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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOMG! I have been mentioned on Discussionist!
Not as many times as Will Pitt or Brooklynite but I did get a nasty mention (something about "hot air') Is there a prize????????????
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)House of Roberts
(5,182 posts)I suck at keeping score too.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)How proud the owners must be.
xfundy
(5,105 posts)I'm assuming they do it for the money. If those people on Discussionist are willing to buy bullshit, as they obviously are, I'd sell it to them in a flash while feeding the bull Ex-Lax and offering them milkshakes.
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)Create a site they don't interact with or care about and left it to whomever comes along.
Much like it seems they are aiming for here.
If DU folks want to influence that site they can sign up, post, and get involved in the jury pools and run it how they think a site should be run.
Some of us have done so, but the right wing has better success at forming the site how they want it. Du has way more than enough people to sign up, post, and change the landscape of it. But they don't want to.
So not sure why folks complain so much about it, no one is keeping folks here from getting involved in it.
Perhaps, in the end, it was a social experiment. Give people the ability to run a site, see who takes advantage of it, and sit back and watch. DU'ers like a quasi moderated site, and then complain about the moderation. And when not upset over that complain about the juries - which work slightly better here than there (but not by much).
My take: Sites like Di with no moderation are just plain lazy. Look at really well done sites, like reddit, where you have a healthy mix of moderation on a large scale and small.
The owners of both sites don't want to be involved (look at ask the admins). Di had potential but it was abandoned by both the admins and people here who couldn't stomach views contrary to theirs (not talking about the trolling style posts).
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)The conservatives are fun to play with and cannot argue
bravenak
(34,648 posts)You guys have all the fun!!
xfundy
(5,105 posts)You look like a very sweet and kind person.
panader0
(25,816 posts)She's sweet and kind too...
bravenak
(34,648 posts)I saw them awhile back. Still, kittens and puppies have teeth and roses have thorns, and she's just being who she is as are we all. I don't blame her for fighting back and protecting herself and her cubs.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Thank you, I feel better.
xfundy
(5,105 posts)Don't worry, I'm not coming on to you. I'm gay.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Somebody said that same exact thing to me last week when he pulled down his pants to show me a bruise.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)hfojvt
(37,573 posts)I coulda been somebody. Coulda been a contenda.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Our names should be in lights!
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Work harder!
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Which is, really, an honor and indication that you're doing it right!
shenmue
(38,506 posts)babylonsister
(171,091 posts)Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)it doesn't really look like a place I would frequent.
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)Historic NY
(37,453 posts)its making this place a sack of shit.
Number23
(24,544 posts)like it there. I guess it should come as no coincidence that these same folks cannot shit on Democrats or this president any harder and are also always saying how much "common ground" they've discovered with the right wing Republican trolls on DI.
Even if this board rallied a million dollars to buy them a clue, I think the painfully, blatantly obvious would still sail right over their heads.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)I like a fairly moderated site. There has to be some moderation, or a site will be overrun with spam, porn, etc. If a site is well-moderated, then you have a decent amount of order. Contention can get out of hand quickly. You also have hurtful people and those who like to bully. There are still a lot of hateful/hurtful words that need to be moderated. Bullying and such is up and the internet is the new playground.