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Message Subject Debunker Talk LIVE Chat 24/7 - A debunker's paradise!!
Poster Handle Anonymous Coward
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Another thing I think it is important to clarify.... Do you believe in the existence of shills or disinformists on internet message boards (simple question)?? And if your answer is yes, what criteria would you use to distinguish such posters?? Please do tell
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 41604005


I know I do, all the time, especially in the early morning hours. They're pretty easy to spot; broken english, sometimes even random letters in place of the user name. They're always advertising for some shady website, frequently one that claims to be able to enlarge my penis. Having no need of such enhancements, I tend to ignore the shill's messages and report the post as spam for free karma points.
 Quoting: Dr. Astro


Don't sell you self short there Phil.....

"Disinformation is intentionally false or inaccurate information that is spread deliberately. For this reason, it is synonymous with and sometimes called black propaganda. It is an act of deception and false statements to convince someone of untruth. Disinformation should not be confused with misinformation, information that is unintentionally false.
Unlike traditional propaganda techniques designed to engage emotional support, disinformation is designed to manipulate the audience at the rational level by either discrediting conflicting information or supporting false conclusions. A common disinformation tactic is to mix some truth and observation with false conclusions and lies, or to reveal part of the truth while presenting it as the whole (a limited hangout).
Another technique of concealing facts, or censorship, is also used if the group can affect such control. When channels of information cannot be completely closed, they can be rendered useless by filling them with disinformation, effectively lowering their signal-to-noise ratio and discrediting the opposition by association with many easily disproved false claims." [link to en.wikipedia.org]

Do any of you think that the description above shills has any basis in reality?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 41604005


I think it likely that such operations do exist. That said, I believe they are much more "corporate" in their leanings. People paid to edit and re-edit the wiki about Scientology come to mind, or big corporations hiring people to monitor and alter their wikis to the most positive message possible.

I do *not* think, however, that debunkers here fit into that category, as I cannot believe anyone with such resources would waste a penny debunking Nancy Lieder/Zetatalk. It's time is past, so now it is merely watching a hyper-slow trainwreck, and occasionally advising people to stay off the tracks.
 Quoting: 74444


I'm glad you acknowledge the existence of such individuals or groups..

You must surely know also of many of the theories behind this website as well then??

This is a conspiracy website after all, where better to install shills than in a place like this, to find out who is interested in such topics and influence the way in which those topics are viewed..

That would seem like a coherent sort of reasoning to me if I were to want to redirect some attention, or influence some opinions..
 
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