Do we have any of these on DU?

[clydefrand]

People being PAID to make right wing rant posts on blogs of all kinds.


http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/10/27/paid-commenters-flood-internet/

[Savannahmann]

1. Wait you can get paid for typing that kind of drivel?

I mean, all you have to do is type something stupid, they cut you a check? I may have to look into this.

[Fumesucker]

2. This might help

http://tools.seobook.com/spelling/keywords-typos.cgi

It's a misspelling generator..

[GreenStormCloud]

19. Now that is funny. N/T

[liberal N proud]

3. We call them trolls

But I am sure some get paid.

[FarPoint]

5. I agree there!

They are like fire ants!

[Warren Stupidity]

10. I disagree. Trolling is an avocation, a hobby, people derive pleasure from it.

Perhaps one subset of "troll" is "paid shill", but I think they are different beasts.

[steve2470]

4. I think so nt

[LuvNewcastle]

6. Oh, I'm pretty sure some people around here get paid.

We'd probably be surprised to see who some of them are and what they're advocating. Or maybe not.

[xfundy]

7. Why can't I get a job like that?

I'm a good speller but could unlearn.

[Scuba]

8. One fewer than we had last week.

[Warren Stupidity]

9. I think all political discussion forums have paid shills.

This is obvious, isn't it?

[brooklynite]

11. Why would they waste the money?

This is targeting the general public on mainstream sites like Twitter, Facebook, etc. A dedicated Democratic blog is a lost cause in their opinion.

[Zorra]

15. Insidiously moving the Democratic party to the right from within is a time honored

Third Way/RW troll tradition.

"Entitlement cuts will be the best thing for us in the long run!!1!!

Social Security will be bankrupt in 22.0369 years according to GAO figures11!!! Dennis Kucinich is a leftist nutjob because he'd like to make cuts to the defense budget and establish a Department of Peace! Occupy Wall St cannot be effective because without leaders and therefore cannot have a message and they have no message anyway because they smoke pot and play bongos in the park!!11! Unions are bad, especially those teachers in Chicago!!1!! Only conservative candidates can win elections because America is just too conservative."

Right wingers who have all the money in the world to support their interests don't think twice about spending millions of dollars to support their interests, because the cumulative payback is the increase and maintenance of their power and control.

The republican party would barely even exist without the enormous amount of cash fueled propaganda, supplied by wealthy private interests, that it takes to get so many stupid people to consistently vote against their own interests.

[Demo_Chris]

12. I am not a fan of witch hunts, and in any case I don't need protection...

From scary right wingers. I believe in the power of REASON. Any right wing troll that posts here long enough runs the risk of being converted.

[onehandle]

13. The most famous paid trolls were the ones telling Greens to stick with Nader in 2000.

They were specifically trying to prevent 'vote trading' from Florida to elsewhere.

[madokie]

14. Can be found in the EE group concerning nuclear

Paid commenters use vicious attacks against anyone who posts an opposing opinion.

The point of these fake commenters is not just to push a specific agenda. It’s also to deceive the unsuspecting public about the actual amount of support that exists for that agenda. Paid commenters use vicious attacks against anyone who posts an opposing opinion. Eventually the attacks have the effect of driving people with opposite views away from the targeted sites. This allows them to dominate the web with their fake profiles, while at the same time discouraging real people from participating in the discussion.

A couple that fits this profile comes readily to mind. Sorry you'll have to check it out yourself as I'm not at liberty to disclose who I'm referring to.

[krispos42]

16. Almost certainly

I doubt there are these paid shills that do only DU, but if your career is to disguise yourself as Average Joe and make RW comments to affect the discourse, then some of them must therefore be on DU at least some of the time. Probably DailyKos as well.

[geek tragedy]

17. Given all of the posts that cite rightwing sources like Hotair.com and Avik Roy, you betcha nt

[woo me with science]

18. The corporate propaganda state should be a major news story.

It has reached a level of pervasiveness and interactivity that is creepy as hell, and it is shrouded in darkness when it comes to who is paying for it and how.

We now live in a corporate surveillance state that is purchasing and intimidating investigative journalism (our primary check against government abuse of power) out of existence..

In its place they are growing a slimy propaganda machine.