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If you really think they're trolls, then alert on their posts. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2016 #1
MIRT is ... what? ColemanMaskell Sep 2016 #7
Monkeys In Real Trouble? titaniumsalute Sep 2016 #12
MIRT=Malicious Intruder Removal Team CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2016 #20
What a great name! PatSeg Sep 2016 #46
Malicious Intruders Removal Team Fla Dem Sep 2016 #23
That is real "cloak and dagger" stuff. virgogal Sep 2016 #29
Well OK titaniumsalute Sep 2016 #10
Leave them alone. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2016 #2
I typically ignore them lapfog_1 Sep 2016 #3
Well, if you think they're bogus, ColemanMaskell Sep 2016 #4
I think there is a rule against referring to new, or "low post" members as trolls. Lil Missy Sep 2016 #5
Someone might alert on YOU for personally attacking the OP and interfering with forum moderation. demmiblue Sep 2016 #13
That is not a personal attack. Go ahead and alert it. Lil Missy Sep 2016 #14
Good lawd, I am not going to alert on you. demmiblue Sep 2016 #15
Someone did. In_The_Wind Sep 2016 #16
As an SOP violation? demmiblue Sep 2016 #17
It was ... No divisive group attacks In_The_Wind Sep 2016 #18
I did not know that. demmiblue Sep 2016 #21
We are on the endangered list. In_The_Wind Sep 2016 #22
LOL! demmiblue Sep 2016 #25
I'll go batshitcrazy with nothing to do. In_The_Wind Sep 2016 #41
Reminds me of kindergarten---"I'm tellin' the teacher ". virgogal Sep 2016 #28
He is not calling out any individual new member. Big difference. . . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2016 #31
Really?? I never said the word troll...YOU did titaniumsalute Sep 2016 #32
MIRT works hard but some trolls get on, at least for awhile. Shrike47 Sep 2016 #6
low...I'm low but been here forever Demonaut Sep 2016 #8
I don't think they mean posters like us w/long histories and posts in the thousands anneboleyn Oct 2016 #63
This message was self-deleted by its author demmiblue Sep 2016 #9
Instead of calling them out ... Yonnie3 Sep 2016 #11
People with 51,741 posts are the shadiest of all. Orrex Sep 2016 #19
Actually, some are womanofthehills Sep 2016 #27
"Five Figure F***heads", I like to call them SwankyXomb Sep 2016 #30
Then there are some who never MicaelS Sep 2016 #50
I learned the high post count issue after tangling with one who has since left DU anneboleyn Oct 2016 #64
Nice...LOL titaniumsalute Sep 2016 #33
Regular bastards awoke_in_2003 Sep 2016 #58
I have a low post count and I've been here pretty much daily since 2001. There are more trolls mulsh Sep 2016 #24
Yeah I've been around since about 2002 titaniumsalute Sep 2016 #35
Eh, I think the vast majority of people are savvy enough to see that for what it is. Marr Sep 2016 #26
For years, the M.O. you describe has been used by MIs who enter DU on presidential election years. John1956PA Sep 2016 #34
I've never understood post count prejudice. cwydro Sep 2016 #36
it's not just the low post count Skittles Sep 2016 #38
I agree with you there Skittles. cwydro Sep 2016 #39
yup Skittles Sep 2016 #40
I'm very concerned about your post Orrex Sep 2016 #42
I WILL KICK CONCERNED ORREX ASS Skittles Sep 2016 #56
oh they crawl out of the woodwork when they are distressed Skittles Sep 2016 #37
Bring them up to the MIR Team JustAnotherGen Sep 2016 #43
There should be a troll rehabilitation thread Shankapotomus Sep 2016 #44
When I was a very low count poster I found that ... Yonnie3 Sep 2016 #45
It does seem to work out that way... Phentex Sep 2016 #52
I actually don't remember if I was treated well or not titaniumsalute Sep 2016 #53
Yesterday, I was called to 2 juries on just flat out racist posts. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2016 #47
Me either. MicaelS Sep 2016 #49
Eeep! ProfessorGAC Sep 2016 #54
Glad you're not on the welcoming committee bigwillq Sep 2016 #48
Ha. Maybe we should have an exit interview committee, too. Maru Kitteh Oct 2016 #60
anything with trump in headline should have its own forum. Not a single OP about Congress or Senate Sunlei Sep 2016 #51
I troll the repukes MFM008 Sep 2016 #55
Well, I see dead people with high post counts Jersey Devil Sep 2016 #57
Just make a mental note and ignore 'em Blue_Tires Sep 2016 #59
DU over the years canetoad Oct 2016 #61
do a term on MIRT. Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #62
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