Patiod
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Fri Mar-04-05 03:01 PM
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Has anyone noticed more suspicious folks posting recently? |
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I came on board in October, and even though people were constantly carrying on about "trolls", I saw very little of it (one person who had "Vote Hillary" sig line got dumped, and I spiked someone myself, but not much more than that.
Now in the past week or two, I've seen quite a few posts from people with low post counts (yes, I know I was one once!) that are subtly defensive of the Bush administration. Not out and out trolling, mind you (that probably gets deleted before I see it), but suspicious.
Have I been infected with DU paranoia, or are other people sensing a trend as well?
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Bridget Burke
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Fri Mar-04-05 03:03 PM
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1. They come & go, but there's been a recent wave.... |
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Perhaps they realize their chimp is in trouble. The people aren't buying his SS Deforms.
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Fri Mar-04-05 03:03 PM
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2. before this gets locked |
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I have been watching with interest. You are right.
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Fri Mar-04-05 03:04 PM
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(Patiod, I'm looking at you....)
/lame joke
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Fri Mar-04-05 03:04 PM
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4. I've been feeling a lot more suspicious lately |
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but I'm not in the group you're talking about...
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Fri Mar-04-05 03:05 PM
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5. Maby they will learn something |
Patiod
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Fri Mar-04-05 03:11 PM
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11. You know, I always hope for that. |
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Once in a while, when someone sets up a link the Free Republic or copies a whole thread from there, I'll see a moderate post nestled among the insane and ungrammatical misspelled rantings, and I'll think "okay, that's wrong, but it's not a bad argument" and it gets me thinking.
I doubt these folks are that open-minded, but one never knows.
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Fri Mar-04-05 03:07 PM
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6. It's part of the vast, right wing conspiracy. |
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I've encountered quite a few this week.
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Fri Mar-04-05 03:07 PM
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7. There's been a couple of non-US ones, too. |
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That's interesting. There's always the occasional Canadian troll.
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Fri Mar-04-05 03:10 PM
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Canadians are so nice, eh? How could they be trolls, eh?
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Fri Mar-04-05 03:11 PM
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10. We've had a few in the past. |
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They're easy enough to spot. Wannabe Repubs.
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Fri Mar-04-05 03:13 PM
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How can you tell that the troll is Canadian? Is it something they say or do click on the profile?
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Fri Mar-04-05 03:08 PM
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I saw a couple myself and reported one to a moderator. That person has been tombstoned.
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Fri Mar-04-05 03:13 PM
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13. You might want to direct this question to the site administrators. |
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Here's a link to the Ask the Administrators forum. Thanks.
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