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Why Are There So Many Pro Government/obama Trolls On Y/a

Why do people love President Obama?

From an outsider's (I like in the UK) point of view there are a few reasons why people love him:Firstly, is that he is a phenomenal orator. His speaking really does inspire and encourage, in the UK especially this is an important thing because compared to everyone in mainstream politics Obama just blows them out of the water. Even though it been a long time since his original presidential campaign and the initial glow has worn off, its still impressive to hear him speak.Secondly, compared to the Republicans he seems to be far more level headed and 'correct' on most matters. A combination of the bad, unintelligent view of Bush jr and the Tea Party crazies, the Obama administration seems like a far better option. In the UK, however, it has to be noted that the left wing party is called Labour and the right wing party is called the Conservatives, yet the Democratic party is far more naturally aligned to the Conservatives than Labour. The Republicans are much further right wing than anything that we're used to in the UK.And thirdly, he just seems like a completely awesome guy. You just want to hang out with him, I mean he has Jay-Z's phone number! His social media campaign has worked very well for him; whether it being the former most re-tweeted picture in the world, hanging out with celebrities or fist-bumping a White House cleaner.Having saying all this, being a UK citizen his policies and the subsequent consequences don't really affect me, so I'm less likely to view him negatively because of his actual performance.

How many Russian Trolls are on Quora?

If there is any Russian digital-cold-war-conspiracy on Quora, I’m sure not seeing it.Like everyone else on Quora, I’ve encountered lots of trolls posting insults masquerading as questions. Here’s a sampling of what I’ve seen . . .Neo-Nazi - Posted ugly, loaded questions anonymously, but blew is own cover by sending me and others A2As. No value here in engaging. so I blocked and reported. Account banned.Anti-Athiest - Posted loaded question. Provoked the atheist rage he intended, then revealed in the comments that he works with underprivileged kids in Asia and is tired of arrogant atheist tourists bringing their first-world problems. Banned but reinstated. I conversed with him to find out more. Not a straightforward communicator but had a perspective.Anti-Liberal - Tons of these posting incendiary questions. Often, there’s a real person underneath, with a very specific grievance. For example, “Why are professors allowed to spread liberalism?” Turned out to be a veteran back in school who felt the classroom war discussion was disrespectful. None of this was in the original question though. So at worst, the answerers hit back, and at best, they talked past himIf any of this was Russian-organized, I’ve seen absolutely no evidence. But, I did do a search, just in case there was some conspiracy I wasn’t aware of . . .Jonathan Buttall's answer to Having read Quora questions recently, do you think Quora is the target of Russian hacking?Alex Lightman's answer to Have you mentioned that there are too many Russian trolls on Quora now? If so, why there are so many?Brandon Elliott's answer to Why are so many questions on Quora loaded with pro-Trump, pro-Russia, or anti-Obama language?User-11128731092952690949's answer to Is it true that Putin has a 'troll army' promoting Russian propaganda online?Nada. I did find lots of comments like, “Why all these troll questions? Must be the Russian troll army.” But nowhere could I find any substance to this.So, until there’s evidence to the contrary, I’ll apply Occam’s Razor and go with the straightforward explanation. There are tons of individuals motivated to grind their own ax on Quora, no help required from the Russian government.Myth busted.

How do you add a Co-Manager on Yahoo Fantasy Football?

The team manager needs to go to "Edit Team Settings." Under there there's a button you can push to add a co-manager. I think they just added the feature. Have fun!

Why are there so many neo-nazi and white supremacists on YouTube?

Because that there are no laws, no government, no regulation, of any form. People who hate do their best work behind a computer. They are cowards. People can post anything they want. It's doesn't have to be true. Racist tend to have low I.Q.'s. They are scare. People love to spread hate when they feel insecure. They probably live such lonely lives that have to put others down to make themselves feel better. You see the same kind of hate on here. Y!A let the people especially cons get away for their hate speech. @~

Given that Russian propagandists have made their way into Reddit, 4chan, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter as well as on other media, isn't it reasonable that Russian trolls are on Quora? Have you suspected their presence?

This claim that Russian internet trolls have invaded the internet is totally unfounded. Besides, a troll is just some dude trying to stir up trouble. They aren't Putin’s elite squad of psychological and cyber security warfare agents. Don't give trolls attention, that's what they want. And paranoid stuff like this is fueling them.

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