Current Events > Do you think there are Russian troll accounts shilling on Gamefaqs?

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FLUFFYGERM
02/17/18 9:44:50 PM
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We know for sure that Russian accounts on Reddit, Facebook, and other popular social media sites are purposely posting either far left or far right shit in order to divide the American people.

Do you think any of the users here are Russian agents who are paid to do anything it takes to divide Americans everywhere?
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Tmaster148
02/17/18 9:45:50 PM
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I doubt gamefaqs is big enough to attract the attention of paid trolls.
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Darkrobotisback
02/17/18 9:46:16 PM
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What if I'm Russian American?
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LordRazziel
02/17/18 9:46:41 PM
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I'd be surprised.
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FLUFFYGERM
02/17/18 9:48:04 PM
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There are some accounts that I suspect are all the same person or the same group of people, to be honest. I've been monitoring their posting habits over the last year or so and it's becoming obvious that they exist only to shitpost and stir the pot here.

And they're working, CE is a lot more hostile than it was when I first started coming here.
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CaptainCrunch
02/17/18 9:48:45 PM
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FLUFFYGERM posted...
it's becoming obvious that they exist only to shitpost and stir the pot here.


yes we all know about duckbear
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byrone
02/17/18 9:49:51 PM
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FLUFFYGERM posted...
I've been monitoring their posting habits over the last year or so

lmao
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Genocet_10-325
02/17/18 9:49:59 PM
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CaptainCrunch posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
it's becoming obvious that they exist only to shitpost and stir the pot here.


yes we all know about duckbear


@mrduckbear is a liberal and not a troll
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FLUFFYGERM
02/17/18 9:51:16 PM
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I don't think Allen is going to do anything about this even though it's potentially a real issue. All it would take to substantially reduce the noise is to require multi-factor authentication for logging in. There are third party services that provide that for low cost with easy implementation details. Duo is one of them.

It could eliminate needing to track IP addresses for figuring out which user is which. Most people only have a single phone number, and it'd be easy to track problem users across multiple phone numbers. I'd even be willing to implement this for free for gamefaqs.
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Kaname_Madoka
02/17/18 9:51:42 PM
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jpenny2
02/17/18 9:52:15 PM
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Nyet, comrade. Nyet.
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CaptainCrunch
02/17/18 9:52:31 PM
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Genocet_10-325 posted...
CaptainCrunch posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
it's becoming obvious that they exist only to shitpost and stir the pot here.


yes we all know about duckbear


@mrduckbear is a liberal and not a troll


n6pZrPY
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KiwiTerraRizing
02/17/18 9:52:56 PM
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Comrade Caution
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r4X0r
02/17/18 9:53:09 PM
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Yeah, it's Russians dividing the American people. Not the Democrats calling everyone who disagrees with them a racist. Or a sexist. Or Islamophobic, bigoted, homophobic, misogynist, transphobic....

It's not the Democrats trying to split Americans into as many small groups as possible and then bouncing them off each other. TOTES the Russians. Absolutely.
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FLUFFYGERM
02/17/18 9:53:13 PM
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FLUFFYGERM posted...
I don't think Allen is going to do anything about this even though it's potentially a real issue. All it would take to substantially reduce the noise is to require multi-factor authentication for logging in. There are third party services that provide that for low cost with easy implementation details. Duo is one of them.

It could eliminate needing to track IP addresses for figuring out which user is which. Most people only have a single phone number, and it'd be easy to track problem users across multiple phone numbers. I'd even be willing to implement this for free for gamefaqs.


@SBAllen
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FLUFFYGERM
02/17/18 9:53:50 PM
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r4X0r posted...
Yeah, it's Russians dividing the American people. Not the Democrats calling everyone who disagrees with them a racist. Or a sexist. Or Islamophobic, bigoted, homophobic, misogynist, transphobic....

It's not the Democrats trying to split Americans into as many small groups as possible and then bouncing them off each other. TOTES the Russians. Absolutely.


