Thank you for cleaning house, EarlG and MIRT!

[alp227]

12/28: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=284405&sub=trans

12/29: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=319587&sub=trans

12/30: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=303445&sub=trans and http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=319035&sub=trans

EarlG specifically had to send these trolls away since they successfully evaded "message auto-removed" status. But has anyone noticed a whole bunch of "message auto-removed" lately? Basically this is an update on some DU trolls you might've missed and to thank MIRT and EarlG for their good work de-trolling DU!

[NuclearDem]

1. AIP was fairly stealth.

The other three were fairly obvious.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

5. Analcystinparadise was about as stealthy as a 747

[NuclearDem]

20. Fair enough.

I've never been accused of being highly perceptive.

[Jamastiene]

54. Tell me about it.

I was surprised they last as long as they did. So many of their posts were obviously pro racist nonsense.

[TexasTowelie]

2. Kudos to EarlG and MIRT.

However, I believe that there are some other trolls still lurking in the shadows.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

3. and

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=318922&sub=trans

[davidpdx]

7. The name alone on that one screams troll

If I were going to troll I would not pick a name that stands out as that stupid on a political forum

[Bobbie Jo]

27. !

Had that one pegged from the get.

[Feral Child]

30. Amen!

That one was a particularly nasty piece of work.

[BeyondGeography]

31. Nice...A troll from the get-go that one

[JI7]

4. what took so long ? especially the last one

[Hekate]

6. Happy news. Most of them were on my personal radar as soon as I saw them. Now if only...

....a whole bunch of other trolls could be shit-canned on New Year's Eve.

[Helen Borg]

8. Wow, Analyst lasted for 550 posts!

That's a lot of trolling...

[JI7]

14. he Didn't hide it either

[cyberswede]

52. Nope. Obvious. nt

[ieoeja]

9. On edit: deleted after learning about his avatar games.

I was going off the hides which is where one usually finds the evidence of a troll. Since those hides were mostly undeserved, I found the ban inexplicable.

Thank you, to those who filled in the blank for me.

[Violet_Crumble]

10. They were a troll and changed their profile pic to a swaztika...

And that story of theirs about being in the Coast Guard was a lie.

[hifiguy]

38. A swastika??

That meathead must wear his moose antler hat out in the woods during hunting season. A Darwin Award winner in the making.

[LeftyMom]

57. Before that it was his dick.

Really.

[Behind the Aegis]

61. I wonder which some found more offensive.

It wasn't actually the swastika, but the Nazi flag.

[Behind the Aegis]

60. It was actually the Nazi flag.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

11. I tend to agree with you. BUT. And this is a big but. He made his avatar an erect penis.

Probably out of frustration. But enough for a ban from admins.

[Jesus Malverde]

12. The avatar change gave him five hides right quick on even innocuous posts.

The jury system works.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

13. Suicide by avatar in order to avoid

facing the music about his seagoing fiction.

[Jesus Malverde]

17. Heh. it was fun while it lasted.

Thank goodness for the coasties who got upset. One of the best threads lately.

[GGJohn]

48. That was a thread for the ages. eom

[countryjake]

58. Well, he may have come back tonight, just after the New Year's hour...

He gave one snide nasty reply to Yuiyoshida in her New Year's DU Celebration thread and included in it he made a comment about men who pretend to be Coasties who shoot Panamanian drug runners...the guy compared himself to Yuiyoshida in a very mean way. I didn't even notice if the asshat had any avatar.

I missed the thread you all are speaking of or I might have understood what the hell he was implying. His first "point" was enough to magically transform the poster into "Name Removed", tho.

A one post wonder, thanks to MIRT!

[Jesus Malverde]

59. Its up there with the classic threads of yor...

enjoy

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025993534

[countryjake]

62. OMG, you're right, complete with a nice trail of puns in the aftermath!

Thanks for sharing the link with me! I've not even read it all yet, but I made it down to the part where the real Coast Guard sailed in and sank his boat. I've gotta get going now to go clean up the mess and detritis from whatever parties occurred in my work-sphere. Ugh.

A Happy 2015, to you, Jesus!

[Jesus Malverde]

65. Back at ya jake

[uppityperson]

29. it was briefly female genitalia, then back to a penis then swastika.

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

36. Crazy as that one got , that one either would not or could not delete the account.

That brings to question why is that. Is it perhaps because more than one account-profile would begoned ? It is clear to see by now there is a group of them trolling- with sock puppets too. Ryans last avatar seems to be an indicator to what was to fallow,example the troll attack on the AA group Monday.

[Android3.14]

15. First year really interacting with DU, and I have to say

The MIRT crew do a good job. They usually seem to recognize the difference between energetic entertaining debate and trolls.

[hifiguy]

26. It has become easier for them as the trolls have become dumber

and more obvious. The pay scale for the trolls must have been downgraded. It used to be that some of the cleverer trolls could hang around for a while but the DU Bullshit Detector has been upgraded substantially over my years here. Rapid precision strikes on troll encampments are now normal.

[ColesCountyDem]

16. MIRT and the admins all do a great job with trolls! I think I'd enjoy serving on MIRT.

All but one of these trolls were on my personal 'radar'.

