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I should just know better than to read the comments, right?

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Date: 2015-03-02 09:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bikergeek.livejournal.com
News site comments appear to bring out the very worst people, or the very worst in people, or maybe both.

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Date: 2015-03-02 09:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] r-ness.livejournal.com
Yeah. It was Yahoo! even.

What could I have been thinking?

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Date: 2015-03-02 10:46 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] merlinofchaos
I believe that news site comments are also inflicted by people with paid political agendas, trying to influence public opinion.

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Date: 2015-03-03 01:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] r-ness.livejournal.com
In China, these commenters are said to be from the 五毛党 wǔmáo dǎng, or Fifty Cent Party, after the amount of money said to be paid for each favorable comment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party

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