I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop and they figure out a way to screw Substacked. I think we're already beginning to see some state sponsored trolling ....
I think you’re right. They do bear certain identifiers, none definitive.
1) black and white thinking, they prefer black.
2) fierce defense of the status quo, of course the best of the best in all possible worlds.
3) tend to be one line, monosyllabic, fact-free and never a link..
4) try to warp the dialogue into it being personal, as in about you.
5) grade school namecalling except instead of “ you are too”, it’s reference to “wodka”.
6) jingoistic neologisms given with a triumphant tone, as if a single name call constituted a definitive rebuttal. e.g. whataboutery, (invented by hypocrites to defend yet other hypocrites from the consequences of their hypocrisy). Other times it’s a stock phrase modelled after what is parodied in the black population as “ yo mama” or an adaptation of the “ your mother wears army boots” from another era.
7) broad adolescent innuendo re your background , calling you Boris, or Vlad or Xi or some scatological reference to your name. Wanting to be the first off the mark they call you a troll, ignoring guidelines specially proscribing posts with no content but troll accusation.
8) they never engage in conversation, they’re told not to. Just a brief cameo, helicoptering in, dropping the one word offense and never replying to a query or a request for a link.. If you flag them, you may or may not get a sympathetic moderator. If they’re deleted, they move on.
WaPo has actually reported on US military trolling and found it to be rampant.
When you see a thousand Genes, all saying the same stupid shit under a thousand names and drowning out discourse, then you know that you have been touched by The Hand Of The Deep State.
"...You have this amazing specter of Democratic congressmen hauling in CEOs from these platforms to the Hill, and begging them to commit more censorship. But it’s because they can’t deal with the fundamental problems that have befallen the country. Their attempt instead is to banish or silence the critics who speak the truth about what’s happening. That really is, I think, what’s going on.
"As things deteriorate, and I believe they will deteriorate, that pressure, which was already pretty heavy, is going to become heavier. You know better than I, the complaints about Substack, well, which I’m sure are serious — they will find them.
"They will begin to put pressure on. In the end, Substack is a commercial operation. I mean, they don’t exist for no reason, they exist to make money. And when that is your primary goal, you are very susceptible to that kind of pressure."
I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop and they figure out a way to screw Substacked. I think we're already beginning to see some state sponsored trolling ....
I think you’re right. They do bear certain identifiers, none definitive.
1) black and white thinking, they prefer black.
2) fierce defense of the status quo, of course the best of the best in all possible worlds.
3) tend to be one line, monosyllabic, fact-free and never a link..
4) try to warp the dialogue into it being personal, as in about you.
5) grade school namecalling except instead of “ you are too”, it’s reference to “wodka”.
6) jingoistic neologisms given with a triumphant tone, as if a single name call constituted a definitive rebuttal. e.g. whataboutery, (invented by hypocrites to defend yet other hypocrites from the consequences of their hypocrisy). Other times it’s a stock phrase modelled after what is parodied in the black population as “ yo mama” or an adaptation of the “ your mother wears army boots” from another era.
7) broad adolescent innuendo re your background , calling you Boris, or Vlad or Xi or some scatological reference to your name. Wanting to be the first off the mark they call you a troll, ignoring guidelines specially proscribing posts with no content but troll accusation.
8) they never engage in conversation, they’re told not to. Just a brief cameo, helicoptering in, dropping the one word offense and never replying to a query or a request for a link.. If you flag them, you may or may not get a sympathetic moderator. If they’re deleted, they move on.
WaPo has actually reported on US military trolling and found it to be rampant.
You will know, when they flood the board, reciting identical glib talking points.
And accusing others of reciting Faux News “ talking points” is another faux rebuttal.
People who propound any official rhetoric aka party lines aka "talking points" have no thoughts of their own worth hearing, much less rebutting.
eg. Gene the troll.
Gene isn't glib. He's just stupid.
When you see a thousand Genes, all saying the same stupid shit under a thousand names and drowning out discourse, then you know that you have been touched by The Hand Of The Deep State.
Hahahaha. True.
Whaaat? I don't read the WaPo: military trolling?
Those people have Too Much Time and Too Much Money For Their Own Good.
They need to get out and work a job 12 hours every day, preferably at Amazon.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/20/military-pentagon-fake-social-media/
https://www.voanews.com/a/meta-report-us-military-behind-online-influence-campaign-targeting-central-asia-middle-east/6848112.html
Chris Hedges said this about Substack:
"...You have this amazing specter of Democratic congressmen hauling in CEOs from these platforms to the Hill, and begging them to commit more censorship. But it’s because they can’t deal with the fundamental problems that have befallen the country. Their attempt instead is to banish or silence the critics who speak the truth about what’s happening. That really is, I think, what’s going on.
"As things deteriorate, and I believe they will deteriorate, that pressure, which was already pretty heavy, is going to become heavier. You know better than I, the complaints about Substack, well, which I’m sure are serious — they will find them.
"They will begin to put pressure on. In the end, Substack is a commercial operation. I mean, they don’t exist for no reason, they exist to make money. And when that is your primary goal, you are very susceptible to that kind of pressure."
Full interview here, albeit behind a paywall:
https://taibbi.substack.com/p/meet-the-censored-chris-hedges