Please don't feed the trolls!

[YellowDoginthehouse]

We are in the process of being freeped! Please ignore these threads-they are being provocative in order to utilize the "bubble up" feature of this forum. If we ignore them, they'll go away.

Generally speaking, you can tell it's a freeper because they have less than a hundred posts, and their less that 100 posts all say something like "give up, it's hopeless, get over it". The reason this is happening now is that they know we are on the verge of proving all of our assertions.

They're running scared, so they surreptitiously attack us. Don't feed in, ok? If we don't respond, they'll go away to friendlier climes.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. *sigh*

Can I feed one a fist? Just one? Okay...maybe two. ;-)

[YellowDoginthehouse]

2. Yes, of course!

Just no print, ok?:grouphug:

:kick:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

6. Nah.

They just get loud and start flinging their feces around anyway,

[noclonyofthechimp]

84. That was a good one!

[LiberalFighter]

24. Don't use your fist...

make them eat their own fist(s)

[helderheid]

3. In starvation mode

No Troll, you may have none of my cookies. Go away :P

[seito]

4. I have seen quite a few with over 1000 posts

Things that make you go hmmmmm...

[YellowDoginthehouse]

8. There are a couple, but not many...n/t

[havocmom]

5. troll house cookies, mmmmmm

can I drown 'em in milk? ;)

[Bluzmann57]

7. I know it isn't fair but...

it's fun to ridicule them simply because its so easy. But I suppose its possible to ignore them.

[New Earth]

9. pretending to agree with them is fun

[Cronus Protagonist]

82. Yeah, tell them you really trust them and think they have integrity

It works a treat! :)




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Buttons for brainy people - educate your local freepers today!

[YellowDoginthehouse]

17. It's easy, and....

LOADS OF FUN! But it discourages others, so we should stop.

[Stand and Fight]

10. Bad Troll

Nasty little buggers, aren't they?
:nuke:
Let's nuke the bastards by ignoring the hell out of 'em.

[NVMojo]

11. can we flush them out with a good douche?

[LiberalFighter]

26. Why a good douche... rather a douche that has been spoiling a while

[teach1st]

12. They hate us for our freedoms...

...and that we get more action.

[IndyOp]

64. Now I get it!

"WHY THEY HATE US" -- because we get more action...

:evilgrin:

I know that THEY have no hope of getting any action with me. The thought of kissing a Repug is about as bad as thinking about kissing one of really nasty tobacco-chewing old men at the nursing home where I used to work - gak!

Although I will admit that since I've read Chuck Herrin (Republican who says he would be more surprised to find out the vote *was not* hacked than to find out it was) -- I have been wondering if he is single...

:hi:

[Gyre]

13. I've seen a bunch

and I've bit once or twice. Good advice though. Thanks.

Gyre

[Tace]

14. Another Trolling Phenomenon Is Supporting Replies With Very Low Counts

You'll have some poster with 50 posts being supported by three or four or five posters with seven, or nine or three posts.

[H2O Man]

43. troll orgies

are becoming common. i've noticed this, too.

[LisaLynne]

60. Troll orgies. Hee hee.

That's a good one. I've noticed the phenom and now have a name for it! Thanks as always, H2O!

[RC]

15. Besides a low post count

a minimum profile is a give-a-way also.

[karlrschneider]

30. I'm not too worried about low postcounts, (we all had to start with one),

but I agree with your point about the profile. One thread a couple weeks ago (and I can't remember enough about it to even search for it)
was started by a poster who started out with "My name is.....whatever it was"...it eventually got about 400 replies. You may recall it. I find no fault with people who wish to keep their identities private, that is their own business...as for me, I -want- mine to be very public. AAMOF,
my email is [e-mail] I put it in all the messages I send to the Chimp thru www.congress.org on a regular basis. If the bastards wanna come after me, so be it. I would never compare myself to Patrick Henry, but I damn sure echo his sentiments.

[eleonora]

16. hey, if I want to express myself on whatever they want to say, I will.

In the end, they are the ones who will be wasting their time if they don't listen.

[rehema]

18. Hey, I'm just a newbie to DU with less than 100 posts n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. By yer posts we will know you

:-)

Welcome to DU

[rehema]

45. oh-oh gotta watch what I write -don't wanna be a TROLL

O8)

[intheflow]

21. And your profile is missing.

I'll welcome you to DU, but you should know you're suspect just by those two things.

