Have any folks here noticed there's a whole new boatload of extremely unpleasant newbies

[JudyM]

the past few days?

[Kalidurga]

1. Yep

I wouldn't be shocked to find they are flagged for review socks.

[Baobab]

28. What they do is try to make threads unfollowable

and drown out any meaningful conversation with babble..

[Kalidurga]

29. I think Obama got well over 80% of the vote from Democrats

So, I am pretty sure a lot of Bernie supporters also voted for Obama. I voted for him so it doesn't seem a stretch to me. Jebus the choices we had to make in 2008 and 2012. Now we have someone that is supposedly a Democrat telling racist jokes at some gig I dunno what that crap was, other than unacceptable.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

43. some are old shillary posters - they want to be nasty and use a throw away account

...

[Xipe Totec]

2. No, but my ignore finger is getting mighty tired. nt

[redwitch]

3. Indeed.

I just put them on ignore.

[FlatBaroque]

12. It's very satisfying when I can zap one who only has 20 or so posts. /

[JudyM]

33. Ha, I get that. Nail em fast.

[TM99]

4. Discredit & disqualify.

They post nothing but daily memes. They are not real. Seriously, if people don't know that they are astro-turfers, then some are just not paying attention.

Push back enough and their persona crumples.

[JudyM]

11. Just too nasty to even want to engage with for a push back.

[elleng]

5. A boatload of extremely unpleasant EVERYones, imo.

[JudyM]

7. Well, that too. Tension about NY and all. But the newbies are like mosquito season started.

[LiberalElite]

6. Yes. Their presence is not going unnoted nt

[JudyM]

8. Like a bus just pulled up to the door and they're all tumbling in.

[LiberalElite]

14. with their talking points

and catch phrases...

[JudyM]

21. It IS The Matrix!

[Karma13612]

20. Yes! Exactly what it's like. eom

[SoapBox]

9. Yes!

Maybe some on my Ignore are spreading the disease to that creepy clone of JPR...

Or they're getting pennies and shillings to troll any sites that post positive about Bernie.

[JudyM]

15. Yes, maybe there's a new offer out... Or maybe DU was written up somewhere...?

[Trajan]

10. Oh yes ...

I believe it to be a quid pro quo with the founder of this website ... The backdoor is open ...

Dumping them as fast as they pop up ... It's DU Whack-a-Mole ...

[JudyM]

13. LOL! DU Whack-a-Mole! Exactly.

[Bernin4U]

35. Omgz, awesome! A big cookie for you.

[ladyVet]

62. Whack a Troll! Play the exciting new game free! nt

[Half-Century Man]

16. Unpleasant, no doubt

I do question "new".
They do seem to know people in spite of having only 1 or 200 posts.

Long term lurkers, I guess.

[JudyM]

22. A lot of them have actually just joined in the past few days, maybe a week.

[Half-Century Man]

30. A lot of accounts have opened.

other than that.....

I lurked for about five days before opening an account.
That is one way to be familiar with posters here before speaking to them.

[xloadiex]

17. When Thom Hartmann was trolled

the other day on twittery over 100, he said he hadn't seen anything like it. He did notice a lot of them were new accounts.

Clinton must have coughed up some cash to buy some extra trolls for this leg of the campaign.

I believe he also said that many were coming from the Hillary support site that was an offshoot from DU.

The minute I spot them they go on ignore.

[JudyM]

23. Interesting. I've been using Ignore sparingly... I guess it's time to give up on that approach.

[potone]

18. Yes indeed.

And they all say the same things. It isn't hard to figure out their agenda, and it isn't having rational, informed conversations about policies.

[Karma13612]

19. uh huh, thank goodness for unlimited "full Ignore". eom

[jillan]

24. All I've noticed is that the 'older' ones are getting more nervous. eom

[JudyM]

34. You've been great out there, Jillan, holding strong, making em more nervous.

[jillan]

36. Thank you:)!! All Berners are doing great.

I've said it before and I'll say it again Bernie supporters are the best. Esp at DU!

