[Prodigal Son]

How did that clown sneak under the radar for two years.

Some people just lay low. It's easier to do here than if you were to try and infiltrate DU. They go by their 1,000 post thing over there so you have to be active a little bit to attain that level. But this is less a good indicator, in my opinion. Once someone gets 1,000 posts- suddenly they are not suspect any more and 1,000 posts are fairly easy to attain if you make a lot of innocent one liners.

I like our system better and at least it requires patience on the part of the infiltrator if he is to succeed. The 'find in forum' feature is good too.

That guy there could have easily kept posting if he didn't echo the DU lines on things- like 'Faux news'. Lots of Freepers disagree with the war in Iraq. I mean lots of them. Long time members. This Cusco person just finally lost it I guess. There are others. That is certain. Let's face it- DU is basically an anti-FR site, not a pro-dem site. At any given minute of the day you can go to their forum and always find a thread about 'The Freepers did this' or the 'Freepers say that'. Sad really.

[Admin Moderator]

Mods will not ban long time posters with an established posting history. This guy, although, here for 2 years, was by no means established. Let's just say, you went off the deep end and started posting trash, you are established, we wouldn't ban you, but you'd get a personal note (or ban) from Jim ;)

We do take into account the number of posts and the sign on date for individual posters for ban criteria. Long timers get more slack than newbies. The general rule of thumb for mods is, if you are in doubt, do nothing, ask others to review, or Jim makes a decision. The 1000 post thing is lame. Most trolls can't wait to post their garbage. It's been my experience, they might last 30 posts at the max.