinions by ridiculing serious participants expressing political >> views the troll finds objectionable.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Sometimes trolls appear to needle serious participants with the goal of >> inciting irrational retorts that can embarrass them, perhaps even to the >> point of being reported to employers or to the government.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> WND moderators frequently experience waves of troll attacks that they >> suspect occur in response to a “call to arms” from a progressive website or >> blog.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Pajama bandits**** >> >> ** ** >> >> A person identified as “AMA” posted a comment on the website Above Top >> Secret that apparently offers insight into how professional trolls operate. >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> I was a paid Internet troll**** >> >> ** ** >> >> For almost five years, I was a paid Internet troll. Yes, I admit.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> But first let me state that I never performed my job here on ATS, >> though I believe I have occasionally seen a handful on here who were using >> a script similar to what I was assigned.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I cannot and will not name names, but after an internship at a firm >> with government and political party (Republican) contracts, I was offered >> the position of “Online Communications Associate” at another company by >> someone from the original firm for which I interned. My contract completed >> one year ago, and I have since moved on.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Utilizing six artificial personas, I was active in social networks >> and bulletin boards. But since I came to love and respect this site, as I >> stated, I never performed my functions here. Each week, I and presumably >> several others, were provided with information to use in our online >> postings. At first the information was comprised of fully conceived >> scripts, but as I became more and more experienced, it eventually became >> simple bullet or talking points.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> At first I needed to provide links to my postings, but when the >> company name changed (never knew the real names of any people there), that >> requirement stopped.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> The pay wasn’t very good, but since I was working from my apartment, >> I suppose it wasn’t bad, and I was able to do several other writing >> assignments on the side.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> AMA**** >> >> ** ** >> >> WND will maintain an open posting policy on its forums, but will continue >> identifying and removing trolls who abuse the privilege.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> WND staff member Janet Falkenstein contributed to this article.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> Read more at**** >> >> http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/leftist-trolls-in-ongoing-war-with-wnd/#...*** >> * >> >> >> __._,_.___ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> __,_._,___ >> >> >> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. 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