Do "Dis-Info" agents really exist? If you are one, come here. I'd love to know what it's like.

Any true Dis-Info agent would be here saying they do not exist.

Or is it all about reverse psychology?

Hmm.. If you think about it, there would be poeple who would benefit from having public opinion pushed in a certain way. I mean, that is common sense. If the flock follow the leader, they'll go where it goes. that's just common sense. So if the herd appear to be going one way, it would be silly for the individual sheep to run the other way. He'll be eaten by da wolluf.

How do you suppose that works. You'd have to put loud people in many places. they'd have to ay what sounds right, but take it in a specific direction.

Of chouarse governments employ this tactic. They would be ignorant to not. It works.

Here though? Well.. we tend to know when someone rushing to post 20 posts is disingenuous. We tend to know when someone new with big ideas leads a political thread awry.

And we tend to know when a cigar is just a cigar.

Here? Elenin, Nibiru, ISON, HAARP, LHC, etc.. not that important to the governments.

Syria? Guns? Obamacare? WOT, WOD, etc... noobs won't be teaching old dogs new tricks, here.

It would only work on opinion based comments on things like blogs, social media that has no registration process to contribute in a meaningful manner (facebook, no LIKING a page is not registering with it) twitter, media outles comment sections.. they are where you'll get random bob and his array of strange ideas that seem plausible, yet oddly follow an agenda.

I chuckle when people claim there are shills and disinfos on ATS. That's a lot of wasted effort to change very little. A very long con to engage a random person who may or may not ever see a post.

And by GOD if they are getting Scarlett Johannson at their piss ups, I'm seriously going to join. She makes me do things to myself that I can't talk about in public. Ohhhhhhhhhhhh boy oh boy oh boy..


/sudo su apt-get install finalize_account_ATS012.tar.gz -ztfx /etc/init.d close.send.eof()

Human nature. There's got to be some one disgruntled enough. I can't imagine it'd be a particularly entertaining job. Then again, maybe they have some real dyed in the wool types.

There's this guy on the Ronald Reagan board who posts the same right wing propaganda over and over about Reagan, and he hasn't posted since the government shut down. Maybe I'm just crazy. But it seems that he's one of those types that would be screaming loudest about it if he were genuine. Instead it seems he may have been furloughed. Who knows, really though. Might be shill, might be genuine zealot.

That may be a bad example. But there's such thing as ex-workers. People who get laid off or fired, you could tell us here. Or maybe by telling us, we'll think you're just screwing with our heads, and mission accomplished. There's enough of a reason for someone to speak from within that community.

Thank god someone finally asked! I've been so wanting to tell someone, anyone, for so long!

And yes, we like our barbeque.

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That made me laugh.

I was actually thinking about asking just that a couple of weeks ago. Whether disinfo agents exist on here, and who they are, and what threads their activities have been spotted in. But all we can ever really do is speculate. I think the label of shill is overly used, anyway.

boncho
Plus on major holidays we get to hang out with aliens at the area 52 BBQ dinner and dance.

Long ago, when we lived in an area that had lots of projects going on, I used to throw cross-project cookouts/boozefests to further technical development, for God and country.

"Bob, this is Joe. He works on a project over on the west side of the base. Joe solved that issue you're having, Bob. I'm on both projects and they're in different chains of command, so I can't cross-pollinate. But you guys can talk about whatever you want. Drink up"

Alas. All good things come to an end.

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Don't worry, close your doors and turn on the TV.. We can watch you that way.

I've spoken to one of them via U2U here before.
She admitted it without saying as much.

Then I never saw her post here again.

Some of them are established members here. Others get drawn into the fray and come at odds with their orders...then subsequently leave these boards.

Others still get a great laugh out of it all and are the stereotypical "trolls". But most of them are just very good at steering conversations.

Grifter42
Human nature. There's got to be some one disgruntled enough. I can't imagine it'd be a particularly entertaining job.

Are you kidding? It would be a HOOT if you could make a really nice wage doing that. Let's say, you had to post in some political forum 50 times a day spewing the party line and the job was a GS12/5. You could bank about $80k and have some kickass medical and retirement benefits. And you'd have plenty of time to play with the kids. Heck, it would be like an endless vacation. Even if you didn't believe in it in any way.

I'm here, what can I do for ya?

reply to post by SunnyDee


It's rather liberating having it out in the open isn't it?

Remember how pissed Zork was when you pushed him in the pool!? He wouldn't stop pouting until you gave him some Gorlazxcian beer. It was pretty cool of him to drive us while we mooned the ISS though.

Israel and China. Yes, they do.

What I find funny are the spooks who spend their workday posting in places like this only to go home and log in again.

They work hard doing what they do and they become addicted just like the rest of us.

reply to post by JayinAR


Grand Lizard warned you about sharing too much. Consider yourself uninvited to the Thankskilling feast. No mutilated bovine for you.

Wait... a 'shills' or 'dis-info' agent is anyone on ATS that disagrees with your totally asinine Theory_01

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A shill or disinfo agent is someone who routinely disagrees with you. A troll is someone who does it once or twice.

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Hey, it was worth a try.
"Hey, are you guys working for the government to flood internet message boards with garbage?"

*crickets, then even the crickets begin mocking me*

I guess you just can't trust shills any more. Come on, dis-info agents. Wouldn't you care to defend your side of the viewpoint? I guess shill is sort of a loaded word. I apologize for that.

I mean, there's no black and white. Only shades of grey. Gotta do what you have to do for a living. I know telemarketers. I ain't judging. I just want an account of such a thing that isn't from like, China.

Hah, didn't you know, if you ask a shill if he is a shill he has to tell you, in case someone is being cyber bullied online he represents the authorities and must offer assistance. You can bust 'em every time with that one there!

Rule number 5435.434 A) While performing your duties of shilling, you must avoid people asking if you are a shill, as cyber bullying laws 45.34 subsection Ca8 stipulate that not telling violates anti bullying laws which coincide with NDAA 433984398 code Section 6 of the internet shill act. (hidden from public reference)

Grifter42
If you guys do exist, please, feel free to post in this thread. If you're uncomfortable posting, PM me. I won't rat you out, out of common courtesy. I'm just curious about this element of ATS lore. We've all heard of them, but are they real? You tell me.

Blaineman - Dis-info Agent extraordinaire.



How would anyone know? Certainly if they are here monitoring they would loose their jobs if they went around saying "hey I'm a Dis-Info Agent working for the NSA". Don't ya think?

This is a topic that seems to come up constantly here. I would not be surprised if we have someone here now and then engaging in dis-info. I think most of it comes from ordinary people though pushing their own personal ideological agenda and not any government sponsored thing. Trolls enjoy spreading dis-info and partisan fanatics. They don't last long and are easy to spot.

Any replies or U2U's you get will likely be people screwing with you or trolling for giggles. One thing that is IMO true is that no real Dis-Info Agent would ever post in this thread or contact you. Sorry.