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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Dear Election Concern Trolls; [View all]Hekate
(99,812 posts)94. Good visuals. I got a tag team the other night; began to suspect they were one person
Both under 60 posts at the time, both soooooo sure Hillary was making fatal mistakes, like she and her team had never run a campaign before. Nothing would dissuade them. They skirted the line pretty closely, but juries let them stay to play it out.
Then there's the fairly abundant number, new and old, who want Hillary to enact their rock-em sock-em fantasies and lash out in ways that are not only not her style but counterproductive. They may or may not be actual trolls. The older ones may just be carried away in the moment, but posters who jump in and start flailing on their third post? Hmmmm.
So it goes, so it goes.
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someone who has been registered since the day after election 2014 is not exactly new.
niyad
Nov 2016
#65
The fact is, that newbies, particularly those under 100 posts, are on probation here.
MoonRiver
Nov 2016
#69
been a member for a long time, just started to post. i usually stay on black sites cuz i can post
luvmybluestate
Nov 2016
#108
Especially since their alert will show up on the admins doorstep for being obvious. nt
JTFrog
Nov 2016
#19
I'm concerned...I guess after 12 years here, my troll status had been found out!!!!
adigal
Nov 2016
#30
Ah....Love the "Stick your head in the sand" crew. Head in the sand crew hurt more
Laura PourMeADrink
Nov 2016
#58
Perhaps there should be a concern area. Because people are sometimes truly worried and need support.
nolabear
Nov 2016
#59
Good visuals. I got a tag team the other night; began to suspect they were one person
Hekate
Nov 2016
#94
What a load. So who decides who is truely concerned, and who is trolling? You?
LiberalLovinLug
Nov 2016
#95
It's not that I don't think she will win, but rather that the win will no longer be as large
StevieM
Nov 2016
#107
I'm becoming enraged, and I have to really control what I post because I'm about done being polite.
grossproffit
Nov 2016
#113