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choie

(6,042 posts)
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 09:39 PM 21 hrs ago

Isn't it interesting

that we're getting so many new posters since the martyr's death?

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kwolf68

(8,136 posts)
2. I think DU
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 09:58 PM
21 hrs ago

Has things on lockdown. I got a new phone and had not logged into DU, so when I went to DU it said only registered members could access at this time. I suppose there are trolls who have signed up in the past.

usonian

(20,321 posts)
4. That usually happens when the servers are under heavy load. It lightens up the traffic.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 10:11 PM
20 hrs ago

Then again, heavy loads occur when things really get cooking.

canetoad

(19,428 posts)
6. EarlG posted
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 10:15 PM
20 hrs ago

This thread last week: https://www.democraticunderground.com/101316145
explaining the member's only thing but yeah, probably worse since the shooting of kirk.

ms liberty

(10,570 posts)
7. Also posters with old registrations but very low post counts
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 10:20 PM
20 hrs ago

I've seen several that signed up years ago but don't even have 100 posts.
I historically don't post much myself, but after 22 years I do have over 10k, so it's weird to me when I see people who signed up in 2002 but only have 50 posts.

choie

(6,042 posts)
9. I have been here for 20+ years
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 10:28 PM
20 hrs ago

Last edited Sat Sep 13, 2025, 08:45 AM - Edit history (1)

and don't even have 7,000 posts, but I don't think it signifies anything weird,

ms liberty

(10,570 posts)
10. No, your total isn't in question to me...the people with 50 posts and a join date near you or me is another story
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 10:32 PM
20 hrs ago

I have a long memory, and I'm old enough to not trust anybody. And you aren't a stranger to me; I've seen you speak and react appropriately in convos for years now - it's hard to explain, but their dialogue is off, out of place, weird, in a very subtle way. My spidey sense says no when I read them, and it's a bunch of them, all of a sudden, so it's just suspicious to me.

ms liberty

(10,570 posts)
14. And you've only been here since 2024 and have over 2k posts.
Sat Sep 13, 2025, 09:01 AM
10 hrs ago

Again, this is not what I'm talking about, what I'm talking about is someone whose join date is 2002 or 03, and they've only got 52 posts. That's a lot more than just not posting much. I joined in 03 and I've got over 10k posts because I do not comment much at all. But if you keep up at your current pace, you'll have well over 40k in posts over the same period of time.

Skittles

(167,258 posts)
12. and they are soooo desperate we be FAIR about calling out these radicalized racist fascists
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 10:43 PM
20 hrs ago

SO CONCERNED!!!

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