[Bluenorthwest]

18. And yet every morning I come to DU and see OP's by the poster who wrote this Nov 5th

"The openness and brazenness of the LBGT agenda and the media flaunting of gay marriages all across the country cost Dems dearly and threatens to do so in the future."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025764803#post35

One notes the enormous double standards applied. If 'LGBT' and 'gay' were replaced with names for any other minority group, DU would blow a gasket, but post that about LGBT people and the poster remains unquestioned.

[Hekate]

25. Holy crap. She self-deleted, after 5 Recs and 51 replies. Glad you captured the >ahem< essence.

I'm also glad she got flamed by DUers with more sense, but still.

[Feral Child]

33. That poster is still on board?

I remember seeing that but I was extremely involved with something else and was sure it would be attended to.

What is going on here? That was so brazen I was sure it was some 5-poster that would be MIRTed before I could get back to it.

5K+ posts. And 100% eligibility for jury duty. That one's a sabot in the cogs, for sure. Thanks for the disclosure, Bluenorthwest.

[SMC22307]

49. Yep. And last night there was an oh-so-innocent Michael Brown-related OP...

which was subsequently self-deleted.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6023208

Ol' Kellie was easy to peg from the get-go.

[Bluenorthwest]

66. I'm glad people are catching on.

nt

[Feral Child]

68. Thanks, SMC

Yes, certainly has an MO.

[tenderfoot]

42. that one hasn't fooled me an iota...

and thank you for posting that thread.

[Jamastiene]

55. Yes, that one very obviously hates gay people.

I'm sad they are still here.

[Feral Child]

69. But such a cutesy avatar!

Yep, I'll be aware of that one from now on. Insidious.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

19. And...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=319597&sub=trans

[cpwm17]

46. That was well deserve

Yesterday I told that holy warrior that he/she didn't belong here.

[L0oniX]

21. Missed me again.

[joeybee12]

22. Same here...they didn't do a thorough job if I'm still around

[KMOD]

23. Results of your jury service

kidding

It appears I've lost my little friend as well.

[hifiguy]

24. Thanks to all the Admins.

MIRT and the DU powers that be are incredible at nuking most trolls so quickly we don't even get to play with them anymore.

[randys1]

27. Yews, kudos, and everyday punks like that are on this board is a day they

can be on YOUR jury ...so gotta get rid of them quick, if possible

[LittleBlue]

32. What happened to the good old days of trolling?

When trolls spent years on DU before flaming out and had to be clever.

Now it's all mass registrations and instant flame outs.

[seabeyond]

35. ya

[hifiguy]

37. They ain't makin' trolls the way they used to.

[yuiyoshida]

64. Maybe trolls have stolen the secrets

to cloning, ...flame out and make another.

[kwassa]

67. Why we had to troll both ways to school, uphill through snow.

These kids these days.

[Feral Child]

34. K&R

Good job, MIRT, but don't break for coffee yet.

[Number23]

39. AnalystinParadise was one of the most blantatly racist trolls here. Emphasis on ONE of them

So I'm glad to see him gone. Couple of others to go.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

47. Yep.

And it's not like they haven't been outing themselves in the killer cop threads.

[hrmjustin]

40. One of the things I miss about being on mirt is the notice you get when someone is banned. n/t.

[tenderfoot]

41. There are several he hasn't got to yet...

but that's a good start.

[Rex]

43. I was surprised AIP lasted so long, one of the worst trolls I've seen

in a long time.

[BumRushDaShow]

44. Hear hear!

The past week has seen an avalanche of trolls.

[Arugula Latte]

45. That's good, but I was hoping one obvious racist, anti-woman poster would be among the departed,

but no such luck.

I think I'll go feast on some fruit right now....berries. They're red. They ripen in early summer. Smuckers makes a lot of jam out of them.

[Lifelong Protester]

50. Whenever I see OPs like this

I immediately check my (short) "ignore" list, and this latest "housecleaning" got rid of half of my list....

[DonCoquixote]

51. see folks

Last edited Thu Jan 1, 2015, 08:04 AM - Edit history (1)

earlier on, people yelled at both 1strongblackman and Behind the Aegis for giving examples of posts that simply DO NOT BELONG HERE. BIGOTED, nasty posts that could have been made at Stormfront or Freeperville. Now, as many of you know, those two are rarely on the same page, mostly because they talk about different things, but both of them found psts that were simply DISGUSTING. People got angry, saying thay had divided DU, alerts were called on 1strong acusing him of being a troll. However bringing this crap to light results in the trolls being eviction notice, just like now.

The moral of this story is twofold: one, when someone complains about trollery, it is not all fake, second, by calling trolls out, we raises the stink needed to STOP THE TROLLS!

and Earlg, Skinner, I know I grouse about mayhem on that other site, but when you clean house, it makes me realize we are not the stepcildren.

[Jamastiene]

56. +1000000

[Jamastiene]

53. I especially loved seeing that one obvious troll go.

I had tangled with that one before, several times. AnalystinParadise, enjoy your pizza.

[yuiyoshida]

63. I suspect once the Republicans

Take office in the House and Senate, we might even see an uptake of trolls... we are a running target now.