I got on voat after r/GA banned. Very few shills there. About 4 months before putt closed it down, v/QRV swamped. Not many on v/GA or v/TD though because those were not anon forums and the mods dealt with them swiftly. Only CP would get an IP banned on v/QRV but shills most likely on tor or vpn so they kept coming back. I don't believe there were more than 3, possibly 4, but they were posting hundreds of shit posts per day. Every technique to disrupt was used, some obvious some sly. But 1 of them had a unique posting style. You always knew it was the same person behind those posts.
The day after voat shut down, he appeared on TD.W with the same posting style. He's since deleted all posts from that first account and started another. In the new one he started out with the same style but has now deleted ALL early posts, changed his style, and is no longer "Trump betrayed us guise!". He is Trump supporter but we need to plan for 2022 and anti-Q. This is the template "perfect" TD.W member. IMO he's repositioned as a pied piper so when he starts to slide or consensus crack you can't look at his prior history and say shill.
To your point, the bottom line is that these are organized attacks. The goal is to drive anyone who isn't a brain dead leftist from the public square. It has to be well funded & staffed, some of the shills on voat had near 24H posting records. I think the mods here are doing a great job. And if you are legitimately calling out a shill (rather than just beefing) they deal with it quick. And that is how it has to be but I do share the same concern that at some point GA.W will get throttled.
You bet!
IIRC, the first time I saw his name mentioned was on TD.W. I started hitting that last year before landing here after Christmas.
I got on voat after r/GA banned. Very few shills there. About 4 months before putt closed it down, v/QRV swamped. Not many on v/GA or v/TD though because those were not anon forums and the mods dealt with them swiftly. Only CP would get an IP banned on v/QRV but shills most likely on tor or vpn so they kept coming back. I don't believe there were more than 3, possibly 4, but they were posting hundreds of shit posts per day. Every technique to disrupt was used, some obvious some sly. But 1 of them had a unique posting style. You always knew it was the same person behind those posts.
The day after voat shut down, he appeared on TD.W with the same posting style. He's since deleted all posts from that first account and started another. In the new one he started out with the same style but has now deleted ALL early posts, changed his style, and is no longer "Trump betrayed us guise!". He is Trump supporter but we need to plan for 2022 and anti-Q. This is the template "perfect" TD.W member. IMO he's repositioned as a pied piper so when he starts to slide or consensus crack you can't look at his prior history and say shill.
To your point, the bottom line is that these are organized attacks. The goal is to drive anyone who isn't a brain dead leftist from the public square. It has to be well funded & staffed, some of the shills on voat had near 24H posting records. I think the mods here are doing a great job. And if you are legitimately calling out a shill (rather than just beefing) they deal with it quick. And that is how it has to be but I do share the same concern that at some point GA.W will get throttled.