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

Troll Farm Bots and how to Find Them

 

Troll Farm Bots are AI  or simple programs designed  to engage people. These bots are partially or fully autonomous and designed to sound like humans. They are good or bad depending on who built them and why.  They are essential weapons in troll farms.

check out more in CloudFlare

Bot-spotting tips

The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRL) offers social-media users tips for spotting a bot:

• Frequency: Bots are prolific posters. The more frequently they post, the more caution should be shown. The DFRL classifies 72 posts a day as suspicious, and more than 144 per day as highly suspicious. [ for hunters- 25,000 per year of operation suspicious 50,000 highly suspicious- ( I think bot builders have gotten smart, and I would consider half those numbers or 12000 per year suspicious and part of a Smurfing bot network
• Anonymity: Bots often lack any personal information. The accounts often have generic profile pictures and political slogans as "bios". ( [they have gotten smart about this now look for generic fake bio]
• Amplification: A bot's timeline will often consist of re-tweets and verbatim quotes, with few posts containing original wording.
• Common content: Networks of bots can be identified if multiple profiles tweet the same content almost simultaneously.(Within seconds of each other)

( from BBC)

References

How Troll Farms Work-BBC

LIST as of Publication of  Likely Troll Bots

These are a current list of likely Russian Propaganda Troll Farm Bots

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