Wonder if James Okeefe has a DU name and posts here to disrupt?

[Lint Head]

Not sure why this popped into my head. But I wouldn't put it passed him. There seems to be Tea Bagger shenanigans going on all over everywhere. Maybe I'm getting paranoid.

[brooklynite]

1. You mean, like having a hobby?

There would be no purpose disrupting discussions here; DU has no impact on politics in the real world.

[Lint Head]

3. DU is mentioned often in media political discussions.

Divide and conquer is Putin's plan and Steve Bannon's plan. The political divides in this country were exploited with Russian propaganda. That's exactly what happened during the election with propaganda. So pooh-poohing something here being done I think is a stretch. Otherwise why would anyone bother to hack and shut down the Democratic Underground which has already happened in the past?

[barbtries]

16. 08Nov2016 for instance

i was alone in a hotel in Philly and losing DU at that point made life much harder

[nocalflea]

14. You misunderstand the purpose of trolling.

Sowing discord , hyper-partisanship, chicken little type hysteria, doom and gloom, sowing distrust in institutions and leaders .

The manufacturing of problems that don't exist is only one of many techniques I've seen employed on DU.

They want you to question your beliefs, to confuse you, to make you lose hope, to drain you emotionally .

They want you apathetic. They want you to give up on the political process. They want you disengaged.

They don't want you to vote.

[bathroommonkey76]

24. 608: The Revolution Starts At Noon

I recommend listening to "Act One" from this episode of This American Life.

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/608/the-revolution-starts-at-noon?act=1#play

Republican trolls were well organized on social networks during the 2016 campaign. Democrats should be exploring counter contingency plans b/c these freaks aren't going away anytime soon.

[bathroommonkey76]

21. Ah, I remember just like it was yesterday.

Nope, there would be "no purpose disrupting discussions here".

[Lint Head]

22. +100

[oasis]

35. Zing!

[diva77]

29. Corporations have entire departments devoted to tracking people on the web. They are tracking this

site for sure. They are concerned that sites like this do have an impact.

[greyl]

2. Occasionally, yes, probably. nt

[Thor_MN]

4. I wouldn't doubt it.

He probably uses it for inspiration.

[Pachamama]

5. Very Likely and its probably multiple names, not just one...

There are a lot of trolls on DU lately who seem to go dormant and at first post a lot of tame things and then go full throttle on a topic until its shut down...

[Lint Head]

6. I've noticed that also.

[bagelsforbreakfast]

10. I discovered the JOY of using Full Ignore on 4 of them

Today and now the board is readable again! But I suspect they cycle them in and out and have been here for long time as some have many posts (yet they only seem to post on ONE topic and post in the same manner to generate attack is so normal people can be banned). (And for what its worth they often have a location as part of their username)😉

[Heartstrings]

26. This....

+1000!

[Docreed2003]

7. Hmm...

Interesting....especially considering the posts of some folks here of late. It wouldn’t surprise me in the least. But, I’m the world’s worst cynic

[old guy]

28. Damn.

I thought I was the worst.

[Docreed2003]

30. Well Im glad to know I have company!

[old guy]

31. Oh yeah!

[rusty quoin]

8. Im sure they look for mistakes and advantages everywhere. Its what they do.

[XRubicon]

9. His name is "Summers Eve"

[greyl]

11. or LilacFire nt

[world wide wally]

13. Y' think so?

[Duppers]

19. LoL! 😂

Perfect.

[world wide wally]

12. Why wouldn't he?

read my tag line

[nocalflea]

15. "Maybe I'm getting paranoid.'

Dude, we're all "getting paranoid ". Who could possibly blame us ?

I don't know about O'Keefe but "others" are certainly here. Do you think he's running a troll factory ? I wouldn't be surprised.

[Bibluca]

18. More likely to be Russians

O'Keefe prolly doesn't have the resources to make much of an impact on the web, but there certainly are trolls on other sites that clearly have a russian/baltic dialect to their english.

Expect it to flourish again as we get closer to midterms.

[Duppers]

20. Yep, I posted recently

That I thought trolls were altering on posts too.

[ThoughtCriminal]

23. Does it matter?

When there are members doing the work for him for free?

[Iggo]

25. I doubt it. He wouldn't be able to resist bragging about it.

[ret5hd]

27. Wow. I saw this and the first name that came to my mind had already posted a denial!

Maybe not James Okeefe, but...

[questionseverything]

32. great minds and all

"there's no hope,the party bosses minds are made up,give up peasants"

[Kingofalldems]

34. Kick this one.

[ret5hd]

36. And again.

[Kingofalldems]

37. Would not be surprised at all.

[fescuerescue]

38. I think that WAY to much time is spent

being paranoid that someone who disagrees with us might post something disagreeable.

Good ideas are immune to chat-board "disruptions". Never ending witch hunts are more disruptive imo.

In any event, I'm not sure what he would accomplish by posting things here. Then again, maybe he has tens of thousands of posts.

Hard to say. Hard to say.

[muriel_volestrangler]

39. No - no one would pay him enough money for him to try it

He demands hundreds of thousands of dollars from his donors, remember. DU just isn't worth that to anyone. O'Keefe can get his cash screwing up against high profile targets like the Washington Post or Planned Parenthood. The disrupters on DU really are the guys in the basement with a personal obsession.