Thank you, MIRT

[RussBLib]

I know there is a new team on duty now, and I just wanted to say thanks for deleting RobertMcNamara. I just saw a stupid RW post from this "person" and he got yanked before I could actually reply, but it was their 15th post, I think. What kind of firkin' user name is that anyway?

No doubt there are many trolls in our midst here. It's hard to catch them all. But thanks for revoking some of them.

[irisblue]

1. MIRT rocks

[Recycle_Guru]

2. and the person had been here over 2 years--sleepr trolls are the lamest

[BComplex]

6. These trolls are like blood sucking vampires that only come out at certain times.

Elections are those certain times.

They can lay dormant between elections. But some post a little bit in between to get their post counts up, and make a few snuggly posts to make "friends" on DU. That makes it harder to tombstone them when they finally start to show their true colors.

The MIRT team is so amazing they blow me away! I was on the MIRT team for one term about a year ago, and it was an eye opening experience, the things people will come up with to try to seem legitimate, and slip something by. It made me love DU even more to see how truly brilliant some of our DUers are at keeping us safe. I didn't sign up again because I've been slammed with work and personal life for the past year and a half, but I'm glad I did it when I had the opening in my life.

[wnylib]

14. I am glad to see you point out how sleeper trolls operate.

I have noticed the same patterns of behavior in posts. I have also noticed that the numbers of sleepers coming to life have been increasing lately.

[Recycle_Guru]

19. yup--a burst of of negativity

[vanlassie]

18. Probably just got out of the big house.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

3. My stint on MIRT was a real eye opener,

never realized just how busy MIRT really is.

[RussBLib]

4. I served with you Mar-Jun

It took up a ton of my time. Time well-spent, and it was my choice, but a ton of time. I'm sure glad there is SOME group like that, or we would be overrun by these assholes.

[mvd]

9. When I get less tied up in my personal life would love to join

Used to be a moderator for many terms and would like MIRT.

[littlemissmartypants]

5. ❤️

[Recycle_Guru]

7. agreed. its like seeing human version of an IT firewall

keeping so much spam and malicious intent out of DU

[Prairie_Seagull]

8. Of course this is a volunteer position.

There is a large learning curve and after my term there is still stuff I need to study but what a cool and eye-opening experience. For newbies to MIRT, follow your returnees/experienced folks, they are gold. Don't repeat my mistake of jumping right in and getting my hat handed to me. I am a can-do type, this generally has served me well but I got scrunched my first day. Watch and learn so you can do some scrunching of your own. (is scrunching a word)

[RussBLib]

11. MIRT runs on consensus

You were eager to jump in with both feet before reaching consensus among the other MIRT members, IIRC.

I thought you did great. Everyone learns at a different pace. I took my time before casting my first troll into the fire.

Hope you're doing well, PS.

Btw, scrunch is defined as "making a loud crunching sound." I didn't hear a thing. 😁

[highplainsdem]

16. It can also mean "crunch, crush, or crumple":

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/scrunch

[RussBLib]

28. Indeed nt

[Recycle_Guru]

21. that's been my approach..watch how they manage the things coming yo

and chime in with my opinions as we review questionable stuff

[ancianita]

10. MIRT is badass.

It usually catches trolls before their very first post, and keeps an eye on them so as to catch all of them by their 100th.

[AllaN01Bear]

12. thank you mirt team , esp the ones who were there during the "great hack of

2016" and set things right.

[NNadir]

13. Nice folks there, generally. I volunteered and served a few times, but I found I don't really...

...have the time to carry my weight there.

During my tenure there, I deferred judgement on a few that got through that probably shouldn't have done so, and I always wanted to err on the side of inclusion, but yes, some bad asses do show up here, and the work they do on the MIRT team is fabulous, and the volunteers, committed to keeping DU beautiful are wonderful people.

[onecaliberal]

15. I blocked it. One of those asshole posts was a response to me.

[Warpy]

17. Russian and homegrown MAGA trolls never stood much of a chance here

thanks to our ever alert MIRT teams. It's one reason the site was knocked down the night TFG was shoved into office against the will of the majority.

It's also why the site stays so civil. You're not supposed to reply to trolls, they're here to get you banned.

(I went through my ignore list last week, 2/3 were FFR or PPR or hadn't posted since 2020_

[RussBLib]

29. I did the same

....I only have one active member on my Ignore list. The other 8 were PPR'd. Guess I was pretty good at spotting them.

[ellisonz]

20. What is this? 1966?

[Recycle_Guru]

22. huh?

[ellisonz]

24. The trolls name is Robert McNamara.

[peppertree]

27. You know...

"Why did I ever listen to you, Bob. Lady Bird was right: you've got about as much sense as a porcupine wrestler."

[NBachers]

23. Keep an eye out for William Westmoreland

[ellisonz]

25. Bahahaha

"We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning." - William Westmoreland

[SouthernDem4ever]

26. Thank you to all who have served

This is one of the few places on the internet that I can read on a daily basis.

[BWdem4life]

30. Sometimes a single post should do it

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=1859083

IMHO and all that. A founding Eagles member dies and you create an account on the same day with username "IHateTheEagles_Man" and post a naked pic. But hey, maybe that's all he'll ever post..

[milestogo]

31. At least it wasn't Henry Kissinger.