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Wildmanimal
ATS is training ground for the Rookies.
no they dont! Do you have some issues regarding space travel? Typical ,keep your prejudices to yourself.
Metallicus
Text You've probably run into them before -- those seemingly random antagonizers who always end up diverting the conversation in an online chat room or article comment section away from the issue at hand, and towards a much different agenda. Hot-button issues like illegal immigration, the two-party political system, the "war on terror" and even alternative medicine are among the most common targets of such attackers, known as internet "trolls" or "shills," who in many cases are nothing more than paid lackeys hired by the federal government and other international organizations to sway and ultimately control public opinion.
Source
Most of us here at ATS won't be surprised that paid Goverment shills target online forums and chat rooms. This article discusses how the Government, CIA, NSA and other assorted alphabet agencies actively recruit college students to disrupt and derail online discussion on conspiracy sites. I think we all have seen certain posters that consistently try to destroy open, intelligent debate on a variety of controversial topics. There are a few on ATS that I personally suspect of being on the Goverment payroll. Do you think that this is going on or are we just being paranoid?
Conspiracy websites are typically the most heavily targeted by government officials.
Hmmm.
crazyewok
Pay me and will defend Hitler himself
Metallicus
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"Shills exist," writes this anonymous ex-shill...
Sources for this article include:
youtube.com...
Bragi
That is absolutely ludicrous...sorry, but no.
TDawgRex
Can I pay you with stars?
Or does it have to be actual money?
I'd like to see that. LOL
Jefferton
Completely manufactured story. People just want to believe this kind of crap.
greencmp
reply to post by Metallicus
I wouldn't be surprised at all and I am sure they do but, I don't think they would be/are very effective.