I remember the days of DU when

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21. Do they?

First of all, we no longer have moderators. We have MIRT - Malicious intruder removal team. They do a great job of catching and removing newbie intruders, sock puppets, previously banned members, when, or shortly after, they register to become members.

There was a huge influx of new members beginning mid July this year. August was even worse. And then there are those who came a little late to the game, but came they did, and continue to arrive.

It's difficult to recognize and ban intruders if they keep a low profile after first arriving. Once they are no longer looked upon as newbs it is pretty much out of MIRT's hands. Then there are old timers who have been disrupting forever but know where to draw the line. There are previously banned members with sock puppet accounts. And there are old accounts that are only active during certain political "motivations" shall we say.

Do you know who they are? I certainly don't though I have some deep suspicions of more than a few.