On 10/18/2015 04:07 PM, Alfie John wrote:
the noise may be deliberate:
Just watch the Israel trolls. Most are morons, but they sure make some 'noise'. From the article:
GCHQ describes the purpose of JTRIG in starkly clear terms: “using online techniques to make something happen in the real or cyber world,” including “information ops (influence or disruption).”
+1 Influence: Search Engines so googlers see THEIR info first. Disruption: Make the forums they infest less desirable with disinformation, sometimes quite obvious, repeated over and over and over again intended to (see 'influence' first and...) generally annoy users who disagree with them using ad hom filled rants, often tail-ending comment threads so their info is first/last seen. RR