Beware the trolls and bots are out.

[Drahthaardogs]

I just served on the weirdest alert ever.

[Pachamama]

1. Me too....

Its on DU but elsewhere as well...

[Hugin]

2. That's the thing about bots.

They are so-called force multipliers and if their controller goes crazy so will they.

“To err is human but to really foul things up you need a computer.” - Paul Ehrlich

[Hortensis]

3. Wonder if Manafort's now a believer? :)

[Stinky The Clown]

4. This place is overrun with them.

Every time there is an event like MSD we see an influx of new "members" posting insipid shit to build post counts.

I, too, have served on a few juries looking at trollery. Yet house rules prevent us from calling these "people" out.

[Generic Brad]

5. Its been like this for the past week

I have been on multiple juries this week where the alerts were clearly done to disrupt. It gives me great pleasure to shut them down and keep reasonable opinions intact.

[lpbk2713]

6. Some don't even bother to be subtle any more.

I hope it's a sign of desperation.

[left-of-center2012]

7. There are trolls and then there are ...

I think some folks just like to 'alert' as part of their daily routine.

[Drahthaardogs]

9. That group has been quiet lately, when they are active

They fish for hides. They will often post five OPs all saying the same thing trying to shit stir and get a hide.

In the old days they would gave been thumped

[left-of-center2012]

10. "They fish for hides"

I'm not familiar with the phrase.

[Drahthaardogs]

11. I made it up, but it seems appropriate...que no?

Do you know who I am talking about?

[left-of-center2012]

12. Not really

I've been alerted on for 'bigotry' when I posted Meghan McCain had been especially 'bitchy' last week.

And called 'sexist and racist' when I posted I didn't think Oprah would be our best candidate in 2020.

[Skittles]

14. I really hope DU tracks who alerts and what for

some of them are just utterly ridiculous and others are obviously serving an agenda

[vercetti2021]

8. Don't these people have nothing else better to do?

Watch porn or something or is that contributing to the porn health crisis?

[left-of-center2012]

13. I was never a good 'viewer' of porn

In the 70's when I rarely watched a porn video,
I'd become distracted by the drapes or some such,
wondering what fool picked them out.

[Skittles]

15. HAHAHAHAHA OH NO YOU DIDN'T

[George II]

17. Are you the guy who bought Playboy for the articles?

[George II]

16. I thought twitter deleted all the Russian posters?

[raven mad]

18. And all I thought..........

was it was the Northern Lights.

Sigh.... got my toes cold for nothing?