We provoked an existential crisis. They couldn't fabricate enough nonsense to drown us, nor could they power politic us off the board with alert swarms.
The strategic error was when Skinner barred all new enrollments. That's when the power politics really took off. Both sides resorted to alert swarms, but the real deciders on the juries were predominantly fair-minded. Being short on facts, the left would resort to emotion more frequently. That tipped the scales against the left. From there, it was all downhill. Not being able to re-enroll put an end the left.
And then there were posters like Mrs. Corpulent, who couldn't bear the thought of having his 2016 predictions and puffery rubbed in his face. He quite despite having an active account. He wasn't the only one to do so, and their absence further undermined the game of raw numbers.
We had facts and righteous indignation on our side. We were destined to win.