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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrolls are as obvious as they were back in 2001 when I joined DU.
They really are. They have the same tells...with concern being number one in MHO.
salin
(48,955 posts)you also had "Ralph Nader!" as troll bait.
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)salin
(48,955 posts)!!
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)jonno99
(2,620 posts)malaise
(269,054 posts)Bluzmann57
(12,336 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)Bluzmann57
(12,336 posts)But one never knows.
Squinch
(50,955 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)trumad
(41,692 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)a troller.
Blue_Adept
(6,399 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)pnwmom
(108,980 posts)nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)trumad
(41,692 posts)Yes or no?
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)womanofthehills
(8,718 posts)clarice
(5,504 posts)emulatorloo
(44,131 posts)When a bunch of "Kerry is not X enough for me" trolls outed themselves and did a victory lap.
It happens, you need not get mad at Trumad.
wildeyed
(11,243 posts)just as a refresher. And yes, it is the basically the same old, same old.... I dunno if we have reached DEFCON Haitian Manboobs yet, but there is still plenty of time for that!
yardwork
(61,650 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)womanofthehills
(8,718 posts)and our responses to their misplaced world views can educate others.
Answering trolls, makes one think creatively.
GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)busterbrown
(8,515 posts)And I enjoy kicking ass once in awhile...
Just agreeing can be slow sometimes.. ha
nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)are SUPER interesting challenges. i could just start a thread to condescend to them...but then i think, why not use them to educate others JUST LIKE YOU!!
education is SO important.
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)and you often meet interesting people!
Also, I don't like seeing informative threads hijacked.
wildeyed
(11,243 posts)The good ones surf the thin line pretty well, so it is hard to make an alert stick. Better to troll them back, ever so gently I can't imagine putting that much time and energy into a project like that. The good ones are not stupid. seems like they could find more productive ways to use their time and talents, but whatever.... The interwebs are weird sometimes.
fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)Squinch
(50,955 posts)Even though you feel they are getting so old.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Over the years I've seen more people concern troll then anything else.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)I was going to add to it, but I think it encapsulates everything going on right now. I LOVE the TP gifs! Had to download them!
Mosby
(16,319 posts)We have Russian trolls, Venezuelan trolls, Palestinian trolls and Muslim trolls.
Back in the early days it was just conservative trolls.
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)They're fernny...always complaining about Palestinians and Muslims.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)Mosby
(16,319 posts)Most Liberals support Israel.
Bernie does because he cares about the truth, he knows that the Zionist cause is just.
Those "progressives" that want to see Israel destroyed through demographic shifts are fake Liberals IMO, one either supports indigenous rights or not.
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)It's funny to watch you write about phantoms.
tenderfoot
(8,437 posts)eom
Mosby
(16,319 posts)I did forget the woo-trolls, they are usually on the left.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Things are a lot more complex.
GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)Always with the anti-vaxx, Big Pharma nonsense.
Though I kind of miss the Indigo Children trolls and don't blow up the moon folks.
womanofthehills
(8,718 posts)I say something negative about Monsanto
Troll says "chemtrails"
I say glyphosate is a possible carcinigen
troll says "coffee enemas''
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)and they say "Pseudoscience"
Fozzledick
(3,860 posts)It doesn't take much to bring a couple out of the woodwork.
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)corporate trolls are the big thing these days and they are everywhere. It is a new and different world, that's for sure.
Mosby
(16,319 posts)Large companies have communicators who spend a lot of time on social media.
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)and thought some of these people were earnest, but obnoxious. Many of them are clearly well trained. I picture them with big tabulated corporate binders on their desks.
womanofthehills
(8,718 posts)PatSeg
(47,501 posts)in unison. Either they are psychic or they all received the same memo.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)pintobean
(18,101 posts)RussBLib
(9,020 posts)some of the extreme Bernie-backers might have actually been trolls.
After all, if you are going to vote for Trump because you cannot vote for Bernie, that to me is a red flag. It just makes no sense.
I would have much preferred Bernie over Hillary, but not getting Bernie doesn't make me go off the deep end and throw away a vote on Trump.
