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I think I see a lot of new posters here...


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2022 Mar 16, 6:01pm   1,617 views  19 comments

by richwicks   ➕follow (2)   💰tip   ignore  

What do the more regulars think of that?

I don't want to alienate any of the people that are recently more active, but (without doing too much work to verify it), it seems like there's a lot of people posting here in the last month or so.

I often talk about propaganda and loving to spot it. I have to wonder (although I could be mistaken) if a lot of people posting here aren't part of a PR firm.

If there are people doing that who are reading this, consider if your paycheck is worth it for a nuclear war which is what you may not realize is being pushed. If there's WWIII it will be nuclear, and if there's a nuclear war, there's nobody that isn't on the front line. You willing to risk yourself, your family, your parents, your children, and your friends for a paycheck?

Maybe I'm just paranoid, but there's been many times I was paranoid that I found out later I was correct to be paranoid.

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1   Booger   2022 Mar 16, 6:07pm  

Are you sure that it's not someone who changed their username?
2   Onvacation   2022 Mar 16, 6:10pm  

There are, and always have been, some pretty obtuse people on here who just spout propaganda and can't give any cogent responses to questions that contradict their narrative. Either trolls or those people who wear masks while driving on the freeway alone.
3   Hircus   2022 Mar 16, 6:14pm  

I havent been very active the past month or so, but I've seen some unfamiliar names interested in real estate, which this website has a long history for, and may be piquing interest due to the economic conditions / inflation / war / etc...
4   stereotomy   2022 Mar 16, 6:46pm  

The stats say it all, barring username changes (and that's a BIG IF). I've lurked since 2005, and only joined in the last year or so, mostly because (1) I value my privacy, and (2) Patrick's move to HTTPS , etc. meant that I had to step up otherwise miss a lot of content.
5   Al_Sharpton_for_President   2022 Mar 16, 6:47pm  

richwicks says
and if there's a nuclear war, there's nobody that isn't on the front line.
Should finally lower home prices in the affected areas, no?
6   🎂 Tenpoundbass   2022 Mar 16, 7:08pm  

Where did Jack go, didn't he post a new thread this morning about a video on Russia's failure in Ukraine?

Did he get the boot, what was the final straw?
7   GreaterNYCDude   2022 Mar 16, 7:49pm  

I've been here long enough to see people come and go... and even cone back again. I've only changed my username once... I went by EastCoastBubbleBoy way back when this site was almost exclusively dedicated to Real Estate and housing. Back then it was an oais of sanity when everyone had the "real estate only goes up!" mantra and I was on the outside looking in.

Patrick would have the metrics and trends on new accounts (obviously) but being an optimist I'd like to think that the influx is people who are looking for an alternate view separate from the MSM. That said a healthy dose of paranoia isn't a bad thing in my view; now more than ever it seems evyone has an agenda.

Despite it all (because let's be honest there are a few loonies.. and I don't mean Canadians) I find the content engaging enough that this place is still a daily read after almost two decades. It makes me laugh, it makes me think and HunterTits NSFW thread always gets me "up" when I'm feeling down.
8   richwicks   2022 Mar 16, 8:07pm  

Booger says
Are you sure that it's not someone who changed their username?


No, I'm not.

I didn't realize we could change usernames not that I'd care to.
9   richwicks   2022 Mar 16, 8:14pm  

GreaterNYCDude says
Patrick would have the metrics and trends on new accounts (obviously) but being an optimist I'd like to think that the influx is people who are looking for an alternate view separate from the MSM.


I'm just posing the question. I could do metrics on this site to find out, but not without pissing Patrick off. I'd have to download the entire site which I could do, but that really would be an asshole thing to do. I wouldn't be able to trace username changes. It's not my right to do this, Patrick alone has the right. If I was like "FUCK PATRICK", I'd consider doing it, but I don't feel any animosity toward him.

I feel as though there is a propaganda campaign POSSIBLY going on, but I also think people should expect propaganda, and not depend on the site owner to indicate it through statistics. I think people have been hand held far too much. Propaganda is never going to way, it's up to each individual to recognize it and I know that large companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Google will NEVER admit to a propaganda campaign. People have to learn to recognize them for themselves.

Now having said this, maybe I'm paranoid and/or full of shit. I'm not drawing a conclusion, I'm just leaning in a direction. You certainly shouldn't trust me. I make mistakes and grossly incorrect conclusions all the time.
10   Onvacation   2022 Mar 16, 9:02pm  

richwicks says

I feel as though there is a propaganda campaign POSSIBLY going on

Sometimes the biggest purveyors of propaganda are its victims.
11   richwicks   2022 Mar 16, 9:56pm  

Onvacation says
richwicks says

I feel as though there is a propaganda campaign POSSIBLY going on

Sometimes the biggest purveyors of propaganda are its victims.


Well, certainly. It cannot be possible that all the people screaming that we "mask up" and "get the shot" were propagandists, they were victims.

Most people are NPCs. NON propagandists want to convince them, but propagandists, they are happy just to program them. It's a disadvantage, but really, if you can't convince them - do you really want to save them?
12   clambo   2022 Mar 16, 10:01pm  

No PR firm would pay someone to post on here; there’s no potential for a profit so why bother.

There’s not going to be a nuclear war.

Putin is losing his misguided military adventure thereby making NATO more determined and Russians poorer, except for the dead conscripts who cannot use money.

I’ll be pissed off if there’s nuclear war, all of my retirement planning would be for nothing.
13   Patrick   2022 Mar 16, 11:10pm  

Booger says
Are you sure that it's not someone who changed their username?


If you click on a user name, you should see the date that they registered.

So that helps to distinguish new and old users.

My own registration is the first one in the database: "joined 2005 Apr 3, 9:31am". The site did exist for years before that (I think I got the domain name in 1996) but I didn't have a proper database until 2005.
14   Patrick   2022 Mar 16, 11:14pm  

clambo says
I’ll be pissed off if there’s nuclear war, all of my retirement planning would be for nothing.



Me too. I finally get to retire, and then get blown up? Unfair!
15   Misc   2022 Mar 17, 1:32am  

There is a plethora of propagandists all over the WEB. It's not just here.

The ones taking differing positions on factions from India are quite open about it.

Others are not so open about their sponsors.

Yes, even a little blog like patrick.net attracts them.
16   WillyWanker   2022 Mar 17, 2:16am  

Patrick says
Booger says
Are you sure that it's not someone who changed their username?


If you click on a user name, you should see the date that they registered.

So that helps to distinguish new and old users.

My own registration is the first one in the database: "joined 2005 Apr 3, 9:31am". The site did exist for years before that (I think I got the domain name in 1996) but I didn't have a proper database until 2005.



I was wondering when I first started tuning into your forum and I think it must have been 2003 or so, maybe even 2002. That's when would search out real estate bubble blogs and follow them. I think there used to be a link to other housing bubble forums on Patrick.net, amiright?
17   Booger   2022 Mar 17, 3:19am  

New people here might be more evidence of a real estate bubble...
18   Patrick   2022 Mar 17, 5:07am  

WillyWanker says
I think there used to be a link to other housing bubble forums on Patrick.net, amiright?


Yes, I used to have a list of them on here.
19   clambo   2022 Mar 17, 8:12am  

Lefties should know that total loss from nuclear mega death is about 200 million in the beginning, then up to about 550 million from starvation after nuclear winter ruins food production.

They will be glad that it’s going to stay mostly in the northern hemisphere, so African and South Americans can continue to breed and repopulate the wasteland someday, replacing the evil whiteys.

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