I often wonder how many email, etc. attacks on people who speak out against trump

[shraby]

are followers in the United States and how many are Russian trolls hired to cause dissention and disruptions?
I would guess a smaller percentage are U.S. citizens and a much larger percent are the Russian trolls to amplify the pro-trump message with threats to the anti-dictator commentators.

[kimbutgar]

1. There are many that infiltrate Facebook pages that are anti i chump

You can tell the real from the fake by taking a cursory look at their page. The fake ones only have pictures with objects. Real ones have real pictures and posts that are consistent. The other phoney ones are ones that had no activity for years and all of a sudden they are attacking liberals. A friend who rarely used her Facebook all of a sudden started putting out pro chump stuff. I was shocked because she was never like that I called her and she said her page was hijacked by a third party so she Deactivated her account.

[gratuitous]

2. I just assume they're Russian trolls

And I tell them that when they come barging in on my anti-Trump Facebook posts. Boy, do they get huffy! Especially the ones with Facebook pages featuring no friends, no activities, and no history.

Fuck 'em, says I. You don't like my peaches, don't shake my tree.

[TheBlackAdder]

3. Twitter/FB could add a traceroute to all signed in users - identifying country or if using atomizer.

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Obtain the end-point and query on its location. I believe FB does this already, as part of its data mining.


Atomizer/Proxy users would be people who are masking their selves, their location or computers.

While many domestic people use them, on Twitter/FB, it is a strong indication that someone is not who they are.


Then, these services could append this information to the individual posts, as a permanent/sticky field.

Viewers could then decide for themselves whether to trust that individual or not.


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