[gondramB]

>>Loads of antagonistic '98 and '99 Freepers show up during very contentious times

I think a lot of DU types signed up during Clinton's impeachment.

They surface occasionally.<<

Interesting. As a newcomer I tend to assume that anybody with a '98 signup date is a battle hardened proven conservative Freeper.

[Madame Dufarge]

As a newcomer I tend to assume that anybody with a '98 signup date is a battle hardened proven conservative Freeper.

There was a period during which the disrupters who signed up in '98 were so active that I got into the habit of checking the "Member Since" dates of particularly egregious posters.

The majority of them had '98 signup dates.

[Junior_G]

As a newcomer I tend to assume that anybody with a '98 signup date is a battle hardened proven conservative Freeper.

Not a safe assumption by any means, but that is still considerably less silly than assuming that they were planted in '98 for the purpose of rising 8 years later to get into arguments with Republicans.

[Publius6961]

Interesting. As a newcomer I tend to assume that anybody with a '98 signup date is a battle hardened proven conservative Freeper.

Welcome, dear Freeper into the unofficial world of Freeper Continuing Education...

Take careful notice also of clusters of posts by very old Freeper names who otherwise almost never post with throw away responses to one another, like "I totally agree with that".
Not terribly useful or controversial, but always makes me go, "Hmmmmmmmmm".