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Internet Water Army is a group of paid Internet users that post comments, gossip, information (disinformation), news on major social media platforms such as Weibo, QQ, WeChat, BBS, and official websites. It is a widespread marketing technique for public relation companies to change the public's opinion and represents a new type of job opportunities. The Internet Water Army industry has generated over 7.6 billion RMB revenue in three months and has made over 2500 transactions. Most companies hire paid posters to post both positive and negative comments regarding their products and their competitor's products respectively. However, it is generally more expensive to write negative comments than positive. In addition, celebrities such as singers and actors also adapt internet water army to promote their new projects and increase their social media following.

Techniques
In countries in like China, with more than 400 million web users, online marketing has been a massive and profitable business and has become the best platform for Internet relations agencies. Their services not only include product placement but also removing any negative feedback that exists. "Real estate, cars, electronics: These are usually the most lucrative when it comes to deleting negative posts,” said Ma Mingdong, a 25-year-old Beijing blogger and online marketer. According to Ma, it only costs a few hundred RMB to bribe staff at website companies and forums to delete posts. If that plan fails, paid posters then fabricate official identification needed before a website agrees to remove comments. In China, public forums such as Baidu Post and Tianya have released statement indicating that as long as company or individual has provided a photo of their ID card or business license, they can delete the posts. In order to avoid getting caught by the security authority, there are several measures taken to make the account seem "real", one is to maintain the account. To maintain account, the internet water army has to browse through different forums as if they were a real internet user.

Profits
The internet water army industry has turned into a massive industry with thousands of paid poster companies. Social medias like QQ and WeChat became trading centers where PR firms and paid posters communicate and negotiate. Profits range from 300,000 RMB to 2,000,000 RMB monthly depending on the transaction. According to Xie, a famous girl group in China paid approximately 170,000,000 RMB for weekly advertisement for 6 months. He also disclosed that as a tactic, he would then go their competitors and posts on negative comments on social media to negotiate for higher pay.