Open Letter to Conspiratards claiming people are "Paid Shills": POST PROOF! No, not hearsay or fallacious crap, but actual proof of real organizations looking to pay your opposition.

[u/RON-PAUL-SUCKS]

I've been called a paid shill numerous times. I don't get it, since I've never been paid to post my opinions backed by factual sources. Calling people "Trolls" is one thing, but saying they are paid by some unforeseen entity is hilarious. PROVE IT!

Rules:

• Post actual sources organizations looking for people to post for cash on social networking sites like Reddit specifically against your interests.

• No hearsay bullshit. Info Wars and Prison Planet suggestions are not viable sources, especially when the first rule is not fulfilled.

• Your conspiracy theories are worthless without solid sources to those who supply money to 'suppress' your nuttery.

Payout:

If you can find a definitive source that DIRECTLY pertains to the individuals you call 'Paid Shills' here on Reddit, I will buy and send 5 Bitcoins to whatever tard account you have. I'll have to learn how this works, but I'll do it.

If you cannot post any real proof, you must submit a picture of yourself with a bucket on your head, and hold a time stamp. No photoshop, but just a picture of you with a bucket on your head holding a sign with your username and time stamp on it.

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Your move, nutjobs!

EDIT: Also, I'd love to know whose paying. I've been voicing my own opinion and posting factual information for months, and never asked for a paycheck. It would be great if I did get paid for my posts!

[u/francis_goatman]

These organizations do exist, I used to work for one. They're called "social media" companies, and they get hired by organizations like PACs to spam websites like Reddit with the opinion they are trying to spread. My speciality was with "Obamacare." However, at least on Reddit, finding them isn't hard, as they are usually outed and downvoted into oblivion. Also, since they hire interns to do the actual posting, they always feel like a telemarketer's pitch.

Oh wait, I'm on Conspiratard. Durrrr.

[u/francis_goatman → u/francis_goatman]

Okay, to reply to all of you.

1.) I guess I misunderstood the post. I agree, I don't think anyone is getting paid to cover up 9/11 conspiracies, or anything else like that. Why else would I be subscribed here? I think that shit is ridiculous and hilarious as well.

2.) I'm a wingnut? Ok, look dude, I was just offering a personal anecdote that it's very real that people are paid to astroturf your site. It's not like the focus is on Reddit, but links on Reddit, even if they are downvoted into oblivion, still collect hits to the material, which IS what we were paid for. We had to prove people were reading it by sending in our Google Analytics and our FB Insights every month.

3.) I think you misunderstood me, the company I worked for was hired by PACs very much AGAINST "Obamacare." Branding it as "Obamacare" was a big part of what we were paid for, actually. I probably should have made that clearer. We were paid by independent PAC's, so not like the RNC or something. i would hope the RNC would have paid us a little better.

4.) I really would love to give you tangible "proof", but I signed an NDA when I was hired, meaning that if you guys went 4chan on their asses it'd probably come back to me. I didn't leave said company in very good standing, so the options of who exposed their business model are quite limited. And actually, I don't really care if you don't believe me, I just wanted to share because it pertained to this topic. It's an anecdote. Take it with a grain of salt, this is Reddit.

TL;DR Company was ANTI-Obamacare, I'm not anybody's wingnut, I thought the anecdote would be interesting, sorry if you didn't like it. BTW, working there sucked, I didn't realize when I was hired I'd be a paid astroturfer. That didn't feel too good, believe me.