Sometimes I find this useful during political discussions:

[MineralMan]

It's protective against swarms of all kinds.

[Squinch]

1. Kick!

[FSogol]

2. We having an influx of no-see-ums and biting flies?

[MineralMan]

3. A veritable swarm.

[JCanete]

4. so...the purpose, I would think of posting an op, is to get responses, isn't it? Or is there one

kind of desired response you are going for? If you have people posting in response to your post, in numbers, could it be that the post simply elicited a response by individuals, as it was designed to do?

What does swarming even mean? I assume its not swarming when you get a lot of pats on the back for what you post and a lot of plus 1's, but its swarming if you get push-back.

[MineralMan]

5. Indeed. And thank you for responding.

It worked, I guess.