As far as knowing people well, I have known some of the posters here since late 2002, when I was a junior in high school, and it has been pretty cool to chat with them that long. It makes it worthwhile hanging around, because there are a lot of disagreeable people as well. I am a centre-right guy who was an apologist for the neocons and Bush when I was 17, but have been extremely exposed to some brilliant libertarian minds that I now drift somewhere between paleoconservatism and libertarianism, and caucused for Ron Paul in 2008 (mostly as a statement). Legion Troll is the term coined by the site admin (Damocles) to describe one poster who has created a plethora of accounts on this site, one of which happens to be Legion Troll as a parody of the term. That account has been actively handing out mass amounts of reputation (the thanks/groans option) of late, and you will undoubtedly find yourself in our position regarding that. Welcome aboard!!