They couldn't even keep their bots from spewing markup code on Reddit when they broke. They think an army of Eliza chatbots are gonna sway opinion? Just serves as validation to me that we're all on the right track.
I wish I could be so confident. Just look at /r/politics. STILL pushing "wikileaks = Russia!" citing Clapper's pre-election statements to that effect.
And I get massively downvoted for posting his post-election testimony before Congress where he stated that the evidence linking the two is "not strong."
That should be a full stop dismissal of the WL=RUSSIA conspiracy theory, but the shilling has been effective in tying them together.
Trying to maintain control over domains of discussion isn't as important as preserving the ability to keep talking. They've hijacked some places that many of us have frequented, but they can't get them all. We'll just pack up and move again. And they'll probably follow us again, because it's their #1 priority to disrupt our progress. They couldn't disrupt Reddit, so they pulled out an admin trump card instead. I think they've got a much tougher fight on Voat.
The thing is, these people are NOT internet savvy. Who knows who is the lowlifes scum of the earth that would accept the position of being a paid internet troll, but obviously most of the time these people are not very bright. You'd think Hillary would shill out a few more dollars for some internet training courses at the local community college lol. These shills are clueless.
Bots are far cheaper than human beings, that's usually whom you're yelling at. They don't have an actual army of people (we do, though!), just paid people with software/bots to "multiply" their coverage on sites.
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happy_snek ago
They couldn't even keep their bots from spewing markup code on Reddit when they broke. They think an army of Eliza chatbots are gonna sway opinion? Just serves as validation to me that we're all on the right track.
md3inaustin ago
agreed
pizzagatewillnotdie ago
upvoted many of your posts, hopefully that will help with the private messaging issue.
md3inaustin ago
your awesome! Thank you!
Nigredo ago
I wish I could be so confident. Just look at /r/politics. STILL pushing "wikileaks = Russia!" citing Clapper's pre-election statements to that effect.
And I get massively downvoted for posting his post-election testimony before Congress where he stated that the evidence linking the two is "not strong."
That should be a full stop dismissal of the WL=RUSSIA conspiracy theory, but the shilling has been effective in tying them together.
happy_snek ago
Trying to maintain control over domains of discussion isn't as important as preserving the ability to keep talking. They've hijacked some places that many of us have frequented, but they can't get them all. We'll just pack up and move again. And they'll probably follow us again, because it's their #1 priority to disrupt our progress. They couldn't disrupt Reddit, so they pulled out an admin trump card instead. I think they've got a much tougher fight on Voat.
Shook ago
The thing is, these people are NOT internet savvy. Who knows who is the lowlifes scum of the earth that would accept the position of being a paid internet troll, but obviously most of the time these people are not very bright. You'd think Hillary would shill out a few more dollars for some internet training courses at the local community college lol. These shills are clueless.
ababcb ago
I often get the impression I am arguing with someone in India..
happy_snek ago
Bots are far cheaper than human beings, that's usually whom you're yelling at. They don't have an actual army of people (we do, though!), just paid people with software/bots to "multiply" their coverage on sites.