Almost 40,000 people registered to vote in the 48 hours afterĀ President BidenĀ announced heĀ was suspendingĀ his reelection campaignĀ and endorsingĀ Vice President Harris,Ā Vote.org said.

Vote.orgĀ said 38,500 new voters registered, representing the largest number of registrations in a 48-hour period this election cycle.

Of the new voter registrations, 83 percent were from people aged 18-34, according to the voting registration nonprofit group.

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    Sorry if this is a bit off topic, but id like to put a gentle reminder here that it doesnā€™t help when political trolls show up pretending to be Democrats and start agitating people and causing infighting. Thereā€™s actually sociology term for it. Covert trolling.

    Sure, not everyone defending biden or those against biden was a troll, but I recently saw enough of them in the mix trying, and succeeding at causing infighting between people who otherwise agree on political issues.

    I find itā€™s helpful to remind myself that a lot of the people espousing inflammatory opinions and generally being rude online are trolls, and they donā€™t reflect the real opinions of most of the population.

    The trolls want to control the Overton window. We stop that by educating ourselves on their tactics, and recognizing them when they show up, and not engaging. They love nothing more than wasting everyoneā€™s time with long comment chains filled with circular arguments.

    Also, your feelings are totally valid, just donā€™t let shitheads make you bitter. Iā€™m sure a chunk of the people you are calling out were instigators, and not people who actually believed what they were saying.

    Sorry for the long comment, and feel free to ignore it if itā€™s unhelpful to you!

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      Sorry if this is a bit off topic, but id like to put a gentle reminder here that it doesnā€™t help when political trolls show up pretending to be Democrats and start agitating people and causing infighting.

      It doesnā€™t help that any time someone disagrees with a centrist, this is the immediate assumption.

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        unfortunately thereā€™s going to be people, often trolls themselves, who weaponize ā€œyouā€™re a trollā€ to silence people. Itā€™s a way to deflect from their own inflammatory behavior. Or, itā€™s someone whoā€™s sick of trolls and they are on high alert for them and had a false positive.
        Thatā€™s why I encourage people to not engage with a suspected troll. Their goal is to prevent productive conversations from happening and they enjoy wasting peopleā€™s time. Instead of disagreeing with them, find someone else in the thread being reasonable and talk with them and contribute to productive and engaging conversations.
        Also, sorry if this comes off a preachy, itā€™s not my intention. Iā€™m just trying to be careful with my wording so I say what I mean and donā€™t accidentally offend.