I have seen so many new DUers posting

[BigmanPigman]

on DU in the past 3 days. Have you noticed this too?

[beachbumbob]

1. silent majority types?

[Wounded Bear]

2. Election year bandwagoners and the usual troll invasion...

But I'm sure there are some good people.

[2naSalit]

3. Sure have...

I look to see when they joined and assess what they are saying then make up my mind to keep an eye on their activity. Not too comfortable with several of them.

[Crunchy Frog]

4. Primaries heating up?

[TwilightZone]

5. Momentum changes tend to bring them in.

Or perhaps out might be a better term. Expose them? Something like that.

[mopinko]

6. we do have a chunk of lurkers who pop up in the primaries.

some are sleeper trolls, but lots of folks are just mostly readers.

mirt gives them a good look-see, but if they smell funny, alert. that's what the system is for.

[MuseRider]

9. There is one I have alerted on

every election since 2004. He still comes back and he is still an asshole to people but he never gets booted and he never has "come to get me" if we lost. LOL, a harmless jerk I guess.

[Paladin]

7. Very suspicious. And very predictable. (nt)

[MuseRider]

8. Well really,

it is so boring between elections................

It is always this way and a lot of them are gone then come back, some are just trouble and are escorted out and others learn stuff and stay. It seems like an awful lot this time, maybe because we had so many candidates? No idea.

[GentryDixon]

10. I lurked for about two years before joining in 2008.

I joined in the lead up to the election. I probably looked suspicious at that time. 😁

[dewsgirl]

11. I have noticed, the optimist side of me thinks it's great,

more people are engaged, the pessimist in me thinks a bit more on the nefarious side.

[HipChick]

12. new DUer's?

or troll accounts?

[USALiberal]

14. Proof? Nt

[Kaleva]

17. When their profile says they've been PPR'd shortly after they joined

I saw this when looking at the profiles of everyone who voted in a poll in the Democratic Primaries forum to do a break down.

My guess is that MIRT recognized them and zapped them.

[Ohio Joe]

13. Meh... Leave the worrying to MIRT

We'll always get an influx of new posters during election. Some good, some not... MIRT can handle it just fine.

[nutsnberries]

15. i joined in 2004 and mostly just read here.

i imagine i look suspicious, but that's ok with me.

[lunatica]

16. The troll types simply can't get very far in whatever

dumb ass thing they’re trying to do. I guess stupid is just too stupid. The good ones are welcomed with open arms. We know the difference and can see it a mile away.