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Originally Posted by GiRTh
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If this is primarily from the internet, then it's hard for me to take as seriously. Though I'm sure there is a fringe out there that takes it all very seriously. I haven't met any crazy voters from either side yet. None at my husband's job and I don't see that many bumper stickers tbqh (and
I love to look at bumper stickers seeing as I'm a designer).
Part of me wants to go to a rally to see who the are people are still going to these revelations have come out, on the other hand I don't want to caught in angry mob.
Anyway,
Russian hackers. It's a real thing.
Though seriously...
Since the election began, when I would sometimes read internet comments, there would be random waves of anti-Clinton/Obama commentary in articles that had jack all to do with politics. I have seen so many accounts with a full time jobs worth of posts and fudged histories... some you had to dig to find evidence of being fake, but you could tell right away they were propaganda accts.
I doubt a lot of the stuff I read online, especially comments, because it's a very real thing that these campaigns are paying people to make and post from fake accounts to make it seem as if a movement is stronger than it actually is. They will sit and argue too and I'm sure it pays to run campaigns in this way...
Also 4chan and reddit love to get in on the trolling fun. The internet is the wild west.
Clinton SuperPac Admits to Paying Internet Trolls
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4...nternet-Trolls
It looks like Russia hired internet trolls to pose as pro-Trump Americans
http://www.businessinsider.com/russi...d-trump-2016-7
How an army of pro-Donald Trump trolls are taking over Reddit
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/how-donal...ok-over-reddit