Back decades ago, when Free Republic was at its most popular (during the Clinton years) with thousands of people posting here, Democratic Underground members would create accounts. I think they had 100s of accounts made just to post their swill even though they knew they’d quickly get banned.
The leftists would come here, post leftist bile and try to stir up trouble. Moderators would “zot” them pretty fast, but then another would show up. It became a contest to see how fast their accounts could be banned. So, there are a lot of accounts from the late 90s and early 2000s that still belong to those people.
I think a few of the Democrat underground old-timers still have a list of those old accounts and occasionally use them just for fun. Think of blue-haired sixty year old women who never were married and now just have a house full of cats and empty wine boxes, which nothing much to do, and you’ll recognize who I’m talking about.
zotting has all but disappeared ...