They know all about the forum, down to personalities, even though they joined a week ago.
They can tell people what they said on DU2 and link to it.
They've been here two hours, and already they have an avatar, a sig line and an illustration (it took me forever to figure out how to embed a doggone video from YT!)
They have a recognizable writing style.
They get tombstoned for bugging a specific person or persons, and then come back and bug them some more.
If they are a "throwaway sock" they'll have a super-duper "liberal" username, often followed by a number--kind of like those old AOL usernames! Libwarrior29, Progressive246, Dems4EVR984, etc...
I wish they'd just get lives. I would be interested in finding out what motivates these people. I always picture them like that cheater on South Park in World of Warcraft....
Pathetic, but annoying nonetheless. And it turns out that one of the biggest internet trolls ever looks a lot like that guy: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/15/michael-brutsch-reddits-biggest-loses-job-identity-gawker_n_1967727.html
That guy, after being outed (for some unbelievably nasty stuff, too) justified his hate-speech and victimization of innocents by saying I just like riling people up in my spare time. Maybe he should have volunteered at a homeless shelter, or something--or "riled up" politicians to provide better opportunities for the poor and disenfranchised.
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