so...I'm wondering if any, how many, DU accounts are fake and/or Russian?

[RussBLib]

I have certainly seen some questionable posts here and there on DU.

If the Russians infiltrated Facebook, Twitter, and Google, why wouldn't they try it at DU? Could be beneficial, to them, to discourage hard-core Democrats.

[mbusby]

1. I have no idea what you are talking about...

comrade... dasvidanya.

[virtualobserver]

4. Лорем ипсум долор сит амет, усу не &#1

Иус бруте долорум ет, ад меи синт дицант интерпретарис, поссе яуодси мел но. Мелиус петентиум аргументум цу сеа, ерат волуптатум но иус.

Нисл плацерат вулпутате мел но. Хинц уллум анциллае еу пер. Еам долорем проприае ех. Дицит волуптариа сит ан, еос нибх лаборамус ин. Яуас детрацто цонсеяуунтур яуо ин, сед ат ерос луптатум. Дуо аппареат аццоммодаре дефинитионес ад.

[treestar]

25. LOL

[nolabear]

2. The cock crowd at midnight, tovarisch.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Mine!

I'm fake. I just checked.

[underpants]

5. Me nyet

[PoliticAverse]

6. Доверяй, но проверяй.

[Leith]

7. I Have Suspicions About Several People

While I generally avoid posting in long and contentious threads, I read them. That's where you get to see a lot of posters who are actively doing their best to drive wedges between us. There are some poster names who show up a lot in those.

[Doremus]

16. I've noticed it too. nt

[area51]

18. Agreed. n/t

[lagomorph777]

19. Yup - I often challenge them but I am usually careful about direct accusation.

Deeper research would be in order before I'd do that.

[Whiskeytide]

22. I have seen a few who seem to be one - or maybe two - issue ...

... posters, and always very divisive issues. I also note that, at times, they seem to post essentially the same responses with the same links - over and over again. Sometimes in the same thread, and sometimes in different threads almost simultaneously. Usually without much direct response to the post to which they are actually responding.

Some of these same posters also post A LOT of short and a little out of place "Hi" and "How are you" comments - with multiple smilies. Perhaps that's just their style. To each their own. But that would also be a way of creating post count status.

Of course, I could just be paranoid. My cereal told me that this morning. And the rotors on the black helicopters I can't see or hear consciously thump that same thing in subliminal Morse code. So what do I know?

[demmiblue]

8. Another one?!

I am more concerned about posts trying to make DUers suspicious of one another.

An example: shut down less than 12 hours ago by an admin: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029778665

[Mrs. Overall]

9. Interesting that your name is RUSS.

I have wondered about a certain DU member whose posts always cause me to feel hopeless and frustrated in terms of the Democratic party. To me, it appears that this person intentionally sows seeds of conflict and doubt.

Perhaps there are others.

[fleur-de-lisa]

11. Yep. There are several of those Debbie Downer type posters on DU.

I haven't blocked them, but I don't read their nonsense.

[RussBLib]

12. I have my parents to blame for my name

I can imagine that a post like mine could be construed as trying to foment suspicion, but with all the wierd shit popping up these days leading back to Russia, it made me think about DU. If the Admins decide to lock it, that's cool.

I guess just as bad would be Pollyanna posts that never see anything negative.

Skepticism is a good thing.

[Mrs. Overall]

14. Just teasing you... seeing "Russ" was hard to resist!

My post referred to another DUer whose posts are often negative. But, he/she might just be playing the devil's advocate.

I really don't want to judge other DUers, but honestly, I have wondered about Russian trolls.

[RussBLib]

15. ha! I hadn't even thought of that!

It's funny how we can have a blind spot on things that others can see.

[Snotcicles]

10. Lets ask agent Mike. nt

[.99center]

13. Me I ponder....How the media not coverage of Hillary?!?

Explosion links below!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman
"The symbol for the planet and goddess Venus or Aphrodite in Greek is the sign also used in biology for the female sex.[8] It is a stylized representation of the goddess Venus's hand-mirror or an abstract symbol for the goddess: a circle with a small equilateral cross underneath. The Venus symbol also represented femininity, and in ancient alchemy stood for copper. Alchemists constructed the symbol from a circle (representing spirit) above an equilateral cross (representing matter)."

Huge! Where's the MSM!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium
"
In nature, uranium is found as uranium-238 (99.2739–99.2752%), uranium-235 (0.7198–0.7202%), and a very small amount of uranium-234 (0.0050–0.0059%).[4] Uranium decays slowly by emitting an alpha particle. The half-life of uranium-238 is about 4.47 billion years and that of uranium-235 is 704 million years,[5] making them useful in dating the age of the Earth."

[Mosby]

17. a lot of the DU russian trolls

Post at JPR now.

[jalan48]

20. For What it's Worth

[cemaphonic]

21. There were some incredibly obvious ones over the last 2-3 years

Ever since the Ukraine situation started up. But I am also starting to wonder if some of the posters I dismissed as homegrown trolls and crackpots were just a little more subtle and sophisticated than the "Hey, whats the big deal with Russia just annexing Crimea?" crowd.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

23. The only people I trust here are you and me!

And I’m not sure about you! 😏

[Tommy_Carcetti]

24. You really do have to wonder.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1280212341#post46

[Pachamama]

26. My guess - many since 2008 and certainly since 2014

I have noticed consistently people who drive wedges and actively post or push topics and often with wild stories. One of my favorites was the one about someone's boyfriend being detained and then deported. There are many others and I am sure that our admins are aware too.

[lagomorph777]

27. Since the DU re-do, I can't seem to see historical posts from a user.

It's hard for me to draw a conclusion based on one post, so I am super-cautious about flagging a post. It would help to be able to see the history.

[democratisphere]

28. We are engaged in a cyber war. The Russians are everywhere, including here.

[edbermac]

29. I drink Stolichnaya.

Does that count as being Russian?

[blueinredohio]

30. I live in a very very red area of Ohio so I hear the bullshit all the time and it hasn't changed my

mind so I doubt a Russian post would do it

[AmandaRuth]

31. I've been off and on DU for years

and it seems like there has always been members whose intention is to disrupt. Along with people that love to dismiss, argue, promote , mine, and anything else that goes along with a big tent party discussion board

One thing that astounds me about "this time", is the amount of times I am asked to be on a jury. Like every other time i sign on to DU, I get that message asking if I can serve.

[Madam45for2923]

32. If I were Putin I'd target this site.