The Never Ending Story

[Captain]

2 hours ago, turboplanner said:

Of course Turbo, in his Langley capacity fed in some stupid stuff under different names, much the same as .......

.... he did, and which proved to be manifestly effective during the Boer War, which much confused those of a Dutch persuasion, when he fed in the phurphy about .....

[turboplanner]

.......Australians eating their victims and  when that was shouted down as ridiculous, invented people to come on the site and give him likes, or make comments about how clever he was, then he innvented baddies who would be "outraged" and make vicious posts that it really happened, but the he needed a sitter on the fence that said it might have happened or it might not, but nevertheless he was the man! and this built into a pile on where nobody knew who was real, and nobody .............

Edited 4 hours ago by turboplanner

[Captain]

26 minutes ago, turboplanner said:

and this built into a pile on where nobody knew who was real, and nobody .....

..... wanted to play in his forums and podcasts anymore, .... yet the frailties of human nature meant that they would be strangely drawn to sneak back for a peak before being outraged once more.

 

While this is a somewhat internet-based phenomenon, and 21st century AI related behavior, not many readers know that this all relates back to the French Revolution, where .....