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pnwmom

(109,024 posts)
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 06:49 PM Mar 2015

A hat tip to the people in MIRT.

A Seattle woman who has been undergoing an extremely prolonged murder trial in Italy is on the radar of a group involved in a systematic character assassination all over the web. Their rhetoric is light on facts and heavy on hate. Some members of this group have been attempting to join DU simply for the purpose of spewing their venom here.

Thank you for distinguishing between DUers who in good faith are not among the Seattle woman's supporters and trolls who are trying to use DU as a platform for their hate speech.

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A hat tip to the people in MIRT. (Original Post) pnwmom Mar 2015 OP
kick immoderate Mar 2015 #1
Thanks! pnwmom Mar 2015 #3
I saw the synopsis you posted. immoderate Mar 2015 #5
For several years I appreciated that we could have civil disagreements here about her pnwmom Mar 2015 #7
There are no "moderators" anymore. I think you mean MIRT. Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #2
Thanks, that's what I meant. n/t pnwmom Mar 2015 #4
Kick. Thanks to MIRT for recognizing it and promptly sweeping it out Hekate Mar 2015 #6
Is this a 4chan deal or something? KamaAina Mar 2015 #8
I don't know. What is a 4chan deal? pnwmom Mar 2015 #9
4chan is a notorious group of intertube bullies KamaAina Mar 2015 #10
Thanks. Maybe some of its members are, but I think most of them pnwmom Mar 2015 #12
Thanks, didn't know that. What a world. appalachiablue Mar 2015 #21
Who might that be? KamaAina Mar 2015 #11
I was thinking that by not mentioning her name I might attract less attention pnwmom Mar 2015 #13
Ah. Pretty akamai. KamaAina Mar 2015 #14
MIRT is amazing hifiguy Mar 2015 #15
Snarf! trumad Mar 2015 #18
I think they prefer "sharpshooters." hifiguy Mar 2015 #19
Agreed! +1! tammywammy Mar 2015 #16
K&R! marym625 Mar 2015 #17
Incredible. Thank you MIRT! appalachiablue Mar 2015 #22
They do great work Omaha Steve Mar 2015 #20
oh yes!!!! irisblue Mar 2015 #23
indeed Colorado Vince Mar 2015 #24
+1000000000000! wyldwolf Mar 2015 #25
There are some very active sickos in the group. I'm sorry that happened to your friend pnwmom Mar 2015 #26
She was more than capable of handling it. wyldwolf Mar 2015 #27

pnwmom

(109,024 posts)
7. For several years I appreciated that we could have civil disagreements here about her
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:02 PM
Mar 2015

without intrusions by the haters. Then, all of a sudden, it was like they discovered DU, and it stopped being a hate-free zone. I'm very grateful that MIRT is on top of this.

pnwmom

(109,024 posts)
12. Thanks. Maybe some of its members are, but I think most of them
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:16 PM
Mar 2015

are associated with Amanda-haters with their own websites, who have drawn millions to their cause.

pnwmom

(109,024 posts)
13. I was thinking that by not mentioning her name I might attract less attention
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:18 PM
Mar 2015

from these people, who I assume have their computers set up to notify them every time any site mentions her.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
14. Ah. Pretty akamai.
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:19 PM
Mar 2015

(smart, clever )

Come to think of it, that might be a way to distract them: set up a bogus website that does nothing but mention her, and let the emotional adolescents click away on that.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
15. MIRT is amazing
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:23 PM
Mar 2015

They can pick off a troll a mile away on the basis of one or two posts.

I almost miss playing with the dopier trolls.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
17. K&R!
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:26 PM
Mar 2015

They, well one kid that didn't go to school today and hid out in the basement on the computer, signed up about 10 times to try and trash my post about Martese Johnson this morning.

Didn't work cuz MIRT was alert!

wyldwolf

(43,873 posts)
25. +1000000000000!
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 09:33 PM
Mar 2015

A female friend of mine's twitter account was mobbed by these trolls because she wrote a supportive tweet about Knox.

pnwmom

(109,024 posts)
26. There are some very active sickos in the group. I'm sorry that happened to your friend
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 10:44 PM
Mar 2015

but I'm not surprised. I've been reluctant to post with my own name for that reason. Some of these people are stalkers.

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