The Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA) was identified as a "troll factory" because of its engagement in the U.S. presidential campaign in 2016. The publishers followed concrete instructions, e.g. to write a certain amount of comments per day and to use certain key words. They had specific targets for their online activities. Besides spreading misinformation, they spend the majority of their time building an online profile and character. The individual publishers were motivated by money rather than ideology but political interests were the main motivation on the organizational level.