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Igel

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36. It's not a bad question.

Sat Feb 17, 2018, 12:30 AM

Feb 2018

Uncomfortable.

It was long after 2014 and 2015.

In fact, it was widely quoted as long as it was suitably anti all the right things. It was booted when it became anti the wrong things. Like HRC.

Many questioned it before that, long before that, but it still remained as a valid source for all our impugning it.

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Honest Question: Was Democratic Underground was trolled by the Russians during 2016 primaries? [View all] RandySF Feb 2018 OP

In a word Glamrock Feb 2018 #1

And a beautiful word at that my friend! Docreed2003 Feb 2018 #43

Of course it was SCantiGOP Feb 2018 #111

Thanks for asking my same question. We had to Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2018 #2

The episode I will never forget RandySF Feb 2018 #6

Sure. Igel Feb 2018 #32

We did have disruptors n/t malaise Feb 2018 #82

And on a related note, I still have to wonder if Putin hacked DU on election night. StevieM Feb 2018 #3

always thought it was part KT2000 Feb 2018 #4

I just asked that question on a different posted - why did that happen? mchill Feb 2018 #8

It was done tnlurker Feb 2018 #14

My gut feeling is YES, the Russian hackers took DU down. Liberal In Texas Feb 2018 #45

The Trump screen was what I saw in a flash before it faded. LuckyLib Feb 2018 #52

What is the "Trump screen?" mchill Feb 2018 #73

Upthread, #45 shows two screens. LuckyLib Feb 2018 #118

I saw that too katmondoo Feb 2018 #86

I'm glad you got that screen shot. yardwork Feb 2018 #106

Oh yes PatSeg Feb 2018 #107

It always seemed so to me -- just a little thing to show what they could do to little people... Hekate Feb 2018 #64

Yes, I thought so too. meadowlander Feb 2018 #114

Yes they did mshasta Feb 2018 #5

Theyre still here Beaverhausen Feb 2018 #7

Yep ornotna Feb 2018 #18

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2018 #29

++++++YES lunasun Feb 2018 #103

I believe so ismnotwasm Feb 2018 #9

There have always been those stirrers on digital modes. Yonnie3 Feb 2018 #30

True ismnotwasm Feb 2018 #91

Thought a bit more about this. Yonnie3 Feb 2018 #96

Yeah pretty much ismnotwasm Feb 2018 #108

There were darn sure some subversives here, and they were planted years ago. Hoyt Feb 2018 #10

How long did it take before RT was finally rejected as a source for LBN? OilemFirchen Feb 2018 #11

It's not a bad question. Igel Feb 2018 #36

I'm pretty sure it was still allowed until early last year. OilemFirchen Feb 2018 #69

RT got widely quoted here because our "progressive friends" were employed by them... Hekate Feb 2018 #71

I am not a huge Hartmann fan. I heard his callers attack Hillary and he rarely argued with them. I Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #90

I never followed Hartmann but knew folks who did. However when I found where he got his paycheck... Hekate Feb 2018 #117

A host said in March 2014 it was an unsuitable source muriel_volestrangler Feb 2018 #75

I'm sure we were Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2018 #12

DU has always had trolls GusBob Feb 2018 #13

And a lot of us on DU will raise any alarms about any 'wierd DU' trolls, that's one thing ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2018 #21

Gone but not forgotten: OilemFirchen Feb 2018 #34

Last Op of go west. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #60

Oh my! It's a veritable whoski whoski! OilemFirchen Feb 2018 #65

Someone seriously slipped a cog Hekate Feb 2018 #72

Wow...I agree! nt SWBTATTReg Feb 2018 #76

Wow. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #80

FFR Purgatory sucks. pintobean Feb 2018 #92

If you want to Pro Russian material, go to JPR Gothmog Feb 2018 #100

Some and some who came to Correct The Record. aikoaiko Feb 2018 #15

Correct the Record was a Russian operation? OilemFirchen Feb 2018 #26

Is that what you think I said? aikoaiko Feb 2018 #33

I think that's what the OP asked. OilemFirchen Feb 2018 #35

And I answered it with "some" and included another group aikoaiko Feb 2018 #37

I could claim to not get your point. OilemFirchen Feb 2018 #40

Well then I thank you for your time. Good night. aikoaiko Feb 2018 #42

Yes. I stopped visiting until after the election. nt jrthin Feb 2018 #16

I am 100% sure reddit was. I have thought that since the beginning. mucifer Feb 2018 #17

