patrick.net

Damn! They caught me,I'm just not getting paid.

Surrender to the drone circling overhead.

I believe this. I also believe there are paid "libertarian" and Club for Growth types now and again.

Example: "Public sector unions are bankrupting America. Public sector unions are bankrupting America. Public sector unions are bankrupting America."

On some sites, no matter how unrelated to health care or public policy, the level and density of Obamacare-related posts is so high that I have a hard time believing it's not sponsored. It's as if no fact (or lie) about that topic is not worth repeating 20 times.

bgamall4 says

Bigsby.

Yeah, I'm being paid a fortune by the UK government to point out the stupidity of a Las Vegas conspiracy nut who posts on a US real estate forum and has his own blog that nobody reads. How did you guess?

Bigsby says

bgamall4 says

Bigsby.

Yeah, I'm being paid a fortune by the UK government to point out the stupidity of a Las Vegas conspiracy nut who posts on a US real estate forum and has his own blog that nobody reads. How did you guess?

Sounds like you are employed by Sheinberg & Moskovitz. You might want to contact Milstein-Day-Weisenthal here in the states: their commission formula rewards visibility as well as quantity. For example, if you're in a flame war that lingers in the front page, a multiplier kicks in.

I make a bundle on Zionism and abortion threads from time to time.

bgamall4 says

Since you bring so little facts to any of our debates, because I have the facts

You're a funny man Gary. Funny in the head.

bgamall4 says

I have dragged you through the dirt and disgraced your very being, and yet you come back for more.

You have? I must have missed that. You on the other hand are so stupid that you simply fail to see how moronic your posts are. Portable toilets and bottled water was one of your recent efforts, was it not? Oh yes, you're the man with the 'facts', the 'proof', the idiotic drivel.

El HydroCabron says

I make a bundle on Zionism and abortion threads from time to time.

Gary must be a very rich man by now.

There are paid government and corporate shills and trolls on all websites that have user content. This is exactly why Wikipedia is not at all trustworthy.

bgamall4 says

Bigsby says

You have? I must have missed that.

People will tolerate anything for a paycheck.

Is that why you put up with posting your idiocy?

I am a man of invariant principle, virtue and logic, but I can be had cheap, where's the payroll sign up?

bgamall4 says

Bigsby, I have no doubt you are paid. Sue me. Oh, that's right, you are anonymous and can't. You are a prick.

Now, now, Gary, temper, temper. Yes, I'm paid. Just like everyone else on here except for Rentingforhalfthecost. You used to get paid as well, didn't you? By the government until you retired and became consumed by your paranoid delusions. Are they still paying you to embarrass all the other conspiracy nuts out there with your laughable theories? Porta potties and bottled water indeed.

Of course there are. What's even worse is the disinteresting turds that continually engage them

The Realtors are behind it all, I'm telling you!

Of course there are.

Face it, TROLLS can influence the direction comments take. They can influence people, thus governments, companies, interest groups, etc. engage in this behavior.

Seems hard to believe given the type of forum this is... But, if you had to name the likely candidates on this site, who do you think they are?

Dan8267 says

There are paid government and corporate shills and trolls on all websites that have user content. This is exactly why Wikipedia is not at all trustworthy.

Good point. I always assume everything we do online is being watched and recorded. An excellent quote from Ron Paul: "My understanding is that espionage means giving secret or classified information to the enemy. Since Snowden shared information with the American people, his indictment for espionage could reveal (or confirm) that the US Government views you and me as the enemy."