Fake Profiles In On-line Forum Groups?
I follow a weirdly wide set of interests on line and have been in many forums. It seems that every one of them has some sort of troublemaker/ show off that rarely gets punished or banned. Most of the time the things they say are the exact opposite of what the majority of other members agree with. They become some sort of forum heroes and others even post threads about them.
But they're just TOO good at being bad.
These forums are alll ad driven to pay for their server space and make a profit. I think these clowns are actually fake profiles run by either Mods or forum owners to stir up trouble and get members to click repeatedly on things to build traffic numbers.
Usually, after a number of years somebody finally bans them and everybody laughs about them long term. Yet more posts and traffic for the site. But soon after yet another Bozo shows up bragging, posting charts and links, making wild claims and otherwise stirring up the same place that just calmed down.
What do the rest of you think????
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