Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

TheDebbieDee

(11,119 posts)

1. During the 2008 campaign, I came across a company called

Reply to TeddyBear 1 (Original post)

Tue Jan 10, 2017, 12:48 AM

Jan 2017

Netvogates or netvocates where people were hired by conservative activists orgs to monitor websites, blogs and forums and make posts using certain phrases and wording in an attempt to embed conservative talking points in readers' psyche.

I sensed that several posts in some threads were actually posted by these shit-stirrers but whenever I brought up the possibility of this site being targeted by conservative posters, I got laughed at for having CRAZY ideas! Yes, I know who was doing the laughing!

But I'm sure netvocates/netvogates is still around and working under some name or other...

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

1 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

paid trolls are real.. [View all] TeddyBear 1 Jan 2017 OP

During the 2008 campaign, I came across a company called TheDebbieDee Jan 2017 #1