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progressivebydesign

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5. It's more of a groupthink thing when it comes to "concern trolls"
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 01:07 PM
Oct 2012

I've been here since Bush stole the first election. And this surfaces every election. I do feel sorry for the newbies, because they often bear the brunt of the 'troll scorn' because DU gets infested with trolls that try to post every bad poll they can find, every negative story, and often do the "OMG I AM SO NERVOUS I"M GOING TO PUKE!!!" posts. Because it's so prevalent, and because so many on DU are such smartasses, many seem to have taken a challenge with it, to see who can be the smart one that outs a troll first.

Sadly, many new people come here because they ARE worried and concerned, because of what the media has been pushing and the bullshit polls that a lot of new folks don't know are worthless. So it's sort of a bind for new DUers.

The best I can suggest to all newbies. Don't post negative stuff.Spend your first weeks here posting interesting things, commenting on threads that interest you, and read a lot to see which polls are sources are bullshit (like don't post anything from Fox, FR, or Gravis Marketing.) In the ranks of DUers there are people here who have been enlisted by the GOP to demoralize the Democrats, happens every time. But they get found out, after posting negative post after negative post. I can't tell you how many times I've gotten private messages from other DUers lately, that say "Omg, did you read xxxxx's post? they are a total concern troll." No one is asking people to be completely oblivious to the challenge in the next two weeks, but if you're posting stuff that's negative 24/7 and OMG WE ARE DOOMED!! you'll get spanked by the group. Hope that helps.

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