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Are there less DU trolls now that Russia is busy annihilating Ukraine? (Original Post) mysteryowl Mar 2022 OP
the work in MIRT is pretty typical. Some regular trolls, some spammers NewHendoLib Mar 2022 #1
never saw any, no troll posts about Ukraine Shellback Squid Mar 2022 #2
The closest thing I saw gab13by13 Mar 2022 #4
You're not seeing them because the jury system and the MIR Team keeps them hammered down Brother Buzz Mar 2022 #8
I imagine their funding is completely gone at this point ecstatic Mar 2022 #3
Could be true. mysteryowl Mar 2022 #5
I always figured they just work for bathtub vodka. LudwigPastorius Mar 2022 #9
ssshhhh ... dweller Mar 2022 #6
They focus more on Twitter and Facebook Spider Jerusalem Mar 2022 #7

NewHendoLib

(61,908 posts)
1. the work in MIRT is pretty typical. Some regular trolls, some spammers
Wed Mar 23, 2022, 10:03 PM
Mar 2022

nothing too out of the ordinary.

gab13by13

(32,760 posts)
4. The closest thing I saw
Wed Mar 23, 2022, 10:10 PM
Mar 2022

was people pushing the no fly zone, but those people were probably not trolls.

The GQP has flipped its script to the narrative that president Biden isn't doing enough.

Brother Buzz

(40,399 posts)
8. You're not seeing them because the jury system and the MIR Team keeps them hammered down
Wed Mar 23, 2022, 10:46 PM
Mar 2022

A typical pro Putin post on the big board lasts for eight to fifteen minutes on the big board, then DING-DONG, the pizza is delivered.

LudwigPastorius

(14,989 posts)
9. I always figured they just work for bathtub vodka.
Wed Mar 23, 2022, 11:41 PM
Mar 2022

...because most of them have the debating skills of your typical water-headed alky.
 

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
7. They focus more on Twitter and Facebook
Wed Mar 23, 2022, 10:31 PM
Mar 2022

where botnets can amplify content through retweets/likes+shares with fake replies.

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