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Thursday, 3 December 2020

How to spot a Chinese troll

When a person reads news stories online, they will invariably come across Chinese trolls, if they comment on social media, especially on news stories related to Chinese indiscretions, then they will no doubt be targeted by state funded Chinese trolls.


Firstly, there is the Great Firewall of China, ordinary Chinese citizens are blocked from a variety of internet sites ranging from Google, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Snapchat and all the news media. So if they are commenting, this means they have been given access.

They may have been allowed to move outside of China and whilst Chinese dystopia is always a threatening influence, the sphere of influence is frighteningly hostile. The social credit monitoring allows these individuals to amass points.

Chinese citizen's online options are monitored, and censored by the CCP and whilst offered some Chinese sites such as Alibaba, Weibo and Baidu - their options are limited and highly censored. The xiǎo fěnhóng have been given access to international sites and are reportedly paid 50 cents per post.

The Great Firewall of China can keep its citizens under control, the wumao are enlisted to operate outside of this firewall. They are keen to get in an online stoush with you, they get paid for this. This is their modus operandi - so don't get caught up in this. 

You work them out pretty quick, they are abusive and they engage in racially aggressive slander. Never get caught up in this racial abuse, they are baiting you. These trolls are easy to spot, I do like exposing them online, they try to gang up on individuals, you stir them up, not the other way around.  

The more you argue with them, the more money they get and undoubtedly win more credence with their supervisors. Stir them up, get them to pile on and then sign out of the conversation, block any notifications and then laugh at them.

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