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Insight into the workings of Internet Brigade aka IB

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Bystander50

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Came across these 2 interesting articles and it would be meaningful to share and observe if there's a similiar trend in this forum as well.

 

 

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Spurman

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Haha. Netizens vs fake netizens....

 

So how much are the Singapore 50-cents paid?

 

What are job entry levels, and can a ft take this job?

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Sosaria

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Whatever postings that appear on internet forums here, regardless of their leanings, can we truly consider it to be a majority opinion?? Absolutely not.

 

Of the large number of "wired" population here, many are youth who spend most of their time on social media, and very very few would actually surf socio-political forums. And of this number, even fewer would take the trouble to form opinions and post on these forums.

 

So what looks like a "hot" topic discussed on forums, actually involves only a very small proportion of the population.

 

To summarize, the influence or importance of the internet in guiding public opinion is quite limited - and usually over-hyped.

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1fast1

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In China, they're called "50c brigade" because they're paid 50c a post.

 

Here, they should be called "Peanut brigade" because they're paid peanuts. NKF-standard peanuts, that is. :D

 

BTW, isn't this a "political thread"? Not that I feel there's anything wrong with that, but the mods may feel differently.

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Galantspeedz

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In China, they're called "50c brigade" because they're paid 50c a post.

 

Here, they should be called "Peanut brigade" because they're paid peanuts. NKF-standard peanuts, that is. :D

 

BTW, isn't this a "political thread"? Not that I feel there's anything wrong with that, but the mods may feel differently.

 

NKF standard peanuts??

 

where can i get the application form?

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Bystander50

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In China, they're called "50c brigade" because they're paid 50c a post.

 

Here, they should be called "Peanut brigade" because they're paid peanuts. NKF-standard peanuts, that is. :D

 

BTW, isn't this a "political thread"? Not that I feel there's anything wrong with that, but the mods may feel differently.

 

It depends on how the mods want to view it. There are two sides of a coin.

Every time when we hear the term IB, some of us may not have heard about it or even those who heard of won't know what they do.

Just like on History Channel, there's a documentary called "Inside" where they explore what goes on inside certain jobs.

My title reads "Insight into .....", it just take a look into what goes on behind the scene on how these IBs work, it's neither political at all.

 

If they wish to take it differently, so be it, it just reflects their one sided side of the coin and over-reactive. It'll just degrade the forum further where many of us will move on to other forums. Till then with all the slow moving threads, sponsors will also no longer be interested in sponsoring anymore. Just compare to the traffic and replies to the threads a year ago and now, you would have noticed it's moving slower with most of the lao jiaos banned.

 

 

 

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Rncw

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NKF standard peanuts??

 

where can i get the application form?

 

NKF standard peanut??? thats bloody huge peanut lor...i also want

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Shull

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I think most of the netizens who are politically savvy can sniff out such brigade people the moment they start posting.. [laugh] [laugh]

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Tonyng

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In China, they're called "50c brigade" because they're paid 50c a post.

 

Here, they should be called "Peanut brigade" because they're paid peanuts. NKF-standard peanuts, that is. :D

 

BTW, isn't this a "political thread"? Not that I feel there's anything wrong with that, but the mods may feel differently.

 

I don't mind being paid 50 cents for every post I don't make.

 

Btw, I thought toads come in brigades? :D

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Bystander50

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If this is true, why newspaper people don want to shut down hwz? I thot sph owns hwz? Hwz is a crazy hot bed for anti garmen stuff

 

Looking at who the top owner is, it will be easier for them to control HWZ in the long term.

Once it's shut down, the people there will just migrate to other forums. Till then all control will be lost.

SB is a good example, the trolls don't have any success there and the forum just thrive there.

Recently there are people offering to buy up HWZ accounts for a fee, not sure if the buyers are from the IB.

 

 

 

 

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Taosaopao

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If this is true, why newspaper people don want to shut down hwz? I thot sph owns hwz? Hwz is a crazy hot bed for anti garmen stuff

 

Know thy enemies. Well what better way to ensnare those enemies of the state. The tools is there , bait them and trap their IP. You can run and hide behind nicknames but they would know which household is making these political incorrect statement. Be afraid ... Be very afraid

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Pocus

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It depends on how the mods want to view it. There are two sides of a coin.

Every time when we hear the term IB, some of us may not have heard about it or even those who heard of won't know what they do.

Just like on History Channel, there's a documentary called "Inside" where they explore what goes on inside certain jobs.

My title reads "Insight into .....", it just take a look into what goes on behind the scene on how these IBs work, it's neither political at all.

 

If they wish to take it differently, so be it, it just reflects their one sided side of the coin and over-reactive. It'll just degrade the forum further where many of us will move on to other forums. Till then with all the slow moving threads, sponsors will also no longer be interested in sponsoring anymore. Just compare to the traffic and replies to the threads a year ago and now, you would have noticed it's moving slower with most of the lao jiaos banned.

 

IB is not just political....many commercial companies have their own IBs too to "create the hype" for their products.. I'm sure you met them once awhile within your FB page where friends tell you to like a certain group or page that you don't give a damn... I'm sure big companies like Apple would have their own IB...

 

I remember reading somewhere that when Sony was promoting their Gran Turismo 5 in their forum, some jokers come talk about Microsoft Forza 3 and tell people to join some promotion...in the end exposed as Mircrosoft's IB (or it's it the other way round, can't remember)

 

Anyway if you are talking about politics, I believe every political party have their own IB too, not just the Gahmen. In fact if you follow close enough you can spot these suspicious members even in MCF....lol..ok maybe not IB but staunch supporters..

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