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It’s called sliding, the idea is to fill a comments section up with crap and make it unusable. It’s a strategy employed by trolls, corporate reputation managers
by MintelIE 6y ago
It’s called sliding, the idea is to fill a comments section up with crap and make it unusable. It’s a strategy employed by trolls, corporate reputation managers, political groups, and even apparently US government agencies.
- coolgeek 6y agoThis seems to be a challenging subject to search for. Can you point to any sources to learn more about this phenomenon?
- MintelIE 6y agoBetter late than never! https://cryptome.org/2012/07/gent-forum-spies.htm https://cryptome.org/2012/07/gent-forum-spies.htm
- coolgeek 6y ago> Better late than never! Same here, with the reply! As it happens, I had that link saved before, but have not had a chance to really dig in to it. But the high quality nature of its contents is immediately apparent, so it's near the top of that particular backlog. Thanks for the reminder of its existence.