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Midnight Writer

(21,712 posts)
Mon Feb 28, 2022, 11:50 PM Feb 2022

Has anyone noticed a decrease in the # of internet trolls now that Russia's money is frozen?

Just wondering

P.S.-Not thinking about this site. I don't see many problem posters here on DU.

I went to a couple of places today that are often overrun with trolls and they were like different places.

Did the honey tree die? Or are administrators being more vigilant during this crisis?

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Has anyone noticed a decrease in the # of internet trolls now that Russia's money is frozen? (Original Post) Midnight Writer Feb 2022 OP
My sister and I were saying the same thing... orwell Feb 2022 #1
If they're paid in Rubles, they may be pretty demotivated right now. C_U_L8R Feb 2022 #2
Holy cow, I just checked Yahoo and you are right on the money! Kittycatkat Feb 2022 #3
Maybe the Russian military acting as trolls have been deployed. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #4
No kidding! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #9
Wouldn't it be amazing if all of a sudden folks started making sense? Midnight Writer Mar 2022 #5
I can never, ever spot a troll BigmanPigman Mar 2022 #6
You may not know they are there, but you appreciate it when they are gone. Midnight Writer Mar 2022 #8
There was one here yesterday. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #10
I'm glad people on DU are sharper than I am. BigmanPigman Mar 2022 #11
a decrease in repukes would be outstanding Skittles Mar 2022 #7

Midnight Writer

(21,712 posts)
5. Wouldn't it be amazing if all of a sudden folks started making sense?
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 12:32 AM
Mar 2022

And all it took to save our democracy was to turn back Russian cash?

Irish_Dem

(46,492 posts)
10. There was one here yesterday.
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 08:43 AM
Mar 2022

You would have recognized it as a troll right away.

A new poster, with a low count, making an OP. Chastising everyone here on DU for being so anti-Russian. Asked us if we have no shame? Said we must do self-examination for being so wrong and unfair to Russia.

There were quite a few replies, no one on DU was mad, we just had some fun until MI came by and did their thing.

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