But then, I started by not having my profile up. It was a privacy issue for me, so I understand why someone might not want it up.

But welcome anyway. I believe in innocence until proven guilty! :hi:

[rehema]

44. not aware a profile was important-thanks for the welcome..n/t

[liberalnurse]

19. I have just the medicine

to dispense to the trolls......:smoke:

[intheflow]

22. Viva la ALERT button! n/t

[McKenzie]

23. dumb question from a non-American

WTF is a "freeper"? I know it's pejorative but is "freeper" analagous to "troll" in the context of bbs's and newsgroups?

Sorry for the dumb question but I'm not American.

[New Earth]

28. it has nothing to do with your nationality :)

i'm an american, and i had never heard the term freeper till i came to this board. from what i was told, it stems from 'free republic', referring to the people who post on there. in other words, ultra right wing, pro-bush trolls.

ha, i actually got lightly accused of being a freeper when i asked what a freeper was. lol

[McKenzie]

31. ta Faye

I sussed that is is probably an acronymn/abbreviation of some sort but didn't know the exact meaning.

Culture shock is the phrase that springs to mind...I need to understand the lingo!

ta

[merh]

25. But I just had fun telling one to go F off.

Do they think DLC stands for Democratic Liberal Commies? I mean :wtf:

I will try not to feed them. Thank you for the advice and forgive me if I slip up now and then. :shrug:

[New Earth]

27. what if we just feed them moldy pretzels??

:shrug:

[troubleinwinter]

29. Ya know,

we ALL had less than 100 posts once upon a time. Gotta not have a bigotry against low posters, simply by post numbers.

We are always being 'freeped'. Freepers always expose themselves (!) eventually.

[aquart]

32. Responding gives them a chance to build post counts.

And why are newbies starting main posts? Why? Why? Why?

[gottalickbush]

34. question

How else do you become a non newbie if you're not allowed to make main posts. Sometimes someone will have a question and its not in a post. Are we supposed to hijack the post? I mean as was stated earlier, freepers always expose themselves. I just don't want to become a victim of friendly fire if I post something because I have a question and someone thinks I'm a freeper. I agree with not feeding the trolls. They make the house icky.:bounce:

[IAMREALITY]

35. I agree

I think the starting a new thread count should be 100 not 10, during these trying times. Let's face it, fewwwwwww trolls make it to 100 hehehe.

Sure, we have had great posts from newbies, actually several, but those can always have threads started by 1000+ Du'rs on their behalf, as we've seen countless times.

[gottalickbush]

37. I agree

that these are trying times, but, to take it out on legitimate newbies because some people are too immature to carry on a real conversation, I don't agree with that. And speaking as a newbie, petitioning other posters to post on my behalf, to me thats like begging for money. I don't mean to make anyone mad, but I felt I had legitimate questions about this. My girlfriend says that I'm stubborn when I'm trying to make a point, but what does she know.LOL

[YellowDoginthehouse]

40. You're right.

100 is good, few trolls have the patience for it.

[meganmonkey]

33. You're so right

I just got totally sucked in to a useless exchange. I justified it by thinking I was giving them the benefit of the doubt, but I think on another level I was just trying to bait them. Maybe it was just my way of dealing with my PMS today. Eventually I said 'game over' and dropped it. *sigh*

Nothing to see here, move along.

[YellowDoginthehouse]

41. Take Vitamin B6, and hang out with us instead! n/t

[Avalux]

36. Sorry

I gave in to temptation and fed one today. I even got a couple of posts deleted. :shrug:
I couldn't help it - so tired of them and their atrocious grammar. Have you noticed that? They can't spell worth a damn either.

[Kellis]

38. There are SO MANY

of them on here over the last couple of days!!!
I got one of my post deleted for telling one off the other day too-LOL.Oh well~
Ateast they aren't very bright and you can usually tell right away.

[Chimpanzee]

52. It's like feeding a trained seal

feed them a fish and watch them balance a beach ball on their nose!

[Wiley50]

39. I won't know what my post count is until

I post this one and haven't really got around to fleshing out my profile yet,But I started this account when I was a Campaign worker ( trying to promote a film festival I was doing at my Dem HQ with F9/11,unprecedented,Liberty Bound, ect.) and didn't have time to get back here until after the election. That is why I'm formally known as maurycodemparty. I'm also the BBV rep for my county.
But I can spell,usually,don't try to disrupt, and have I told you lately how much I hate these Sonofabushes?
So, I guess I'm not a troll,huh?

