I've always listed my location on DU as 'England' since I think that gives necessary context for my opinions, but I don't feel like giving more information that might identify me if I don't want to be. And I post from a laptop, and use Twitter's own web pages when I (rarely) post there. So by the article's first two metrics, I could well be a Russian troll.

Or, it's not that useful after all.

rzemanfl

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6. I have never yet seen a Russian troll with a Donor Star, so you're good here. n/t

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Thu Sep 6, 2018, 07:47 AM

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Rhiannon12866

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10. And other sites don't have MIRT!

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Fri Sep 7, 2018, 01:12 AM

Sep 2018

Yonnie3

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5. "The trolls' efforts take advantage of weaknesses in society; ...

Reply to ariadne0614 (Original post)

Thu Sep 6, 2018, 07:39 AM

Sep 2018

The valuable part of this piece is (with my emphasis):

The trolls’ efforts take advantage of weaknesses in society; the only fix for that is for people as individuals and collectively to think more critically about online information, especially before sharing it.

samnsara

(18,763 posts)

7. on twitter i look at their profile.. the number of followers and following..

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Thu Sep 6, 2018, 08:17 AM

Sep 2018

..usually all the numbers are under 100 or even less.. then I mark them as trolls or bots to my followers...hopefully they block instead of engaging.

DetlefK

(16,670 posts)

8. I'm pretty sure I met a russian troll on DU:

Reply to ariadne0614 (Original post)

Thu Sep 6, 2018, 08:20 AM

Sep 2018

We had lots of arguments about all things Syria and Russia and he was very pro-russian. And the day before the election he stopped posting. And Yes, I remember his name.

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