Their job is to make noise, and to "poison" the forum as a place of making sense out of - in this case - world affairs.
It explains why they turn to insults - like calling FReepers with decades of good standing "fans of Soros" or other such garbage every time things don't go their way.
At this point it's obvious that Russia has a whole team dedicated to doing this on FR, and probably other forums. I think it has hurt FR immensely.
One doesn't have to be in the cult of Zelensky (he's an obnoxious brat), or be a fan of corrupt Ukraine culture (I'm not, but Russia is worse), to see that Russia clearly was in the wrong in invading Ukraine, and who's LEADERSHIP acted like their normal brutal selves in their war conduct.
I'm not against discussions of the war and our actions in it at all. I do think outright propagandists should get the boot.
Thread hijacking seems to be the main purpose for cranked and a few other’s participation, he is very often the first poster and then saturates the threads, insults, and even brags about his trolling effectiveness.
It would be nice if the mods would get him to reduce his fervor and the number of his spammy posts.