[texpatriot2004]

42. I won't feed the trolls. I like to ignore them.

[texpatriot2004]

46. kick

[texpatriot2004]

47. kick

[bunny planet]

48. I'm pretty new here. I've heard an 'ignore' option mentioned.

How do I implement it? I fed a troll yesterday and I felt all icky afterwards. :eyes:

[starroute]

91. You click the little snoring man at the top of their post (n/t)

[bunny planet]

94. Thank you. Awesome, wish I could do that in person with my Republican

relatives!!!!!!!:-)

[Chasing Dreams]

49. I went over to Freeperland last night, and

they are definitely panicked. Several have reported DU to Ashcroft, asking him to shut us down due to helping "the enemy" or "violating the Patriot Act".
Freeping trolls :puke:: Ashcroft is history, and * isn't far behind. :bounce:

[Kellis]

50. WHAT!???

You've gotta be kidding me!!!
They want DU shut down for violating the Patriot Act!????


Jeezus Christ.How frickin scary is that!

[Chasing Dreams]

55. No joke.

At least one freeper posted his letter to Ashcroft, and others said they had done the same thing. I can find the damn link if you want, but I'm not sure that's a good idea. Thoughts?

Clarification: the Friggin' Freeper sent the letter to Ridge, not Ashcroft, and didn't mention the PA...but his intent was right there. By the way, the thread is two weeks old, and all of *'s cronies have known about DU for some time. I can't wait for them to try to shut this place down...what a backlash that would be!

Folks, let me know if you want the link. The Freeper site is tough to stomach, but it might be good for folks to know what they are up to. Yes, their threads link to DU.

[Kellis]

68. Oh I believe you-its not that.

It just seems rather creepy that they are so concerned over what we are talking about at DU that they would want us shut down.

You can post the link~Im not saying I'll click it-but hey some people just might let their curiosity get the best of'em.:)

[Chasing Dreams]

70. Yeah, it makes me sick to look at their shit, but

as I just said on another thread here ("When Bushco finally shuts DU down - what then?"), it is usually wise to know what the other side is saying, thinking, planning. They are linking to DU.

The thread is from Nov 11, and starts with a letter to Ridge. Please refrain from reading on a full stomach...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1277764/posts

[New Earth]

71. what in the FUKKKKK???????

you have got to be kidding me. the last thing i ever read around here is anything having to do with 'hate'. the only hostility i've ever seen is against CRAZY people llike that guy!!!!

I hope Tom Ridge laughed his ass off when he got that.....please God....make it stop....

[noclonyofthechimp]

86. Are these people for Real??? Pretty Pathetic

[seito]

59. Freeperland :-)

I just want to say what a wonderful cultural experience it is here at DU. I must have added 100 new words to my vocabulary since I have been here.

You people rock, and I mean that. :yourock:

[New Earth]

61. how bout pukes?

i had honestly never heard it chopped down that far until i came here. now REPukes, i have heard before.

but this 'pukes'...................I LOVE IT! :puke:

[YellowDoginthehouse]

62. Another one: SCLM n/t

[New Earth]

63. what is SCLM?

[YellowDoginthehouse]

66. The "So-Called Liberal Media"

[New Earth]

67. haha ok thank you

this is also the first place i've heard "MSM"....now that i HAVE figured out though....

[propagandafreegal]

51. I'm new and not a troll.... I just joined today and am happy to be here!

I've been reading every since that 'farce' of an election took place...

[New Earth]

53. welcome, then!

not directed to you, but did anyone else notice how many new members just came since they heard this Q/A with Madsen was going to go on??

[ogradda]

58. i was just looking at that a minute ago

the word spread fast.

[propagandafreegal]

81. Thank you!

I'm learning alot!

[YellowDoginthehouse]

54. Welcome to DU!

Welcome aboard!

Just know that people look at your "credentials" here when you post. Your credentials are assessed by critical examination of how long you have been here compared to the content of your accumulated posts.

People who wonder what you're about can check out all of your posts from your profile. Agitators and disrupters are generally easily identified in this way!

[212demop]

56. Why are they coming out now?

Strategically speaking... I'm wondering about the timing. I mean, wouldn't it have made more sense to attempt (not that they'd have a chance) to demoralize us in the run-up to the election?

I guess they are just that stupid.

Unless something else is going on....

Are they afraid we're getting close to something with voting fraud and EXPOSURE perhaps?

