• Re: wikipedia - troll farm

    From micky@21:1/5 to noreply@mixmin.net on Tue Jul 8 22:16:51 2025
    In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Wed, 9 Jul 2025 02:41:39 +0100, D <noreply@mixmin.net> wrote:


    not surprisingly, the wikipedia page on troll farm operations reads like a >step-by-step manual for the recruitment, training and deployment of usenet >troll farm agents, complete with links to pages on "demoralization warfare" >(described as "warfare tactic used to erode morale"), "disinformation" and >other psychological warfare strategy that is compulsory to their crusaders

    Depressing. Almost certainly written by trolls.

    I hate to think what the wikip page on chemical warfare, kidnapping,
    rape, embezzlement, counterfeiting might be like.

    I have a vague memory from 30 or 40 years ago of my complaining to some publication about their teaching people how to do bad things, and maybe
    even getting one of those smug responses about the free interchange of
    ideas. Details may come back to me within a few days.

    (using Tor Browser 14.5.4)
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_farm
    ...

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  • From John C.@21:1/5 to micky on Wed Jul 9 04:50:21 2025
    micky wrote:
    D wrote:

    not surprisingly, the wikipedia page on troll farm operations reads like a >> step-by-step manual for the recruitment, training and deployment of usenet >> troll farm agents, complete with links to pages on "demoralization warfare" >> (described as "warfare tactic used to erode morale"), "disinformation" and >> other psychological warfare strategy that is compulsory to their crusaders

    Depressing. Almost certainly written by trolls.

    I hate to think what the wikip page on chemical warfare, kidnapping,
    rape, embezzlement, counterfeiting might be like.

    I have a vague memory from 30 or 40 years ago of my complaining to some publication about their teaching people how to do bad things, and maybe
    even getting one of those smug responses about the free interchange of
    ideas. Details may come back to me within a few days.

    (using Tor Browser 14.5.4)
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_farm
    ...

    It's behavior like this that convinces me that the human race hasn't
    much longer to survive.

    The Wikipedia website serves the purpose of making people aware of troll
    farms though.

    --
    John C. I filter crossposts, various trolls & dizem.com. Doing this
    makes this newsgroup easier to read & more on-topic. Take back the tech companies from India & industry from China.

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  • From Paul@21:1/5 to John C. on Wed Jul 9 09:41:23 2025
    On Wed, 7/9/2025 7:50 AM, John C. wrote:
    micky wrote:
    D wrote:

    not surprisingly, the wikipedia page on troll farm operations reads like a >>> step-by-step manual for the recruitment, training and deployment of usenet >>> troll farm agents, complete with links to pages on "demoralization warfare" >>> (described as "warfare tactic used to erode morale"), "disinformation" and >>> other psychological warfare strategy that is compulsory to their crusaders >>
    Depressing. Almost certainly written by trolls.

    I hate to think what the wikip page on chemical warfare, kidnapping,
    rape, embezzlement, counterfeiting might be like.

    I have a vague memory from 30 or 40 years ago of my complaining to some
    publication about their teaching people how to do bad things, and maybe
    even getting one of those smug responses about the free interchange of
    ideas. Details may come back to me within a few days.

    (using Tor Browser 14.5.4)
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_farm
    ...

    It's behavior like this that convinces me that the human race hasn't
    much longer to survive.

    The Wikipedia website serves the purpose of making people aware of troll farms though.


    This morning in the news, the case of "poor Josh" :-)
    All I can say is, I'm sure happy I didn't buy a phone
    and have to suffer this sort of "AI slop abuse".
    I wonder if Josh has six fingers.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/ai-generated-fake-marketing-1.7578772

    Paul

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  • From Frank Slootweg@21:1/5 to John C. on Wed Jul 9 14:40:29 2025
    John C. <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> wrote:

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    John C. I filter crossposts, various trolls & dizem.com. Doing this
    makes this newsgroup easier to read & more on-topic. Take back the tech companies from India & industry from China.

    Minor nit: It's dizum.com, not dizem.com. (And yes, I also filter it.)

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  • From croy@21:1/5 to micky on Wed Jul 9 08:53:30 2025
    On Tue, 08 Jul 2025 22:16:51 -0400, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

    I have a vague memory from 30 or 40 years ago of my complaining to some >publication about their teaching people how to do bad things, and maybe
    even getting one of those smug responses about the free interchange of
    ideas. Details may come back to me within a few days.

    The Poor Man's James Bond comes to mind.

    --
    croy

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  • From Mr Xi Ji Ping@21:1/5 to John C. on Wed Jul 9 20:49:51 2025
    On 09/07/2025 12:50, John C. wrote:
    Take back the tech
    companies from India & industry from China.

    WHY INDIA IS THE ONE COUNTRY THE WEST CAN'T DEFEAT | Piers Morgan

    <https://youtu.be/AUGc__E8NgM?si=CDCoJN-NeAq-DOsy>

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  • From John C.@21:1/5 to Frank Slootweg on Fri Jul 11 06:00:20 2025
    Frank Slootweg wrote:
    John C. wrote:

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    John C. I filter crossposts, various trolls & dizem.com. Doing this
    makes this newsgroup easier to read & more on-topic. Take back the tech
    companies from India & industry from China.

    Minor nit: It's dizum.com, not dizem.com. (And yes, I also filter it.)

    Noted, and change made. Thanks for pointing that out, Frank.

    --
    John C. I filter crossposts, various trolls & dizum.com. Doing this
    makes this newsgroup easier to read & more on-topic. Take back the tech companies from India & industry from China.

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