Be nice to Hillary Clinton online — or risk a confrontation with her super PAC

[Matariki]

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-clinton-digital-trolling-20160506-snap-htmlstory.html

When the Internet’s legions of Hillary hecklers steal away to chat rooms and Facebook pages to vent grievances about Clinton, express revulsion toward Clinton and launch attacks on Clinton, they now may find themselves in a surprising place – confronted by a multimillion dollar super PAC working with Clinton.

Hillary Clinton's well-heeled backers have opened a new frontier in digital campaigning, one that seems to have been inspired by some of the Internet's worst instincts. Correct the Record, a super PAC coordinating with Clinton's campaign, is spending some $1 million to find and confront social media users who post unflattering messages about the Democratic front-runner.

In effect, the effort aims to spend a large sum of money to increase the amount of trolling that already exists online.


http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-clinton-digital-trolling-20160506-snap-htmlstory.html

[Matariki]

1. I can't imagine paid trolling pays all that well

which probably explains why they don't try very hard.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

11. That's what MSNBC is. Paid trolls

[Betty Karlson]

2. With respect, but hasn't this already been going on for a few months or so.

The six OPs a day with the same Brock-shit on DU, point to a concerted effort.

The run-of-the-mill deflection efforts in topics about Clinton's serious flaws as a candidate and a human being: point to a concerted effort.

[pacalo]

3. That's what a desperate, dishonest politician would do.

The parallels to both Nixon & G-Dubya are astounding.

[senz]

4. Modus operandi reflecting the will of the candidate. Americans should think about it.

A president who would threaten and intimidate critics is not what we need.

[Duckhunter935]

5. That started here in March/April

[Mnpaul]

9. If someome is paying for that crap

I hope it isn't much. They are pretty lame and easy to refute.

[Cheese Sandwich]

6. Paid bullies

[Warren DeMontague]

7. Furby75: "that's ridiculous!!"

Derpo89: "stop making excuses cuz your guy lost!"

Cheez41: "only a stupid Berniebro would believe that this organic groundswell of internet expression is some sort of paid campaign"

Flippy62: "thats right! LOSERS huh huh huhuhuh"


* note: furby75, derpo89, cheez41 and flippy62 are not actual DU members. As far as you know.

[PowerToThePeople]

8. We know

They live.

[jfern]

10. The guy who called Anita Hill "a little bit nutty and a little bit slutty"

has the fucking gall to police what what say about his shitty candidate?