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11. Now I get what the POS used car salesman poster is up to

Wed May 27, 2015, 09:35 AM

May 2015

"Remember this the next time someone posts a link to an article calling Obama a "Trojan Horse", or something similar.

For online writers, it's all about page views and clicks. The more outrageous or sensational an article is, the more likely it is to be widely shared, and the more cheddah it generates for the site and the writer."

Thanks for the tip, SidDithers.

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6 Things You Learn Getting Paid To Troll People Online [View all] SidDithers May 2015 OP

I wonder how much I could get paid? leftofcool May 2015 #1

Well I'd wait for a sale... But yah. Agschmid May 2015 #2

His point #3 is dead on. Jester Messiah May 2015 #3

"Unfollowing a page on Facebook is like voting Libertarian; sufrommich May 2015 #4

+1 FSogol May 2015 #6

+100 AZ Progressive May 2015 #55

K & R. n/t FSogol May 2015 #5

OK, got it. Pooka Fey May 2015 #7

Cool, Sid. Did you write it? hedda_foil May 2015 #8

Jury Results oneshooter May 2015 #19

OMG. That was alerted?... SidDithers May 2015 #20

Like you didn't know. nt ChisolmTrailDem May 2015 #27

! Fuddnik May 2015 #31

Nope. Wasn't me... SidDithers May 2015 #33

Glad they left it alone. brush May 2015 #47

Dude! I've gotta get a job like that. MineralMan May 2015 #9

Not to be mean.... daleanime May 2015 #10

I could learn to be, maybe. MineralMan May 2015 #12

Hey! That was my plan! leftofcool May 2015 #13

Boot cut of course. daleanime May 2015 #14

Dude! Check out Mills Fleet Farm! MineralMan May 2015 #16

My wife won't let me go to K Mart. Fuddnik May 2015 #34

+1 daleanime May 2015 #40

I find them at the thrift shop for $7 mountain grammy May 2015 #32

Why buy the cow cyberswede May 2015 #28

Now I get what the POS used car salesman poster is up to brush May 2015 #11

Indeed. n/t JTFrog May 2015 #23

Explains why several other prolific personas Bobbie Jo May 2015 #37

Yep! Eventually things come out brush May 2015 #46

"Prince Charles is President Obama's secret love child!" More at link! Quackers May 2015 #15

The fact that Prince Chuckie is older than Barry... gregcrawford May 2015 #17

But, but, I read it on the Internet! Quackers May 2015 #18

LOL Iliyah May 2015 #22

Who's Barry? octoberlib May 2015 #21

Short for Barack gregcrawford May 2015 #35

The "Trojan Horse" mentality directed toward Obama is based in pure racism. NCTraveler May 2015 #24

"Any response just gives them credibility." nt bemildred May 2015 #25

The guy who wrote that article sure is in love with himself. WillowTree May 2015 #26

That's the joke. nt sufrommich May 2015 #29

I agree underpants May 2015 #39

There is more than one way to skin a cat as they say. zeemike May 2015 #30

I've been doing it for free all these years? TlalocW May 2015 #36

Seems to me kentauros May 2015 #38

Fantastic info, thanks! MannyGoldstein May 2015 #41

good read!! BlancheSplanchnik May 2015 #42

Thanks to NAFTA OnyxCollie May 2015 #43

K&R! stonecutter357 May 2015 #44

That hits close to home! Romulox May 2015 #45

Hmm. davidthegnome May 2015 #48

those trolls are like a bull in a china shop while on fire with hundred-dollar-bills falling out of geek tragedy May 2015 #49

I've worn Levi's all my life. zappaman May 2015 #50

Something like this. pintobean May 2015 #53

lol "growing up in a place where everyone is a dick ( New England)" GusBob May 2015 #51

7 things actually Fumesucker May 2015 #52

The writer lives in L.A., a haven for assholes and other aggressive people AZ Progressive May 2015 #54

Locking post: Raine1967 May 2015 #56