I’m sure Jim Has better things to do—but we should be aware that healthy skepticism is a good thing here and that there are Estab types who hate us. You can run little tests yourself—when different personas seem to be “on message”—such as this silly “Ryan can’t lose. Give up now”—check them out yourself, and post what you see. There have been other times that I’ve found the exact same join-up date with these astroturFreepers.
And dark years.