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And then when you click on it, you realize it's either a bullshit post or a repeat of 20 others in the day.

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Sorry, I couldn't resist.

And don't assume everyone knows whatever nicknames you like to use. Just put the real name in the title..

Protip; your clever little rhyming name for whatever D-List news channel personality you’re posting about is both stupid and bewildering. Just use their name.

instead of just posting a link with nothing else.

because they only post OPs that are simply links. I refuse to give clicks to suck posters - and their websites.

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I have a post in the bho group with like 56k views, because people outside DU were looking for that info.

Google has their web crawlers all over this place.

Eta 57.8k:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/11025883

Don’t even try to find out what they’re about.

It sure seemed that way during the primaries.

fit in the limited space available and once they get it down to size it makes absolutely no sense. It's funny sometimes... but I still skip them.

I hate clickbait -- and it's especially annoying when I'm on a small device rather than a real computer.

I would love to have the admins add a script to add the words "From Twitter" whenever anyone posts tweets. If I wanted to read Twitter stuff, I would get an account over there.

Try responding to those three with no further revelatory information in the post.

Thank you, luvMIdog.

n/t

Sometimes I'm sure I'm hilarious, but I ain't.

There's already so much content here that I don't ever get to!

100%. This has irked me for a long, long time.

Sone of these op's are real energy sinks, particularly the ones that masquerade as legit news only to end up with some meme or one liner.

Other people may need such things, I definitely do not.

Dialog aimed at Trump or [insert Republican dick head of choice here] are awkward and kind of embarrassing, I mean, neither Trump or any Republican adversaries are going to read it, so who's that stuff really for, the rest of us?

Hint: we all know how each other feels, it's not necessary to smash that to atoms and back.

(Humor), or (opinion) in the subject line would be considerate. Not contributing to other members' junk data overload should hopefully take priority over click bait style titles that boost thread views.

Maybe a color coded system that tells you the length of the post?

...when a thread starts with a tweet only, I'd like to know ahead....

Located here:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1002

Locate the words "Trash this forum" and select.

Problem solved.

You're welcome.

I found myself wondering what people on DU have to gain by feeding fellow DUers clickbait.

I once started a thread titled THIS!! with the message being:

"I have seen so many threads titled THIS that had a lot of recs I just wanted to see how many recs a thread titled THIS!! gets."

I got a couple of recs for it!

I want to know if its Sarah or Bernie.

Thank you

So many times I was so surprised to see what Bernie Sanders said something ridiculous only to find it was Sara.

Colonel Sanders was saying.

Sorry, but everyone aren't watching the same thing thing as you or can read your mind. Let us know what the bell you're talking about!

Many of those fall into the category of "preposterous." The idea that a DU poster is the ONLY ONE to think something. Hmm, how about NO!

...

I skip them when I have idea what the subject is. If inadvertently open one then I trash it.

Yep, I see what you mean.

like SO-AND-SO JUST DIED! I try to respond on the first thread posted but it's not always easy. Before I would start an OP about it, I would look to see if it's already posted and usually it is.

I sort GD by start time to find the first post.

And if I realize that I posted a dupe, I delete the post.

"Good citizens check for dupes" used to be encouraged here.

THIS doesn't help: Smith ahead in Senate Battle.

THIS does: Smith (D-State) ahead in Senate Battle.

Not everybody knows who "Smith" is, what party he/she's affiliated with, and what state he/she lives in.

Happy New Year!

Within about 5 secs, I can google to find out more information?
Folks need to stop being thread police..if you don't want to read it, don't open it....move on to the next thread..
DU is not a single source information

No, I don't HAVE to do anything, you presumptuous authoritarian.

Lack of context is just annoying, and seems to imply the OP cares not if they waste people's time.

I'd think most DUers are no longer in Jr. HS.

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And while I'm here, please also:
1) trim off the query string "?s=21" on tweet links
2) use "its" for the possessive case
3) provide some text as to what a video has and its length

Gesh, this was really cathartic lmao

Cheers and HNY my fellow Libtards