Looks like the orcs in Moria aren't the only ones with trolls.

Apparently the Russians do as well.
See:
www.nationaljournal.com/defense/russia-uses-army-of-trolls-to-sway-sentiment-online-20150817

Now where have I seen this recently ...

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And another article on it:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article31390100.html

 

You say that as if there is a difference...

 

Haven't you heard, the Sea of Azov is a giant liquid supercomputer created by Putin to disseminate communist propaganda throughout Europe.

 

The Russians had better worry then...He broke the last one, the Aral Sea, it suffered a fatal ID-10-T Error.

 

McClatchy: a liberal think-tank and propaganda service.And so is the National Journal who receives money from the Gates Foundation .

 

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Western intelligence agencies have been playing the propaganda game with enthusiasm and not much respect for the truth since their creation, using the Internet is just another tool that complements/replaces subsiding papers/journalists, radio stations and other more "traditional" means, the net is full of sites that peddle what can only be called propaganda and do no advertising .... hmmm.
Look at some of the "mission statements" of GCHQ or NSA, and the traditional services are now jumping on the bandwagon as well, I do not trust anything that is on the net without some "external" support evidence to support it.

We would be better served by a honest discussion of what is acceptable and what isn't, that would heighten the resistance to this sort of propaganda in the general population. IMO the west is vey badly placed to win a troll war, advertising is likely to attract talent more than propaganda work and "contact centres" with hundreds of low pay operators are not something we are good at and the "high tech" option of "computer assisted propaganda" using artificial intelligence technology, which could in theory even up the field, is as scary as hell.

 

Anybody here on Putin (KGB) payroll?...

 

Wouldn't matter, this site is open enough that propaganda will not stand unchallenged, though it would waste a lot of members time in pointless discussions. (No way of convincing someone who is paid to sustain a thesis).