you really worked up a lot of animosity toward the departed in your...less than two months here...?

That's your right but it comes off as kinda sketchy when you show up with a new ID and go right to jumping into the middle of a bunch of DU drama, acting like you know people and saying you want people tombstoned.

trashing DUers. This looks like a job for MIRT.

Not getting off to a good start.

she has an ATA question pending.

The admins can see all.

but thanks for playing.

Does it really matter who killed the old account, admin or the user? Admin says some banned members can come back, under a new name, as long as they don't continue the same behavior that got them banned. If a non-banned member wants to start over with a new user name, because they don't want the reputation they've created, I would still call that a zombie.

except when you're the one trying to do it (your failure notwithstanding).

you constantly rail against posting against other posters in the way you are precisely doing right now.

either you think it's okay to do it or you don't. thinking it's okay when you do it and not when others do it is hypocritical to say the least. and it's being charitable to call you hypocritical, when in fact, you save this behavior to attack liberal posters here.

nor someone who was banned and is back making trouble under a new name.

I'm aware of that link where tenderfoot explained the reason for the new name. Skinner apparently confirmed that tenderfoot was granted a do-over. MIRT members apparently were unaware of this, thus the confusion.

OTOH, juries can hide tenderfoot's posts just as easily as anyone else's. That's the self-policing mechanism for those of us who have been around longer than a gnat's lifespan.

fuck dkf.

dkf was never going to run me off... I had her pegged a long time ago, as did 99% of DU.

dkf so that makes this thread even more strange.

Sid

posted on in December about this troll. Unfortunately, the link wont work now.

S/he was a Wall Street worshiper, but not all that combative really

Meh

with the occasional "Benghazi, Benghazi...who cares about Romney's tax returns..."

nt.

Thanks, though, for giving me a better sense of how things work around here. I've seen a few figures here and there but had no idea that someone at DU could by now have served hundreds of times.

It is not surprising, she probably served 100% of the time.

My chances of serving on a jury are 100%. I'm on DU almost every day - mostly just reading, rarely posting - but I generally get called to jury a post about once or twice a week. A lot depends on the time of day a person is on DU. Many days I'm here very early in the morning, before things really get jumping.

I enjoy doing the jury thing, and only rarely turn it down. It's really not that time-consuming. The only times I've declined is when I find myself looking at a post in an unfamiliar forum or group, and I just can't get a clear take on what's going on the thread.

It's not difficult if you have been around a while, have a star and no hidden posts.

Because a lot of the bizarre things I see posted here come from posters using that avatar?

Is it just a coincidence?

Best ever.

And on edit, don't you judge me for my sigline...

Oh, you think no one has noticed, do you?

Makes n-dimensional chess look like rock, paper, scissors.

Series..

An illustration by the brilliant Kelly Freas for a story by the equally brilliant Fredric Brown.

"It's not easy being green." -Kermit

I think I actually may have read that, once, back in the day, even.

I have never belonged to any clique here on DU. As a social democrat ideologically myself, I know there are like minded DUers here but I hardly think of them as a clique and I found dfk's disingenuous posts very irksome.

I didn't mean to offend. I'm still trying to figure things out and peg everyone.

There are some here who have to keep copious notes on everybody because they have the uncanny ability to bring up every flamewar a person has taken part in, what they think about any number of things, and--who knows--quite possibly the names of their firstborns.

I threw my pegs away a while ago and try to deal with people fresh faced. Sure, I disagree with people, but I don't keep notes.

they're probably not that much of a jerk.

If you have to keep notes to remember why or when someone was a jerk, there are better hobbies.

It's just, for some reason, people just like me when I'm raging like the Hulk and spouting profanities or shaming people.

(Also, I'm King of the Lounge. )

Several good LGBT posters were run off by a little clique that swarmed and snarked at them until they flamed out.

That clique is still here and still swarming and snarking, by the way.

Worse than ever.

I took off for a very long time, thanks to the "pony brigade" and their concerted effort to drive off/ban actual Democrats.

than right wing opinions, to tell the truth.

The average DUer is more than smart enough to dispose of those, but the whole stalk, snark, and swarm thing ruins any sense of community we might have and drives off smart posters.

It's been an even bigger problem since the advent of DU3... the self-anointed leaders and deciders on who is a good Dem and who is not.

It practically takes a death threat level of personal attack to get a post hidden now, which is why we are heading toward a Youtube comments level of discourse.

The greater transparency is a major improvement, though--no more hiding the evidence.

Is what I expect in grade school

I remain in contact with at least three of them on FB.

A good guy and a genuine Democrat and progressive, but he finally got tired of being harassed and fired back. Oops. He got the boot.

I no longer post any serious analysis here.

But we do have a bully problem

that very little serious analysis is needed..The NSA issues however do require serious analysis..

Foreign Policy as well.

So where do you post??

Unfortunately, the only people in a position to do anything about it prefer to look the other way, or, worse yet, blame the victims. Of course, that's how it usually works in real life, too.

I know the juries are to keep a watch on posting and calling people out, but maybe a small group that has been here a while and seen the patterns of true DUers and trolls and can recommend troll activity for the admins to decide to boot. That's what happened with DFK, A DUer e-mailed them with concerns. They're busy with any number of issues they have to deal with here, maybe s specific mini group as their eyes and ears would help?

(I say this because I, too, also spent a long time away from DU because the atmosphere got so tainted I couldn't stand to continue to wade through the mess)

And anyway, the current environment, and has zero to do with DKF, keeps me from posting here anything more than atta boys any longer.

But I'm suggesting a solid group that stays tight, is recognized for their posts over the years and has a proven recognition for trolls. I've watched the discussions about the banned 'DUer' and you can see who's had their eyes open and the admins know who's been around and their patterns of posting. It would be a measured and controlled effort, not a troll hunting free-for-all. It wouldn't be prudent to give someone that kind of power over posters at DU, would it?

let's call it what it is. And clear posting standards, and no personal attacks allowed whatsoever.

All those three things were thrown away for a Lord of the Flies environment.

I will keep to atta boys and posting away from DU any real thinking analysis.

When this is attacked by some of the swarm...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023921037

It is evidence that bully behavior is not just tolerated, but encouraged.

wouldn't put up with it anymore. Kinda like Obama not putting up with Ted Cruz and his insane party anymore.

said "Enough is Enough".. already!

I remember going round and round with her in 2009 before I left for two years and then when I came back it was the sos of course. So, Ignore it was.

We have to look out for our health.. bottom line.

been not feeling well.. to put it mildly! I was sick too.. and got behind in RL so took my much needed R&R!

I blame it on the stress we were under.. coincidently happened right after it was over.

Mean, snarky, right-wing, rude...boom! Goes on the ignore never to be seen again!

a few have me on ignore.. as I saw before that info went boom!

Everyone of them should have their memberships reinstated post haste.

the baiting techniques to give them a reason to alert on something you said even if out of context. I now just leave them unanswered. If they are too obnoxious they go on my ignore list.

I don't like using 'ignore' and just hope that obnoxious disruptors don't last too long.

Since it hides entire subthreads that the ignored person participated in.

FOREVER ago. I get a lot better experience of du without the sexists, the misogynists, and the verbal bullies.

I only have that one on ignore. It would be nice to put a lot more on it but I think it's important to rebut the bs that spouts from them, even though mostly they don't actually post anything of substance. That also means they have a hard time backing up their snide retorts/claims so you can usually get to the point where it's obvious they have nothing to back up their claims. But if the claims go unquestioned they are left standing as if they are true.

What did that poster write about anyway - I don't recall.