An alleged Islamic State (IS) member who trolls with teens on social networking sites, fielding questions on falling in love and waging jihad, has a terrorism analyst confirming terrorist online recruitment tactics, CNN reported.

The IS recruiter has reportedly answered 299 questions on Ask.fm, a lesser-known social networking site that allows people to ask questions anonymously. The website has 180 million members comprised mostly of teenagers, CNN reported.

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The unnamed recruiter divulges personal details, including his favorite dessert, marriage status, how he maintains his beard and answers inquiries about joining the terror group.

He reportedly encourages 'hiraj' or migration to Syria while claiming to be an average guy. "I'm just like you," is the recruiter's Ask.fm tagline.

A former recruiter for the Taliban, who defected and now works for Canadian intelligence, Mubin Shaikh, confirmed to CNN that the man is an IS online recruiter.

Shaikh has been tracking the online activities of IS fighters who have reportedly flaunted their brutality online to spread Islamist propaganda.

He has collected propaganda photos from social networking sites before these were taken down. One photo features IS fighters posing in a manner identical with the video game "Call of Duty" posters.

A spokesperson for Ask.fm told CNN that posts inciting violence and illegal activities are removed from the site. Likewise, a representative of Instragram and Facebook said terror groups like the IS are banned from using the sites.

In recent months, the bloody beheading videos of two American journalists and a British aid worker made headlines around the world, reportedly sowing global panic while recruiting foreign fighters to fight alongside the militants.

The group has also used a British photojournalist, John Cantlie, as a mouthpiece who promised to provide a series of online videos detailing the truth about the extremist group that seeks to establish a Muslim caliphate based on fundamentalist Sharia law.

In a rare public appearance last month, Matt Olsen of the National Terrorism Center said that the Islamic State "operates the most significant propaganda machine of any extremist group." He added that the group secures a widespread following by distributing timely content on social media.

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