“Let’s troll Bernie and Hillary supporters systematically,” said Trump fans on 4chan
by Xeni Jardin from on (#1FX9G)
Some Donald Trump supporters on 4chan--that time-honored bastion of gentility, courtesy, and sensibility-- hatched a plan on the forum to use sockpuppet Twitter accounts to pit Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton supporters against one other. The plan had a slogan: "Let's troll Bernie and Hillary supporters systematically."
Their scheme didn't really work, and has been removed from 4chan. But something like this could be effective in the future--and who knows, another instance of this same political game may be working elsewhere, undetected, right now.