I see there's still a lot of strange going ons in the comments section on the Drum. So far six 'new posters' have posted comments on this article and they all have a username with the same format of five lowercase letters followed by five numerals. The username gloocomms also looks a bit dodgy. In fact I would say that so far I'm the only real fucking person who's actually taking the trouble to comment. Everyone else is a bot. Just like Interflora, someone on the Drum is engaging in some fakery fuckery.

@mkhalidriaz

Are you fucking kidding me? first you state that freedom of speech is our right and in the same sentence you tell me to shut the fuck up?

fuck off back to your village you fat, fucking goat-fucker

Has anybody else noticed that there is some fuckery going on in regards to comments that are being posted on The Drum? In particular those articles concerning the Sandy Hook/gun control debate. Check out the comments section in each of the following links and pay particular attention to the usernames posting the comments (both pro and against gun control)

http://www.thedrum.com/news/2012/12/15/piers-morgan-cites-dunblane-he-la...

http://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2012/12/15/disarm-why-marketing-s-biggest...

http://www.thedrum.com/news/2012/12/23/18000-americans-support-deport-pi...

can anyone else see the pattern? The vast majority of them are first time posters and the format of their usernames is abcde12345

At first I thought it must be some PR agency that's been hired by the NRA/Gun lobby to trawl social media sites and post pre-defined arguments defending the ownership of guns. I was imagining a room full of PR social media "executives" (in the history of this industry that has to be the biggest fucking misnomer of a job title there's ever been) each of them armed with a long list of throwaway email accounts and usernames that's been auto generated by a simple programming script.

Now I'm starting to suspect that it's THE DRUM that's behind this fuckery. That is, creating a shitload of fake usernames to post inflammatory or controversial remarks (and opposing comments) in order to generate 'conversations' to give the appearance that the social media element of this site is busier than it actually is.

Of course I sometimes post inflammatory or controversial remarks but I'm a real fucking person. Right now I'm on holiday in the Caribbean. Right this second I'm lying on my hotel room bed, typing out this post on my lapton on fucking Christmas Day and getting sucked off at the same time by some local prossie that picked me up in the bar downstairs. There's fuck all that's fake about that!

Andrew, I don't loath your articles at all, and yes I'm an avid reader. You see I suffer from chronic insomnia and I find that your articles are a great aid for inducing sleep. There;s a voice-over recording studio in the building where I work and Stephen Fry is always popping in and out. Next time I see him I'm going to grab him and force him to make a recording of your collective musings which I will then play on a continuous loop whenever I'm really struggling to fall asleep. Better yet, I can get that fucking Melvyn Bragg to do it. Yeah I think I can market such a recording for insomniacs the world over. If that ever becomes a reality we'll have to discuss royalties and the like. So don't let my remarks ever discourage you from writing for the Drum - keep em coming (not that I thought for a second that would ever be the case) Now as I previously mentioned this particular article of yours is a very serious one compared to your usual offerings, and rightly so as the subject matter doesn't get more serious than a class full of infants and their teachers getting slaughtered by some fuckwank who had easy access to a fucking assault rifle that his tit-arse mother was legally allowed to obtain. So I would encourage you to press on with your ideas, don't just write this article and leave it at that. If you can start something concrete that would finally make the Yanks appreciate what a fucked-up mindset they have with this sacred cow second amendment bullshit, it will be the most important and commendable thing that you are ever likely to do in your life. All those copy-writing awards that you so desperately covet would pale into insignificance compared to this. Honestly, all these industry awards (not just copy writing) aren't worth a cup of cold piss. Aim higher.

Unfuckingbelievable - it's like there's this army of fucking gun loving redneck yanks who are currently trawling the internet making first time posts on any forum where there is a topic attacking gun control and anyone who advocates it. I can only assume that twats like Ember and Whispers are being employed by the US gun lobby to do this. (and I wouldn't mind having a wee bet that both those usernames have the same IP address) If they're doing this on their own free time then they are even bigger fuckstains than I originally thought. I'd like to get my hands on one of those Bushmaster semi-automatic assault rifles and ram the fucking butt end so far up Embers arse that he would have to open his mouth in order to take a shit.