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There is just no way you and I, amateurs commenting sporadically in our free time, have the resources to combat armies of paid trolls. I think that there are a
by stcredzero 10y ago
There is just no way you and I, amateurs commenting sporadically in our free time, have the resources to combat armies of paid trolls.
I think that there are armies of amateurs with tons of free time. However, these are largely manipulated by armies of paid trolls. What's worse, is that the manipulation involves the normalization of non-thinking conformism, social coercion, and hate-filled groupthink. This applies to both sides of the political spectrum.