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How to gain control of a Politcal Internet forum

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by KingCheetah, May 1, 2016.

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  1. KingCheetah

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    This an alleged memo from a mod at r/SandersforPresident to create havoc over at r/The_Donald and /pol/.

    Btw -- it's not working [low energy].
     
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    By boring ththem to death with lines of text?
     
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    Didn't see a single "CASE CLOSED" in there.
     
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    Is there any reason to believe arguing and/or trolling on internet forums results in substantive changes in how large numbers of people will vote?
     
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    Well it's a clear process and you have possibly thousands of people to push the agenda - seems very plausible on the site the members are working. After the initial disruption of topics then you have remainder of the 100,000+ members to push the message off the front page. The main group of members wouldn't know about the initial collusion, but being supporters they will finish off what the mods/ first group started.
     
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    I guess there's no definitive way to know if surfing reddit political message boards changes one's voting habits but personally I don't think I'd be swayed.

    And projecting how I might act to be how large number of others definitely will act seems right. ;)
     
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    So... What you are saying is you a a fake account created by texxx to keep us out of the Trump thread by sliding this one to the top?
     
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    Yes it's too long I had to post the picture - I thought it was interesting because it is probably happening at many forums... maybe even Clutchfans.
     
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