I mean most of the vocal accounts shitposting about all those labels and identities and w/e are likely Russian troll accounts.
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Genocet_10-325
02/17/18 9:54:20 PM
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r4X0r posted...
Yeah, it's Russians dividing the American people. Not the Democrats calling everyone who disagrees with them a racist. Or a sexist. Or Islamophobic, bigoted, homophobic, misogynist, transphobic....

It's not the Democrats trying to split Americans into as many small groups as possible and then bouncing them off each other. TOTES the Russians. Absolutely.

I was going to respond then saw who you were and remembered you're not a serious person

Next
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ilovuuu
02/17/18 9:54:41 PM
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prince_leo
02/17/18 9:56:40 PM
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I don't think gamefaqs is important enough to attract attention. at the same time it's not like it would take that much effort to shitpost
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FLUFFYGERM
02/17/18 9:58:06 PM
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prince_leo posted...
I don't think gamefaqs is important enough to attract attention. at the same time it's not like it would take that much effort to shitpost


I mean at our peak we're hitting what, 2000 to 3000 unique users at any given time? Probably more over the last few years when Gamefaqs was more active.

It's low effort to recycle shit you post on Reddit/Facebook/etc and paste it on gamefaqs as well. Especially on boards that have a slower purge cycle. *shrug*

There are some users here who are just so obnoxiously far left or far right, and here at virtually any time of the day.
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asagi_mode_gone
02/17/18 9:59:07 PM
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Nyet, komrade

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davyheinz
02/17/18 9:59:26 PM
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I didnt know that SI45 got locked. He was, however, still shilling Russia for a while after the election. I think he was still doing it late last year.
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Hexenherz
02/17/18 10:00:38 PM
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asagi_mode_gone posted...
Nyet, komrade

:l

Don't know why you'd write it "comrade" with a k since it's not even a Russian word rofl

There are plenty of users who seem willfully ignorant to global events going on around them. Or they're trolls. Regardless the site makes it so easy to ignore those people so even if there are Russian shills and bots, I ain't seein' 'em.
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FLUFFYGERM
02/17/18 10:01:39 PM
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The problem isn't whether or not you can see them. The problem is whether or not they are influencing discourse and sentiment in general.
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ilovuuu
02/17/18 10:02:29 PM
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nah russian shills aren't the problem.

fox news is.
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asagi_mode_gone
02/17/18 10:04:59 PM
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Hexenherz posted...
asagi_mode_gone posted...
Nyet, komrade

:l

Don't know why you'd write it "comrade" with a k since it's not even a Russian word rofl

There are plenty of users who seem willfully ignorant to global events going on around them. Or they're trolls. Regardless the site makes it so easy to ignore those people so even if there are Russian shills and bots, I ain't seein' 'em.

That's like half the point
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LordRazziel
02/17/18 10:05:59 PM
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FLUFFYGERM posted...
r4X0r posted...
Yeah, it's Russians dividing the American people. Not the Democrats calling everyone who disagrees with them a racist. Or a sexist. Or Islamophobic, bigoted, homophobic, misogynist, transphobic....

It's not the Democrats trying to split Americans into as many small groups as possible and then bouncing them off each other. TOTES the Russians. Absolutely.


I mean most of the vocal accounts shitposting about all those labels and identities and w/e are likely Russian troll accounts.

What makes you say that?
CE has about 350 lurkers and posters and it's the most active social board.
Why would they try to influnce such a small community?
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ilovuuu
02/17/18 10:06:34 PM
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LordRazziel posted...

What makes you say that?
CE has about 350 lurkers and posters and it's the most active social board.
Why would they try to influnce such a small community?

he basically sees communism in every corner and its destroyed his critical thinking skills.
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Darkrobotisback
02/17/18 10:06:59 PM
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ilovuuu posted...
nah russian shills aren't the problem.

RT (Russia Today) is.

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ilovuuu
02/17/18 10:07:51 PM
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Darkrobotisback posted...

Fixed!

