Troll Hunting on Free Republic

 Firstly, this is a work in progress. 

This is an effort to identify paid trolls (generally political agitators for China and Russia) who promote propaganda for governments specifically on the Free Republic forums. The information gathered and presented here is publicly accessible and no one needs to join Free Republic to find the same information that is presented here. 

I do not have any kind of special information nor do I pretend to have any such information. 

This blog is in no way connected to the owner, administrators, or moderators of the Free Republic web forum. 

The ultimate purpose of my effort is to come up with a reasonably accurate set of criteria that anyone can use to identify paid trolls on their own. 

A side purpose is to discourage paid trolls by tracking them and publicizing their narrative talking points, tactics, strategies, and perhaps even specific goals. 


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