Heh, heh.... :)

[ClassWarrior]

57. No they're not stupid - the Radical RW are scared.

We're getting close to something. I don't think I've ever seen a freepfest like this.

NGU.

[texpatriot2004]

80. "Freepfest" I like that

We are on to them. You are right, they know it and they are scared.

[m berst]

76. well.....

"Are they afraid we're getting close to something with voting fraud and EXPOSURE perhaps?"

There sure are a lot of people saying that this is what is happening.

As I said, I see precisely the opposite happening. But that is just my opinion.

[m berst]

65. oh the irony

I disagree. I don't see very many suspicious "give up" posts, quite to the contrary.

I don't see many "freepers" saying give up, I see a lot of long time respected members saying "careful people where you are being led with this."

I see a lot of new members saying "this it it, now we have got those repukes!!"

Just what I am seeing.

[Kellis]

69. Madsen is extremly interesting

I made sure to sign up before Nov 2 because I read the Mods post that it might be tough to get on and I didn't want everyone thinking I was a troll so I registered and got to posting....
may be the same thing with the Wayne Madsen Q&A.You gotta admit its fascinating talking to him.People probably signed up so they could ask questions.

[m berst]

72. if it is him

Anyway, how did Madsen come up in this thread?

on edit - fixed a goof in title, removed n/t

[jamboi]

77. Oh, it was him alright. n/t

[seito]

73. I agree

The Madsen Q&A is very intereting

As far as new people, I did not even know DU existed until after the election. I am sure many here stumbled across this site in the same manner. We knew something was wrong, and we had to find answers. We are not all undercover operatives.

:scared:

I did not even know what a Blog was before September??? What I can say is that I have been a lifelong Democrat and I am a John Kerry supporter. I still believe that he is the Real Deal.

I believe that all people have the right to their own point of view, but if they choose to freep, they should do it in freeperland. :freak:

Try not to judge a person solely by the number of posts they have on record, but by their posts and actions. I enjoyed my first troll hunt last night, but I shall try to refrain myself in the future.

[jamboi]

78. The stolen election drove a lot of us to reach out to the web and find

others who were similarly disturbed by the "results". We discovered the liberal blogs and found our fellow dems. Don't be suprised that many legit. newbies have flooded onto the site. I've seen a few true freeper style postings that were readily identifiable, but its way to simplistic to think you can figure someone out just because they're new. Profiling and stereotyping is a hazardous occupation.

[YellowDoginthehouse]

74. Then you must not be around as much as I am...n/t

[m berst]

75. oh

[texpatriot2004]

79. I agree with you, I am a newbie but I was reading for weeks

before I actually got set up to post at DU I don't recall seeing this many negative threads until the last week or so. It's pathetic. They should go back to where they came from they aren't welcome here. Dissent is one thing but they are not dissenters they are disrupters.

[gorbal]

83. Even though I have started a few threads as a newbie

I agree with the hundred post idea, or at least 50. Starting a thread should be an earned priviledge, not a right.

To many people are starting posts now and it will just turn into chaos if you alow any freepy-deep with enough free time to make ten posts start a thread.

We should start a mail-in campaign about the freepers and their "enemies list"

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1092851/posts

Now THAT is a violation of security.

I have it saved to my hard drive in case they ever erase it, so they needen't bother. They called the superiors of someone I chat with on GNN. (I am darkly by the way)

:)

[texpatriot2004]

88. I haven't started any threads but I have noticed that they

have many threads here now with negative tones. I think you are right that starting a thread should be a privilege and it ought to be based on the substance of your posts not the number of them.

[righteous1]

85. Exactly

There is little the average American person is more disgusted by then a sore loser. Be careful, no wild claims, push for goals and watch things playout

[IndyOp]

87. kick

It can be hard to tell who the trolls are or aren't -- don't buy into "why are they silent messages??" -- write and reply to messages with suggestions for ACTION!

[212demop]

90. Or just don't bite if you don't like what someone's selling

ignore it if the tone feels like pure flamebait. People should still come here with a sense that this is a place to express themselves, even if that self-expression might sometimes be unpopular.

I think there's a danger here, in terms of people feeling like they have to censor themselves to the extreme for fear of someone calling them out as freepers, or even just out of line for being out of step with the majority opinion.

After all, what is a liberal if not open-minded?

[texpatriot2004]

89. kick

[texpatriot2004]

92. kick

[The Flaming Red Head]

93. Im scared to say anything about anything or anyone at this point.

The trolls seem to rule.