Reply #24: Yes, but that doesn't mean there are no paid operatives. [View All]

[DemBones DemBones]

Maybe you're a real Hillary supporter. That doesn't mean there are no paid operatives here working for Hillary, and it's not necessarily anything she knows about. There are a lot of groups with agendas to push various candidates. The GOP is pushing Hillary because they think her high negatives will cause her to lose.

Your profile shows you weren't here in 2004 while Horse With No Name was, and so was I. There were paid operatives then and now and there will be many more when the primary season heats up. People have learned to get their post count up to 1000 as fast as possible so they seem like they've been here a good while when they really haven't. It's easy if you just do 1000 K&Rs. Then they can post whatever they're being paid to post and we don't know when they registered unless we take the time to look at their profiles.

How often do any of us check profiles? I looked at yours because I didn't think you were here in 2004 and then I looked at Horse's because I thought s/he was. I probably haven't looked at a profile in six months or more, before tonight. In the early years at DU, your post count next to your name was your actual post count; it didn't stop at 1000. You could tell who'd been here a long time then without looking at their profile.