The Kremlin's Troll Army -- Daisy Sindelar, The Atlantic
Moscow is financing legions of pro-Russia Internet commenters. But how much do they matter?
Like many people with access to the Internet and a holster full of gadgets, Vladimir Nesterenko is living a double existence. In real life, the 49-year-old Kiev native is a published author and darling of the Ukrainian counterculture. Online, he's "Adolfych"—a Russian-speaking mischief-maker who uses his Twitter, Facebook, and LiveJournal accounts to comment, sometimes thoughtfully and often profanely, on the deepening conflict with Russia.
"I know a lot of Muscovites have little dachas in Abkhazia," he wrote in a recent post. "But could these Muscovites have afforded their little dachas if they hadn't gotten rid of the Georgians and turned a flourishing region into cheap fucking shit, like they're doing now in Crimea?"
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My Comment: This is why I limit my use of Russian/Ukrainian sources of news on the Ukraine civil war .... and as for social media .... I rarely if ever use those sources. I also always identify my sources of information, this is my way of revealing who is saying what .... and from where. But is there a Kremlin troll army out there .... definitely.
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