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11-11-2014 , 01:30 PM

njpokerplayer24

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This is just out of curiosity. Is it possible that the 2 major political parties have interns or even hirer people just to post non stop negative nonsense about the other political party? I am asking this because every article i read on anything remotely politically tied….. The comments are non stop garbage Obama this Liberal this Conservative that/.……. and on and on…I just saw a video of MSNBC showing Sheldon Adelson lobby techinques….. and their was not one comment criticizing Adelson….. It just seems like every top comment is some one sentence polictard nonsense with astronomical amount of likes….. I can not imagine average people being sucked into this nonsense.

11-11-2014 , 01:36 PM

AsianNit

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It's possible, but that would be a waste of money as there are plenty of people willing to do it for free on their own initiative.

11-11-2014 , 01:40 PM

tomdemaine

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gotta support the team, bro.

11-11-2014 , 01:43 PM

njpokerplayer24

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AsianNit

It's possible, but that would be a waste of money as there are plenty of people willing to do it for free on their own initiative.

Thats why i said interns….I bet their are tons of college interns/volunteers that work for free on political campaigns that just sit in front of a computer all day bashing the other side…..

11-11-2014 , 01:47 PM

AsianNit

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There are better uses for interns.

11-11-2014 , 02:03 PM

spanktehbadwookie

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Quote:

Originally Posted by njpokerplayer24

The practice is called astro-turfing.

In theory, it only takes a few 'turfers' to start a meme that regular netizens, who agree with the message, will defend or share. Get the ball rolling and then let other people push it for you.

11-11-2014 , 02:15 PM

njpokerplayer24

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Quote:

Originally Posted by spanktehbadwookie

Thanks just googled it and read about it…….

11-11-2014 , 02:56 PM

sweep single

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Try reading the youtube comments where they are uncensored in any political video.

11-11-2014 , 03:13 PM

njpokerplayer24

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sweep single

Try reading the youtube comments where they are uncensored in any political video.

i have thats why i am always amazed the most unintelligent nonsensical (troll) comment always gets the most likes or pushed to the top

11-14-2014 , 10:22 PM

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AlexM

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It's pretty standard that people are more likely to speak up if they have something negative to say.

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