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[–]Node 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (6 children)

there are legitimate issues and different people with different ideas as well as some in common

That's what they depend on to stir up unrest. Find a concern or issue, begin amplifying it, and the person or group you've targeted begins at least partially to see you as 'on their side', and the lines between the attacker and their 'patsies' begins to blur. Then keep driving the wedge deeper. Very common in real life too.

When the admin (or government) tries to fight back against the trolls, the blurry lines make it hard to avoid friendly fire. In real life, this is what revolutionaries and terrorists use, sometimes skipping the 'on your side' module, and going right for the friendly fire result through increased provocations. It's a powerful technique, and hard to defend against.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Yep. I feel like a broken record, but know I need to keep repeating for clarity in this maze called SaidIt. It also helps cement how different our approaches are if I can try to be articulate and they can't even use decent grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Further, I can clarify and refine expressions as well as come up with new concepts.

If I didn't have "grander" plans I'd consider trying to organize some kind of SaidIt counter-troll awareness and resistance campaign. Something like a weekly newsletter cautioning people on their techniques, recent events, and maybe some creative fun or interactive projects.

[–]Marginotions 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

have "grander" plans than a SaidIt counter-troll awareness and resistance campaign

Seems like a bittersweet dilemma, except the result is a foregone conclusion. Let it be, the seeds have been sown.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

A-ha!

Yes, just a meme a week will remind people, and maybe restore DioJr and/or motivate M7 to evolve.

[–]Marginotions 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

M7 to evolve

https://saidit.net/s/FishEvolutionGame/ (note author)

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

LOL. So funny! I didn't know he did that. Also, my Bittersweet Seeds cautionary tale is about an A.I., the guy who co-founded it, and our world in ~2045-2050. I need to finish getting it out of my head and into a compelling first draft - then get feedback and support. It's already too packed, and nothing changed at all, but 2020 has given me maybe another ~3% worth of stuff to sprinkle in for flavour. The only thing surprising about 2020 is how organized the evil is, how their plans all merged, how blind the sheeple are, and how fast it's all escalated - and the food crises.

[–]Marginotions 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

about an A.I. (etc.)

Have you noted the Kara saga, etc.?

how organized the evil is, how their plans all merged

One version of this has to do with central bankers and the "soil" (Judasots) from which their seeds sprang-up...

Detroit Become Human (by Quantic Dream) Alternative Review

NAZIs emulated Jews of Wiemar Germany times (irony matters)