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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA 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.
immoderate
(20,885 posts)--imm
pnwmom
(109,024 posts)immoderate
(20,885 posts)And the action in that thread.
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pnwmom
(109,024 posts)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.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)And yes, MIRT does a great job.
pnwmom
(109,024 posts)Hekate
(91,003 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)pnwmom
(109,024 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)pnwmom
(109,024 posts)are associated with Amanda-haters with their own websites, who have drawn millions to their cause.
appalachiablue
(41,198 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Courtney Love?
pnwmom
(109,024 posts)from these people, who I assume have their computers set up to notify them every time any site mentions her.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)(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)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.
Mirt Snipers.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)tammywammy
(26,582 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)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!
appalachiablue
(41,198 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,845 posts)irisblue
(33,053 posts)Colorado Vince
(99 posts)wyldwolf
(43,873 posts)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)but I'm not surprised. I've been reluctant to post with my own name for that reason. Some of these people are stalkers.
wyldwolf
(43,873 posts)I really can't imagine these people's motivations.