Craigslist Ad seeks "Writes Needed to Post Right-Wing Comments to Social Media"

garybeck

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Mon Mar-28-11 10:57 PM
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Craigslist Ad seeks "Writes Needed to Post Right-Wing Comments to Social Media"

We knew it all along, there just aren't enough people to post all the rightwing BS you see on the net, so to create more, they simply pay people to do it.

Well here's the proof.

thanks again to Mark Crispin Miller.

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gateley

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Mon Mar-28-11 11:02 PM
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1. Yikes! Do you think this is legit? I would think a real solicitation wouldn't go

into so much damaging detail. :shrug:

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RZM

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Mon Mar-28-11 11:04 PM
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4. I was wondering that too

I think it's equally likely that this is legit or that it's low-rent psy-ops. Probably there's no way to really know.

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freshwest

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Mon Mar-28-11 11:19 PM
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8. I think it is. They don't care.

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applegrove

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Tue Mar-29-11 01:23 AM
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15. Looks like liberal baiting to me. The right sure does love to use the tools of psychopaths.

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RZM

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Mon Mar-28-11 11:03 PM
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2. I doubt this will go anywhere, at least outside of Canada

I doubt there are many people here in the US on either the left or right who know enough about Canadian politics to sound convincing. I sure don't.

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garybeck

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Mon Mar-28-11 11:16 PM
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7. assuming the ad is legit, I seriously doubt the employees would be instructed to limit their

discussions to Canada only. I'd bet the talking points they receive involve US politics and the websites they engage in are in both countries.

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snot

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Tue Mar-29-11 01:13 AM
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12. Just bec. they're soliciting in Canada doesn't mean that's where the posts must be.

Edited on Tue Mar-29-11 01:15 AM by snot

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Very_Boring_Name

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Mon Mar-28-11 11:04 PM
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3. I made this post on a friends facebook wall 2 days ago:

Edited on Mon Mar-28-11 11:04 PM by Very_Boring_Name

I know, I love the CBC comments. I swear to god harper has paid minions writing anti-liberal comments on thestar's website though. You log on at certain times of the day and its page after page of pro conservative comments

Note, the ad is for Toronto (i.e the Toronto Star). Looks like I was right. By the way, can you send me a link to where you got that from? I'd like to send it to her.

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Luminous Animal

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Mon Mar-28-11 11:08 PM
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5. Not to step on the OP's toes but here is the link...

http://markcrispinmiller.com/2011/03/craiglist-ad-seeks-writers-to-post-right-wing-comments-to-social-media-news-outlets/

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Smarmie Doofus

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Mon Mar-28-11 11:13 PM
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6. god forbid they should be" bogged down in too much detail."

Or in too much reality.

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mahina

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Mon Mar-28-11 11:49 PM
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9. I bet we could all get hired.

Pity the gatekeeper!

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MrScorpio

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Mon Mar-28-11 11:59 PM
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10. Sandbagging� That all dey got? nt

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sakabatou

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Tue Mar-29-11 01:04 AM
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11. So they're looking for trolls? LOL

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snot

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Tue Mar-29-11 01:18 AM
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13. Hey: I see DU'er's getting sucked into letting trolls waste their time . . .

Edited on Tue Mar-29-11 01:19 AM by snot

pretty much every time I come to DU.

This shd be required reading for DU'er's -- and not just to get the general idea, but to understand some (but not all) of the specific tactics being used.

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garybeck

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Tue Mar-29-11 01:24 AM
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16. DU is different than FB...

trolls here just waste time, yes, and they should be ignored.

on other sites, if there are people getting paid to post rightwing talking points, and no one replies with a voice of sanity, the BS is left unchallenged and anyone reading it can fall into its trap. so there is value in getting in discussions with these guys, particularly when it's in a more "neutral" setting like FB.

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wildbilln864

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Tue Mar-29-11 01:20 AM
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14. k&r eom

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uncle ray

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Tue Mar-29-11 01:39 AM
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17. the ad reads like bullshit.

i'm not saying trolling doesn't happen, but this ad reads like a lefty trolling for right-wingers. the most obvious tipoff is that no legit company doing this kind of work would so openly state what side they were working for. if real they would likely be ambiguous and secretly chose their troll candidates.

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