1/5 A few days ago I tweeted about the psychological warfare being waged on Twitter. This evening let me give you the anatomy of a Cummings bot/troll. They have a few hundred followers (easy, they all follow each other). They don't tweet much but RT. They RT mostly rubbish
2/5 but with a few RTs of anti govt accounts thrown in. They may choose to RT quite outspoken anti govt accounts. They don't care; that's not their game. They turn up following you. If you're wise you probably look at the timeline, think they look odd and ignore
3/5 After a few days, you tweet or RT something anti Cummings; point out that Barnards Castle is old slang for a pathetic excuse. Someone pops up saying he may have known that. Suddenly, they're awake. "Of course he knew. It was deliberate. He's incredibly clever"
4/5 Someone else says "maybe it was just coincidence?". They start again. "There are no coincidences. Cummings knows everything. He's a genius". "He got caught altering his blog". "It was deliberate, he meant to get caught. He's a genius." "why did he mean to get caught?"
5/5 Silence. All they want is to plant the doubt. Stir up the fog. Demoralise people. You can't beat a genius so cunning. Might as well give up.
Well I'm not. He's not a genius, he's a spoiled brat and not particularly clever at that. He can, pardon the language, fuck off.
Well I'm not. He's not a genius, he's a spoiled brat and not particularly clever at that. He can, pardon the language, fuck off.