Reddit for sure LeftInTX Feb 2018 #28

This all depends on how many layers of the onion you want to peel off. herding cats Feb 2018 #19

Chris Hayes show was just reading from the indictment, R B Garr Feb 2018 #20

I think some posters were influenced by Russia via other websites LeftInTX Feb 2018 #22

I think Ill refer to those vile, evil things as GWC58 Feb 2018 #46

Why would you ask the GD population what the admins found? Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2018 #23

The OP asked us our opinion, not "what the admins found." This isn't meta and it isn't the primaries Hekate Feb 2018 #74

Lol. He literally asked "Did DU administrators ever find evidence of trolling?" Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2018 #112

Конечно, они здесь Stinky The Clown Feb 2018 #24

+1 dalton99a Feb 2018 #93

Yes Leith Feb 2018 #25

Yes probably. Willie Pep Feb 2018 #27

Yes. But even more insidious were the once good Democratic Party members hoodwinked GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #31

Spot on post that deserves its own thread Docreed2003 Feb 2018 #41

Thank you. GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #49

Look bro, Id never alert on that Docreed2003 Feb 2018 #50

I am loving being called a bro! GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #56

Lmao Docreed2003 Feb 2018 #62

No offense at all. GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #66

Nashvegas... Docreed2003 Feb 2018 #68

Hey, I agree with you for what its worth! herding cats Feb 2018 #54

DU is my only online thing. GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #59

I dont Facebook but I do Twitter. herding cats Feb 2018 #63

Yes. There were pop-up Trolls. I experienced one first hand. democratisphere Feb 2018 #38

Yes. Turbineguy Feb 2018 #39

Not just DU...I noticed a lot on minority focused boards.. HipChick Feb 2018 #44

Russian trolls infested left-wing boards and spread lies about Hillary. yardwork Feb 2018 #98

Was not just left wing boards...any board where HRC was discussed.. HipChick Feb 2018 #104

I'm angry with people who should have known better. yardwork Feb 2018 #105

Probably, by a handfull of varieties. greyl Feb 2018 #47

it was an abcious target cause they have power online AlexSFCA Feb 2018 #48

Yes. n/t TygrBright Feb 2018 #51

That DU was hacked on election day speaks volumes still_one Feb 2018 #53

+1000s DinahMoeHum Feb 2018 #101

Oh HELL yes Hekate Feb 2018 #55

I will never forget that night PunksMom Feb 2018 #57

Me too! runtel Feb 2018 #95

Wasn't Active BlueDog22 Feb 2018 #58

Yes Corgigal Feb 2018 #61

Probably... tenderfoot Feb 2018 #67

Considering the size of the Russian operation as it has been laid out, the better question is... stevenleser Feb 2018 #70

Are you kidding? This site was disabled by Russians on Election Day and days after. no_hypocrisy Feb 2018 #77

OP - Nonsense... hexola Feb 2018 #78

You bet. Itchinjim Feb 2018 #79

I'm sure. In fact, even now, someone shows up every so often I'm suspicious of. Vinca Feb 2018 #81

The Hillary-Bernie fight is still going on. Bluepinky Feb 2018 #109

Absolutely. nt LexVegas Feb 2018 #83

I think there was a small percentage. The vast majority of posters were behind Hillary, then there OnDoutside Feb 2018 #84

Of course! vercetti2021 Feb 2018 #85

I used to think people who believed that were paranoid oberliner Feb 2018 #87

Yes. Some of them are still here ms liberty Feb 2018 #88

Yes, and some are still here. I had some on my ignore...and after the election checked on them. Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #89

It probably was, but there were also a number of people here MineralMan Feb 2018 #94

Logic would dictate that it was. parkia00 Feb 2018 #97

A number of the pro russian posters now post on JPR Gothmog Feb 2018 #99

Yup.... and right now... Adrahil Feb 2018 #110

Yes, I believe so. Its no coincidence the site was hacked and down for weeks. onecaliberal Feb 2018 #102

JPR is probably controlled by Russian trolls and a # of formers DUers are there Kaleva Feb 2018 #113

Certainly Saboburns Feb 2018 #115

Keep in mind that bots will also pour gasoline G_j Feb 2018 #116