BlueMTexpat
(15,369 posts)puffy socks
(1,473 posts)(Daily Show) interview with Sanders supporters?
nini
(16,672 posts)I especially love the ones who devote so much time building a rep then letting the truth start to show slowly but surely.
trumad
(41,692 posts)emulatorloo
(44,131 posts)Ran out of counterpunch articles Democrats, had to scrape around for wingnut and libertarians slamming Dems.
Was so happy when admins figured all out.
Sancho
(9,070 posts)pintobean
(18,101 posts)Hey, this guy flew under the radar for fourteen years, so any of us could be a troll.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=109627
I guess it depends on who is defining 'troll'. I think the rabid purity police are the worst trolls here. They stir the most shit.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)I guess I dont follow this stuff closely enough.. In my mind the worst are the rapid Bernie Supporters who feel Hillary isnt progressive enough.. In other words a Vote for Bernie is a vote for Agent Orange
For me, the only Trolls are the ones trying to sabotage our progressive agenda.. Am I in the minority?
Squinch
(50,955 posts)pintobean
(18,101 posts)He flaunted his trolling. As do others.
Squinch
(50,955 posts)Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)Worried and concerned.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Lots and lots of light shining on them.
840high
(17,196 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)but I do miss Random Thoughts.
FSogol
(45,488 posts)(Insert 1 TB Dire Straits video library here)
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)and I don't think anyone ever paid up
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)I usually ignore them. No big deal.
jpak
(41,758 posts)One of my all time favorites...
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)melman
(7,681 posts)Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)They pretend to support Democrats. They purport to espouse progressive viewpoints. They say that they voted for President Obama and that they can't stand Donald Trump. They stay civil and rarely get posts hidden.
They think that they are so clever. But I'm on to them. Yes, I'm on to them.
philosslayer
(3,076 posts)Response to Nye Bevan (Reply #57)
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Logical
(22,457 posts)pintobean
(18,101 posts)Squinch
(50,955 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)Squinch
(50,955 posts)All it proves is that you call BS. I call Sparkle Pony. Neither of our calls has any significance whatsoever.
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Squinch
(50,955 posts)If I don't name a troll, are you going to call BS on me?
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)Trying too hard to sound liberal.
If they are professional, they will stay civil and not push too many boundaries. There is a difference between trouble-making and well orchestrated trolling.
denbot
(9,900 posts)On the other side you had anti-trolls like Manny Goldstein, whom I hated to admire because for every time I agreed with him, there were 10 of his posts that I felt were incendiary, and outrageous!
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Inkfreak
(1,695 posts)Iggo
(47,558 posts)GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)I couldn't resist.
It really is appreciated, and it needs to be said. Where are they hiring? I want to get paid to troll the TP Team.
Did you check this out? Twitter bots, trolls, censorship & tech's role - 2016 election.
Prisoner_Number_Six
(15,676 posts)Actually, in their case the word "troll" is a misnomer-- I prefer to think of them as "paid shills". Whisper the word GMO in a thread and they come out of the woodwork with their links and holier-than-thou scientific commentary.
Great fun watching them scurrying around trying to earn their paycheck!
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)and they are growing in numbers very rapidly. They use condescension and ridicule to shut down or hijack threads, but fortunately, they are quite predictable as they seem to be working from the same playbook.
Now that you've said "Monsanto" and "GMO", I wonder if they will converge on this thread. Probably not, as I think the antidote seems to be the word "troll".
Iggo
(47,558 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)That is all.
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)betsuni
(25,538 posts)Complaints about DU: why aren't the usual right-wing talking points about Hillary's dishonesty/weakness/poor polling, etc., allowed? It is a mystery! Accuse everyone else of black-and-white thinking and then do it yourself: if someone says not to pay too much attention to the polls right now, scream WHY DO WANT TO BAN DISCUSSION OF POLLS????!!!! If it's pointed out to you that you must offer constructive criticism, whine that DU is a cheering session for Hillary, only gushing praise/worship/blind allegiance is allowed, otherwise the purity police clique will get you as they only want a bubble/echo chamber.
Hillary supporters are so mean to the innocents only wanting to educate or bring up concerns ("I'm a victim of personal slights" . "They are demoralizing me to the point I, like, don't even want to vote." Supporters have "fantasies," are blind (even "blind-wearing cemetery whistlers" , should open their eyes, wake up; here, I'll make it simple for you since you are so stupid, for only fools argue against truth. They "mutter querulous outrage."
And something about bumper stickers.