[bicycle thug]

I just noticed you linked INDYmedia to here. That is not wanted by Jim Robinson. You should have the link severed out of respect for this site's owner.

It is interestingly enough the only site you mentioned I've been to, and I can understand Jim's feelings. I don't like it either.

[syriacus]

suddenly coming on and posting negative comments about President Reagan, saying they are lifelong Republicans but no more, *

This sounds like the folks who have been calling into C-Span the past year and posing as former Republicans.

The Democrats will be losing more Baby-boomers than they will be gaining.

The Democrats need to attract new voters to their party, because older ('lifelong') voters aren't shifting to the left. Older ('lifelong') voters are shifting to the right.

Wisdom comes with age, unless you are a Democratic politician.

[DoctorMichael]

WHAT! No Yahoo 'Financial' Chatrooms????????

Being the capitalist pig that I am, I go over there too, to keep an eye on my investments.

......Oops, sorry.......My contributions to the fascist right-wing corporate interests that prey on the innocent of the world and pollute the environment.

[Tribune7]

Good work.

[Stop Legal Plunder]

Excellent expose.

BTTT.

[Constitution Day]

VK ping!

The mods are doing some behind-the-scenes sleuthing... very interesting.

[Fierce Allegiance]

Troll activity info ping

NOT FOR ZOT!

[GOPJ]

Trolls will work to take this place down. The closer to an election, the worse it will get.

These are not all common citizen trolls. Many of them are professionals, paid to destroy our right to freely assemble.

Strikes me as a crime.

[Cultural Jihad]

"Well, I am a lifelong Republican ever since the Jurasic era, but unless President Bush campaigns for __( enter your favorite fringed johnny-one-note issue here )__ then this Republican will not be voting for him again!"

[William Terrell]

I'm at a loss to see how this indicates anything concrete.

[kayak]

ping

[squidly]

My liberal/Green brother was here to visit for a week or two, and is leaving today. He was posting from my 'puter as "Brubricker" and got himself banned. Sorry 'bout that.

[Bernard Marx]

I've noticed the same thing, with some accounts going back as far as 1999 suddenly coming to life with anti-conservative comments. Lots of weird games being played. Thanks for your research.

[thoughtomator]

Billboard Liberation Front, where have you been all my life?

[Saundra Duffy]

Not just about Reagan.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the data interpretation:

You posted: "Many relatively new accounts, or older accounts with previously little or no activity, suddenly coming on and posting negative comments about President Reagan, saying they are lifelong Republicans but no more, and a bunch of other things that could be legitimately held beliefs on their part but when taken in aggregate make it clear that there is quite a bit of trolling action going on."

I have often seen the opposite of some who hate GW 24/7. They claim to have voted for Reagan twice, and the Republican party abandoned them. Now they hate GW with a passion. Many of these posers have been on FR for years claiming to be a conservative. Some even use the old seminar caller routine, "I voted for GW and never again!"

Often the above group will try to turn every thread into a bashing of Mexican illegal aliens to again bash GW.

Another trick of these deep planted pseudo conservatives, is to post every AFP, Reuters, AP article that bashes GW and our military. Then when challenged, they say they are just posting the news. When you do a search on what they have posted, it looks like an organized hit list against our president and republicans.

There is another group that waits until good economic news is posted. Then they rally together to attack the good news and try to make it not important. Come to any post re good financial/economy news and watch the same ones bash the economy and our president like they are on the payroll of George $oreA$$.

Thanks again for your data interpretation.

[Tempest]

The Left will always troll for the left are a bunch of trolls. Ohhhhh I hope I upset a few trolls with that one =^D

[DBrow]

Some of these people who post anti-Reagan or anti-Bush stuff could be using FR to express their concerns and discuss issues- IMO this is OK, is this not why we are here? And if all they post is anti-conservative stuff, are we not all able to handle discussion on any topic? Or to ignore stupid comments?

Also, if liberals want to post and discuss issues, why not, if they stick to the rules (and wear Kevlar underwear).

Organized disruptors or individuals whose sole motive is to disrupt are bad and should go, but I do not want to see all "dissenters" immediately banned. I have been banned from DU many times and I do not think we should go the same route.

[TigersEye]

It has been amazing to see how many accounts dating as far back as '98 suddenly come alive with a leftist troll. Someone on the dark side registered a whole bank of them for future use.

[Wheee The People]

Well I've been accused of being a troll because I dare to dispute the Terri bots on death with dignity issues. Conservatives by and large support the right to death with dignity and I'm a staunch conservative.

Some people try to stifle legitimate debate and opinion by screaming troll at anyone they disagree with.