Troll call

This ad has now disappeared from Craigslist, but in case you were wondering where some of those blog comments come from..... (Anyone with more info about this practice of paying people to be comment trolls, please send along... discretion/anonymity guaranteed.)Apologies for the quality of the image... it's the best I've got. You can click on it and try to magnify it in your own browser.

 

Comments

[Michael O'Connor Clarke]

I had a clearer copy of the screenshot saved locally. Uploaded here: http://i.imgur.com/757PM.png

Would love to know if this was a legitimate ad from an actual agency (if you'll forgive the rather loose sense of the word "legitimate"), or troll-bait from some misguided Lib or NDP supporter attempting to stir-up a little astroturf controversy.

[LloydG]

Thank you Susan.

I have noticed the fake partisan comments following every political article in the Star. It is creepy and very unCanadian.

Thank you, please expose these people who are trying to CON the Toronto public.

Susan, "Evil flourishes when good people fail to act"
The media is essential to our democracy. Please do not let us down. Please encourage your colleagues to effort on finding the truth on these corrupt CONS. Please do not buy into the ease of CONservative news streams or MEPs.

Please!!!
Thank you,

[Steve Murphy]

Why do you insult our intelligence by posting this BS? "Please no phone calls about this job!" "You (sic) writing must be strong, right-wing and use supplied talking points without bogging down in too much detail."

Bad spoof by first year university kids who can't even read or write.

If you believe this is real, I have some letters from Nigerian princes trying to get their money out of their country you might be interested in.

[Sara-Anne Peterson]

This would explain the endlessly similar and shallow and nasty comments on main stream media comment lines that crop up alll the time. Could be volunteers, but it's surely some sort of campaign.