What is ``concern trolling"?

based concernbro

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>>1493856
pretend to be something not then saying your concerned the community/group etc
example

oldfag here omg i cant believe how much /pol/ has changed it's full of t_d redditors fuck trump at jew lover

>>1493871
Isn't that just astroturfing/sockpuppeting/falseflagging? What's the difference?

>>1493887
It's the neo-faggot way to say the exact same thing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll#Concern_troll

>>1493897
The term has been used on the internet before you were ever on it, if not before you were born.

>>1493909
And those other 3 terms were used before the internet. Get a life.

>>1493909
>2006
lol

>>1493919
fucking retard

>>1493923
Get a life.

>>1493887
astroturfing and concern trolling are more specific than sockpuppeting/falseflagging
astroturfing = attempting to create the illusion of spontaneous support/consensus
concern trolling = attempting to sway a community by masquerading as a member of it

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>>1493856
It is a crude smoke bomb thrown to divert attention from uncomfortable revelations and counterpoints raised in opposition to posting anime spam on a meta board. It's not a very effective form of refutation, but it does buy the shitposter enough time to think up his next ad hom or straw man fallacy.