Has Bloomberg's paid brigade started arriving at Discussion sites like DU yet?

[Tom Rinaldo]

I am referring to the Bloomberg online campaign efforts reported on and discussed here:

"Bloomberg campaign paying workers $2,500 per month to promote Bloomberg through texts, social media"
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287558507

Since Bloomberg is openly attempting to rally support to his side under an "anti-Socialist Candidate" banner I expect part of his efforts will stress the alleged danger of nominating a Democratic candidate holding views deemed "too extreme", targeting Bernie Sanders and/or Elizabeth Warren specifically.

Obligatory note to potential Jurors. I do not for an instant believe that all or most of those who might back Bloomberg here are being paid to do so, nor do I assume that anyone being paid to participate in politics does not sincerely hold the views that they express. I listen to campaign surrogates all of the time, often they have the best command of arguments favoring their candidate and they provide a valuable service to me and other voters in the process. But all of us have become more aware of the role that bots and trolls are now playing on social media. I would love it if somehow the paid staff of any candidate posting on places like DU would acknowledge their work relationship with their perspective campaigns, just like surrogates do when they make their case for candidates on Cable news networks.

[patricia92243]

1. If he wants to pay me, I accept :)

[dawg day]

13. Oh, me too.

That's more than I'm taking home substitute teaching.
Imagine being a billionaire and able to strew money around like that. It would be ... elevating.

[Tom Rinaldo]

14. Had Wes Clark officially run for president in 2008...

there was a fair chance that I would have been offered a paid position with his campaign, which I then had an ongoing unpaid relationship with.

And you bet I would have accepted!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I don't think DU is big enough or reaches enough new people for paid trolls to bother with.

There are occasional troll incursions from various sources, but whoever is paying trolls for serious work will probably want more bang for their bucks than they'd get from DU.

[RazBerryBeret]

10. and yet

this site was hacked on election day 2016.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. It would take only one hacker to do that,

and it could have been just about anybody.

[msongs]

3. has bernies paid brigade started arriving at DU yet? nt

[Devil Child]

9. No, they aren't in it for the money n/t

[Tom Rinaldo]

11. I don't mind the question.

Do you have any links to reporting that documents Sanders hiring a team of staff to post on social media for him? I haven't seen any. If you are talking about Russian trolls and bots, they are not employed by any of our candidates and remain under Putin's direct control to wreak havoc any way he wants..

And since you didn't ask but I wouldn't mind if you did, I have never been paid by anyone to do political work, and am not being paid by anyone now. There was a period between the 2004 and 2008 elections where I was connected with Wes Clark's potential 2008 campaign coordinating with it, but that was strictly volunteer.

[zentrum]

5. You're asking the right question.

[Devil Child]

6. It is quite possible and I wonder the same

It would seem like all forums with large user bases are going to be prime targets. I suspect most of the effort will be directed towards larger social media platforms like facebook, instagram, and twitter. I rarely browse reddit but it would make sense to start efforts on their many political subreddits.

[RazBerryBeret]

7. Of Course

why would they not be here?

[HerbChestnut]

8. Maybe.

There are a few new accounts that post on here that support Bloomberg. They all had dozens of posts within the first day or two of their creation.

[bluewater]

12. Those are probably just run-of-the mill you-know-what accounts.

[Kaleva]

16. We certainly have pro-Sanders JPR members here.

Can't say much more then that lest I get alerted on.

[HerbChestnut]

18. Well, considering most of the people on JPR are people who used to post here...

...it would be hard to call them paid accounts.

[Kaleva]

19. Paid or unpaid, the goal is the same.

Heck, I'd gladly accept being paid for what I do for free now. It'd be twice the amount I get for SSDI now.

[Squinch]

17. Equally interesting question: have the Russians arrived yet?

[Tom Rinaldo]

20. They first arrived to defend the Russian position in Ukrraine

And they never left (voluntarily). Admin keeps uncovering and removing trolls of various sorts but if they have major backers (like Russia) they reappear. Life on the internet.

[Jirel]

21. Clearly, yes.

Haven’t you been reading DU in the last week? When Bloomberg sigs went from 0% to countable and vocal? They’re heeeeeeeeeere, to court the terrified.

[Vivienne235729]

22. Posts like this make me want to change my candidate decision to Bloomberg.