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There are several post contending that the Sanders facebook blocks were caused by the Clinton camp (Original Post) brush Apr 2016 OP
Its alright, folks. Nothing to see here. Just trust us and move on... eom mikehiggins Apr 2016 #1
And the BS cheerleaders will hang on to their conspiracy theories SFnomad Apr 2016 #2
"we removed the group you reported" Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #23
Maybe they shouldn't have been promoting violence in that group, yathink? SFnomad Apr 2016 #26
Okay, you need to get your story straight. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #28
Maybe you should look at the images you post before you tell others to "get their story straight" SFnomad Apr 2016 #29
You don't seem capable of understanding what's going on, or you're being willfully obtuse. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #30
I don't know if they did ... and you don't either. And there is no way to prove or disprove it SFnomad Apr 2016 #31
Change the subject, sure. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #32
no evidence for their BernieBros but the guy who did the FaceBook blocks bragged about it GreatGazoo Apr 2016 #12
This pic creeps me out because that douche looks like my cousin. frylock Apr 2016 #25
"...a technical glitch"?? Wilms Apr 2016 #3
Did you read the story at the link? Everything that goes wrong is not Hillary's fault. brush Apr 2016 #4
First, I did not blame Hillary. Wilms Apr 2016 #5
They already explained that, and it only proves paid trolls took them down Dragonfli Apr 2016 #7
Trolls paid by who? Rove? brush Apr 2016 #9
Start with "Casey Champagne" Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #11
LOL as if you didn't know (click on the little graphic below) Dragonfli Apr 2016 #15
Thank you, Dragonfli. Wilms Apr 2016 #10
hillary really hates that Rodrigo Duterte. that is the only explanation of this. La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #6
K & R Scurrilous Apr 2016 #8
"we removed the group you reported" Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #13
An automatic program that shut the sites down Autumn Apr 2016 #14
Yeah- that was the real "glitch" Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #16
You are so right, the glitch was that little troll was too stupid to keep his mouth shut and posted Autumn Apr 2016 #17
Funny that spinbaby Apr 2016 #18
Shhh! This tin foil hat is getting comfy. JaneyVee Apr 2016 #19
"we removed the group you reported" Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #21
Kicking for exposure. frylock Apr 2016 #20
There may have been a glitch that made getting the groups shut down by spamming them EASIER. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #22
Bottom line: this was a concerted effort that has been documented. frylock Apr 2016 #24
Honestly, I don't think that the groups shutting down had too many real-world implications beyond Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #27
 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
2. And the BS cheerleaders will hang on to their conspiracy theories
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 02:27 PM
Apr 2016

Because if they didn't, they'd have to face the reality that people that voted in the primaries have spoken ... and that those people preferred Secretary Clinton to Bernie Sanders.

 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
26. Maybe they shouldn't have been promoting violence in that group, yathink?
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 06:49 PM
Apr 2016

And the BS cheerleaders around here should quit being tools of the Republican Party.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
28. Okay, you need to get your story straight.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 06:51 PM
Apr 2016

The "glitch" we keep hearing about was one in facebook's automated response to bogus complaints such as "casey champaign"'s.

There was no "violence promoting". Try again.

 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
29. Maybe you should look at the images you post before you tell others to "get their story straight"
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 06:55 PM
Apr 2016

The image you posted stated (about as clearly as it could) that a BS thread was removed for "containing credible threat of violence". Or it was a glitch. Either way, you'll keep up with your conspiracies that BS was targeted.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
30. You don't seem capable of understanding what's going on, or you're being willfully obtuse.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 06:59 PM
Apr 2016








They admit, here, that they pull this shit all the time- bogus alerts- but due to the "facebook glitch" they got the groups shut down without verification of actual "credible threats of violence". ("LOL. 'CREDIBLE' &quot That was the glitch, the automated system didn't do the normal due diligence.

If you have proof of an actual "credible threat of violence" on the Sanders FB group (odd that 'Casey Champagne', who seems perfectly capable of performing a screen cap, hasn't posted evidence of it) I'll gladly admit I'm wrong. But I'm not.
 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
31. I don't know if they did ... and you don't either. And there is no way to prove or disprove it
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:07 PM
Apr 2016

All I can say is that BS cheerleaders have one conspiracy theory after another ... many (if not most) have been disproven, which makes the next one harder to believe. To listen to you people, you'd think you're the most persecuted people anywhere, though maybe Christians believe they are even more persecuted.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
32. Change the subject, sure.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:50 PM
Apr 2016

Dude admitted what he did, "Bros4Hillary" disavowed him and apologized, etc.

