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Friday, 5 October 2018

How to Spot A Troll

Here is a recent list probably:

1.  Look for cultural discrepancies:
2.  leaving out a definite article:
  • We need fight the terrorism to fight the terrorism! But not track phone calls to fight the terrorism.” — @michellearry, June 2015.
  • “I want chaos to be over! We need #GOP president to stop it! #GOPDebateSC” — @heyits_toby, January 2016.
  • “With Hillary in charge, America will burn in flames of a shame. So don’t let this happen!” — @tpartynews, February 2016.


3.  They can't form a question

  • Why our government doesn’t send us some help?! Phosphorus leak in Pocatello #phosphorusdisaster” — @ryanmaxwell_1, March 10, 2015.
4.  They have a specific agenda: Russian Trolls launched a pretty sloppy campaign when the invaded the Crimea:
  • from:TEN_GOP Crimea since:2014–02–28 until:2014–03–18
5.  Amplifying divisive paranoia- what ever the issues is in the world, they will write crazy extreme narratives on both sides.

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