Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about how one could go about becoming an online Mohammed or Genghis Khan – a great leader who sends forth an army of trolls to conquer web sites for the Religion and the Empire. I don’t think it has been tried, but think it may be possible.
He wasn’t kidding about the personal experience.
I say this because I find it quite easy to go to a web site and to begin to control the debate, stir up dissent, refute ideologies, recruit people, or otherwise manipulate the site as I see fit.
Heh… goodluck with that here on LW.
Depending on the level of moderation, this may have to be done subtly, but there is always a way to counter whatever propaganda is being spread at a given site and to inject some of your own counter-propaganda. If one is clever and persistent, one should in this way be able to alter, destroy or co-opt any site according to one’s agenda.
I take the crackpottery of his site as evidence to not take much of what he says seriously.
J.K. Rowling could probably manipulate Lesswrong as she sees fit by buying the site, shadowbanning all commenters, and putting up new comments using their names (but preventing the real users from seeing these) were they slowly become convinced witchcraft real.
* raises eyebrow *
From BrotherNihil’s website:
He wasn’t kidding about the personal experience.
Heh… goodluck with that here on LW.
I take the crackpottery of his site as evidence to not take much of what he says seriously.
J.K. Rowling could probably manipulate Lesswrong as she sees fit by buying the site, shadowbanning all commenters, and putting up new comments using their names (but preventing the real users from seeing these) were they slowly become convinced witchcraft real.