User blog comment:TDFanatic52/Top 10 Floaters in TD/@comment-25780697-20161104214513/@comment-11883116-20161104220044

From Survivor, floater is someone who is a part of multiple alliances and just switches to the side that is at power at the moment. Our fandom has been using this term incorrectly for years. What we've been describing as "floaters" for years are actually "coattail riders".