[Hydra]

41. They're totally panicking in their own ways

It would almost be cute, but they're all sticks in the mud. Probably thinking their end of campaign bonuses aren't coming.

[DookDook]

59. That is simply brilliant.

I never thought that the real reason that a lot of the paid posters (post whores, if you will) for Clinton are losing their shit is because they were told, "Just remember, you bonus is contingent on her winning the election."

[BernieforPres2016]

25. Yes, it appears the veteran Hillary supporters know we have them on Ignore

So they sent for reinforcements. I have even seen a couple of the low post Hillary trolls say that the Bernie Sanders group is their favorite group in their profile.

[RepubliCON-Watch]

26. Yes and it's quite sad.

I rarely get mistaken as a newbie, but I've been here since 2013 and I've seen people come and go. But by god, this surge of new trolls is truly unreal.

[CharlotteVale]

27. Yes, I have noticed.

[islandmkl]

31. i just figured Hillary's Victory Fund just sponsored a DU membership drive...

DU is free, but it would give them the opportunity to move some of that money around...

[NV Whino]

32. Yep.

Crawling out of the woodwork, they are.

[Duckfan]

44. Maybe we could start using some of this?

[NV Whino]

57. I think they're immune.

[lasttrip]

37. Yes.

Peace.
LT

[carolinayellowdog]

38. can't decide which explanation is worse

are they doing it for money or for pure love of HRC?

[Punkingal]

39. I honestly don't understand how anyone can love her.

[berniepdx420]

40. why yes I have... on another note I read today that hillary pays her internet professionals 1 cent

per OP

[Hydra]

42. Talk about your low paying propagandist position

She gets hundreds of thousands per hour. They get $4 if they're fast.

[JudyM]

47. That's crazy... Couldn't even make $1/hour.

[noiretextatique]

45. Plus the I support Bernie, but I post pro-Hillary crowd

Seem to be more active.

[restorefreedom]

46. yes, i found it "interesting" to have so many newbs

who just happen to despise bernie

they go right to ignore, my blood pressure is too high already

[JudyM]

48. I'm going to have to follow your lead on this, I'm unhappy to say, just crapping up the water here.

[restorefreedom]

50. i resisted ignore for a long time

and then on christmas eve i emptied my ignore list. everyone who was on it is back on and then some.

i actually enjoy talking with some hillary supporters even when we disagree. but some are just out to stir the pot and add nothing constructive. to paraphrase danny glover in lethal weapon, i am getting too old for that shit.

[JudyM]

55. Never used ignore in over 11 years here, till a couple of weeks ago, now have 2 on the list.

Always wanted to keep it real, representative, but with this new crop of vacuous crap slingers who aren't really representative, it just makes better sense to douse em all. And as you said, it's because I'm too old for that crap. Life's too short to keep getting those recoiling feelings that often.

[restorefreedom]

60. yup. i have prioritized my health over having to see every comment or thread

and so far so good!

[QC]

49. Honestly, I think they're why the five hide rule was scrapped.

How are you gonna catapult the propaganda if the propagandists keep getting the boot?

[Kip Humphrey]

51. contractors.

[randr]

52. Your concerns remind me of the South Park episode about the Native Hawaiians

Have you noticed the boatload of unpleasant oldbies we have on board?

[JudyM]

56. Eh?

[DonCoquixote]

53. I smell either stooges or sock puppets

especially in this pohase which is do or die.

[Impedimentus]

58. THEY WALK AMONG US

“Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face.”
Jim Butcher


FEEL THE BERN - 2018

[djean111]

61. Full ignore. Immediately. Yes, looks like DU needs to be the equivalent of

termite tented - except that these termites are likely more welcome than we are. Gee, I wonder how many are star members.

[Impedimentus]

63. My ignore list is approaching infinity

Ignore --->∞

FEEL THE BERN - 2016