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IDemo

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21. What exactly is hoped to be gained by such a thing?

Reply to conservaphobe (Original post)

Tue Jul 22, 2014, 09:50 AM

Jul 2014

Would a government actually expect its internet supporters or detractors to have any real influence on the conduct of foreign policy? Do they think that teams in the White House or the Pentagon sift through Facebook and social media sites before crafting a response to a military or terrorist attack? The power of trollism to effect outcomes or sway opinion is highly overrated. It's digital nose-twisting, that's all.

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Russia's Online-Comment Propaganda Army [View all] conservaphobe Jul 2014 OP

I think we have a few here.... NT Adrahil Jul 2014 #1

you are right about that Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #14

+2 davidpdx Jul 2014 #15

names? Puzzledtraveller Jul 2014 #19

Apparently I can't do that. Adrahil Jul 2014 #25

Well known fact, noted by Guardian and other sites. R3druM Jul 2014 #2

You only have 15 post and have just used all those phrases. n/t betterdemsonly Jul 2014 #7

lol reorg Jul 2014 #20

Thanks for that, R3druM.. and Welcome to DU! Cha Jul 2014 #10

Not the only propaganda army out there (nt) anti partisan Jul 2014 #3

Israel's is huge mwrguy Jul 2014 #4

It's very well organised. I posted an article about it in the I/P group yesterday.... Violet_Crumble Jul 2014 #5

At least there's the grass-roots v astroturf distinction. Igel Jul 2014 #23

... freshwest Jul 2014 #6

Victoria Nuland! Cali_Democrat Jul 2014 #8

And inspires the most anti-American, anti-Semetic vitriol ever... freshwest Jul 2014 #9

I remember seeing her name when all this first started.. like she was the Cha Jul 2014 #12

Yup. She single handedly got tens of thousands of protesters in in the streets! Adrahil Jul 2014 #28

So freaking obvious, fresh.. they had the run of the place for Cha Jul 2014 #11

Good info. Kick. Hekate Jul 2014 #13

This whole thread = woo me with science Jul 2014 #16

Russian hasbara. n/t Crunchy Frog Jul 2014 #17

They are great fun because they are so bad at what they try to do. Stilted, dated lingo, Bluenorthwest Jul 2014 #18

What exactly is hoped to be gained by such a thing? IDemo Jul 2014 #21

It helps those who want to believe believe. Igel Jul 2014 #24

But you're discussing the actual evidence or lack thereof IDemo Jul 2014 #26

What it mainly does reorg Jul 2014 #27

A seriously hilarious post malaise Jul 2014 #22

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