"Most persecuted people anywhere"? Thats fucking rich, coming from the camp that has tried for 8 months to make some goofy victimization/vindication narrative "berniebrooooos! Sanders supporters did this!" Somehow more crucial to picking the next leader of the free world than, oh, say, ACTUAL FUCKING ISSUES AND POLICIES.

GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)
12. no evidence for their BernieBros but the guy who did the FaceBook blocks bragged about it
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 05:31 PM
Apr 2016

and here he is with you know who:

brush

(53,778 posts)
4. Did you read the story at the link? Everything that goes wrong is not Hillary's fault.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 02:36 PM
Apr 2016

It used to "thanks, Obama", now it seems to be, "Blame Hillary".

 

Wilms

(26,795 posts)
5. First, I did not blame Hillary.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 02:39 PM
Apr 2016

A supporter or more of hers may have been happy to do something, but she can't handle email let alone hack FB.

Next:

“A number of groups were inaccessible for a brief period after one of our automated policies was applied incorrectly.


That didn't answer a damn thing.

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
7. They already explained that, and it only proves paid trolls took them down
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 04:53 PM
Apr 2016

“A number of groups were inaccessible for a brief period after one of our automated policies was applied incorrectly"

refers to the automatic program that bring down sites after multiple alerts are received in a row, the tactic the brock socks bragged about sing because they are aware of the feature, "incorrectly" refers to it never being intended to be exploited by malicious tolls.

Much like our automatic flagging for review that is triggered by the software after alerts happen too closely together in time here, it is essentially the same function and was known of and abused to take down those sites much as such tactics are used to trigger the software here to flag a poster for review automatically via a software feature.

OP mega fail.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
11. Start with "Casey Champagne"
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 05:28 PM
Apr 2016

The glitch meant that the spamming shut the groups down easier than it should have. The spamming which activated the "glitch" still came from somewhere. Hmmm, I wonder where.






"we removed the group you reported"



paid by who? Is David Brock's ("Correct The Record" "Barrier Breakers&quot million dollars used up, yet?

 

Wilms

(26,795 posts)
10. Thank you, Dragonfli.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 05:23 PM
Apr 2016

It's a sorry state of affairs the way we have to clean-up the messes left all over the internet.

Autumn

(45,084 posts)
14. An automatic program that shut the sites down
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 05:37 PM
Apr 2016
due to multiple alerts that were admitted to by one Casey Champaign who posted the notice that the Bernie groups were closed down because of threats of violence that he had reported and I'm going to bet anything Clinton supporter Casey and his ilk had a hand in those threats since he was stupid enough to brag about it. You can say whatever you want but you don't get to wipe out the facts.

Autumn

(45,084 posts)
17. You are so right, the glitch was that little troll was too stupid to keep his mouth shut and posted
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 05:51 PM
Apr 2016

the shots that proved he did it. Those little trolls don't think things through very well do they.

spinbaby

(15,090 posts)
18. Funny that
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 06:03 PM
Apr 2016

This primary season has been beset by endless "glitches" and "irregularities," all of them somehow benefitting Hillary.

frylock

(34,825 posts)
20. Kicking for exposure.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 06:06 PM
Apr 2016

Warren explains it perfectly. There was no "glitch". The logic worked exactly as it was coded to work.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
22. There may have been a glitch that made getting the groups shut down by spamming them EASIER.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 06:44 PM
Apr 2016

It's possible they've been trying this crap continuously from the moment Brock's troll $ started flowing, but it just worked a lot better the other night due to a facebook error.

frylock

(34,825 posts)
24. Bottom line: this was a concerted effort that has been documented.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 06:47 PM
Apr 2016

But we all know that Hillarians suffer from an aversion to documented facts.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
27. Honestly, I don't think that the groups shutting down had too many real-world implications beyond
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 06:50 PM
Apr 2016

being an annoyance, but I do have people close to me who were complaining about it at the time.

However, if the Hill Folk want to run around yammering about "tinfoil!" and "oh those stupid berniebros thinking Hillary supporters targeted their facebook groups", yeah, documented like you said.

Plus it kind of makes the endless garbage we hear about how Sanders people are THE WORST INTERNETZ TROLLZ N BULLIEZ EVER a little hypocritical, no?

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