Fox News is way worse.
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Darkrobotisback
02/17/18 10:08:39 PM
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ilovuuu posted...
Darkrobotisback posted...

Fixed!

Fox News is way worse.

Have you ever seen RT upload a Russian space station video?
That shit looks super CG, lmao
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Re-iNcarnated
02/17/18 10:09:16 PM
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Yes, I am one of them. Heil comrade!
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ilovuuu
02/17/18 10:09:32 PM
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RT is bad, but fox news is on TV and is way more popular.

Dude. Fox News is a huge cause of why conservatives are the way they are today.

Completely indoctrinated.
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LordRazziel
02/17/18 10:12:59 PM
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ilovuuu posted...
LordRazziel posted...

What makes you say that?
CE has about 350 lurkers and posters and it's the most active social board.
Why would they try to influnce such a small community?

he basically sees communism in every corner and its destroyed his critical thinking skills.

Not to mention Russia has been shown to pit people against each other.
But Mono only sees it in the liberal trolls and tools.
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ilovuuu
02/17/18 10:16:53 PM
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LordRazziel posted...
ilovuuu posted...
LordRazziel posted...

What makes you say that?
CE has about 350 lurkers and posters and it's the most active social board.
Why would they try to influnce such a small community?

he basically sees communism in every corner and its destroyed his critical thinking skills.

Not to mention Russia has been shown to pit people against each other.
But Mono only sees it in the liberal trolls and tools.

nah. the country is already divided. what Russia is doing is a drop in the bucket.
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LordRazziel
02/17/18 10:21:28 PM
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ilovuuu posted...
LordRazziel posted...
ilovuuu posted...
LordRazziel posted...

What makes you say that?
CE has about 350 lurkers and posters and it's the most active social board.
Why would they try to influnce such a small community?

he basically sees communism in every corner and its destroyed his critical thinking skills.

Not to mention Russia has been shown to pit people against each other.
But Mono only sees it in the liberal trolls and tools.

nah. the country is already divided. what Russia is doing is a drop in the bucket.

What I'm saying is the Russian bots and trolls play both sides, but Mono only sees it in "the other guys".
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ilovuuu
02/17/18 10:22:17 PM
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LordRazziel posted...
ilovuuu posted...
LordRazziel posted...
ilovuuu posted...
LordRazziel posted...

What makes you say that?
CE has about 350 lurkers and posters and it's the most active social board.
Why would they try to influnce such a small community?

he basically sees communism in every corner and its destroyed his critical thinking skills.

Not to mention Russia has been shown to pit people against each other.
But Mono only sees it in the liberal trolls and tools.

nah. the country is already divided. what Russia is doing is a drop in the bucket.

What I'm saying is the Russian bots and trolls play both sides, but Mono only sees it in "the other guys".

oh right yeah.

that is true.
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FLUFFYGERM
02/17/18 10:26:03 PM
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who is Mono
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iPhone_7
02/17/18 10:30:09 PM
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Im sure at least one person in their Russian troll farms like to play video games. Maybe that person trolls on here or other video game sites in his off-time.
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Hexenherz
02/17/18 10:53:01 PM
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ilovuuu posted...
Darkrobotisback posted...

Fixed!

Fox News is way worse.

RT is literally Russian government funded propaganda and the quality of people they employ is extremely subpar by most journalism metrics (really don't know how they conned Larry King).
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prince_leo
02/17/18 10:56:47 PM
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Hexenherz posted...
(really don't know how they conned Larry King).

afaik they just pay to broadcast his show, doesn't really mean anything
although these days, who knows
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Hexenherz
02/17/18 11:00:37 PM
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prince_leo posted...
Hexenherz posted...
(really don't know how they conned Larry King).

afaik they just pay to broadcast his show, doesn't really mean anything
although these days, who knows

Ah, for some reason they heavily advertised it as if he was actually actively working for their network. But yeah I see now he switched to a different show that RT picked up broadcasting rights to like a year later.
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Mistere Man
02/17/18 11:05:28 PM
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Gosh that italian family at the next table sure is quiet.
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