Thursday 15 February 2024

Troll Farms as a Service (TAAS)

"Troll Farms are like Cockroaches; they scatter to the dark when a light is turned on."

@GHGManagement


 Troll Farm activities only work when non one knows who and where they are; and when an information operations is exposed, they must scatter to accounts who don't know it's happening.

Since how they operate is being exposed, they have to change their tactics:

I expect to see:

Pop Up Troll Farms

Trolling is a numbers game. In Pruszkiewicz’s case, she found that a small team of a dozen or so people could command at least 70 accounts on Facebook, 94 on Twitter, 11 on Instagram, and three on YouTube. Collectively, these can create 10,000 posts defending a client or attacking their rivals, potentially reaching 15 million views. 

Interview, NewOrkTimes 2018 interview of Troll Farm Manager Pryuszkiewicz


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