Bob - Garden is Life
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This post and all the comments are a perfect illustration of a trolling technique called "Sealioning."

The author posts an "explain it to me" question, then on every comment responds with something like, "How can one person be that bad?" "Are you sure it's like that?" Etc.

Treat like any troll.
Sahr Emmanuel Gborie @Emmanuel1225
Living here in Africa, I'm curious to know why is Donald Trump HATED by many Americans?

➡️ Especially in the black American community?
➡️ I also learn that majority of women HATE him.

Please tell me why? I'm curious to learn
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Bob - Garden is Life
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The purpose of this type of trolling is to exhaust you. Get you to spend time writing answers to the question and then asking follow up questions, like, "How did this person ever get elected if they were this bad?" to try to get you to continue to expend energy.
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In fact, going back and looking at the comments again, the author's responses seem to be in a fairly narrow groove. This may be an AI we're talking to. I work with AI engines for my job (when I decide to get off Spoutible and do it) and I'm pretty sure I could get something like this going.
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Lynn Massie 💙
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In response to Bob - Garden is Life.
i learned something new today.
never heard of sealioning before.
thank you bob.
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Kim A
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In response to Bob - Garden is Life.
@cbouzy took care of it.
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Bob - Garden is Life
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I saw that. When I saw the post and wrote my thread he was still in the dopey "but why does that make him bad?" phase and wasn't close to tripping the TOS yet. Obviously got more aggressive over time, which is the point. Get people engaged then enrage them.
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Kirk Taylor
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In response to Bob - Garden is Life.
In retrospect I see that you have described his behavior perfectly and that I walked right into it for a while. I gave him the benefit of the doubt and answered his “naive” questions without judgement, but it was my own naïveté about this type of troll that led me to do it
Learning experience! 🙏
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Bob - Garden is Life
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In response to Kirk Taylor.
I don't view it as "walked into it" at all. When somebody wants an opinion on something or desires an explanation, I like to treat them as legit. To me, it's a matter of putting low investment into responses until I gain confidence it's legit. Put this knowledge in your toolbox for future reference.
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Fiona Bski
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In response to Bob - Garden is Life.
What is the point? What do they get out of it? Seems like a waste of time.
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Bob - Garden is Life
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In response to Fiona Bski.
These are often paid trolls. Perhaps the OP is in Russia. The idea is to exhaust folks who will vote for Biden. To enrage. And, if possible, to get them to question their beliefs by posing as a 'reasonable' person who just doesn't see the problem with TFG.
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Phred
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In response to Bob - Garden is Life.
Have you done reverse image lookup on the various photos within the profile?
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Bob - Garden is Life
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In response to Phred.
No, but I'll bet you have. 😀
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Thanks for the heads up. I wondered why they said Africa instead of a country. Makes no sense. Possibly Russia is hiring on that continent for more than terrorists and miners.
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k Broquard
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In response to Bob - Garden is Life.
I appreciate the “sealioning” explanation
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Bob - Garden is Life
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Sure. There's even a Wikipedia page on it.
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