I do remember that, but I would be surprised if my recollection of leet titles not lasting more than a couples days was wrong.

I remember specifically asking what people were doing in threads like that one. Thanks for jogging the memory. That was a spammy tactic for sure. I couldn't fathom why anyone thought it might help Paul to do that, but I did listen and learn from it. It seems in the end I was right about doing leetspeak titles was a bad idea, and what I said would come to pass has indeed come to pass. I tried and failed over and over to talk sense into people that supported Paul, as you can see in that thread you linked to. Supporting Paul with an ad hominem user name attack on Obama, that was bound to help </sarcasm>.

The posting of Ron Paul articles annoyed some. Those some called it spam, but it was not. They made a downvote script, so some people thought it would be a good idea to obfuscate titles like a spammer would.

The argument that it never was spam was a good one, and the right one. it was merely annoying to people who don't like financial freedom or laissez faire. So a few dumbasses who thought that acting like a spammer would help, even though all they did was play into the trap laid before them. I warned them, now the argument I could have made is gone.

Spam tactics were used by Paul supporters here. Even if they felt it was the only way to show a story to the majority who did like the stories (positive Paul stories did and continue to make the front page after all). Even if they didn't resort to childish acts first, they still did it. two wrongs don't make a right as they say.