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Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts) Fri Jul 31, 2015, 06:42 AM Jul 2015

We can post meta discussions now?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7025222

This is not a comment on the validity of the linked thread or not but just a general question.

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We can post meta discussions now? (Original Post) Shankapotomus Jul 2015 OP

ibftl joshcryer Jul 2015 #1

No, we cannot! In_The_Wind Jul 2015 #2

Then how did that thread survive? Shankapotomus Jul 2015 #4

The consensus was to leave the op as "not all meta is disruptive". In_The_Wind Jul 2015 #6

Okay. Thank you Shankapotomus Jul 2015 #7

Only if they generate 400 responses, aka heavy meta BeyondGeography Jul 2015 #3

Ah, favoritism. Shankapotomus Jul 2015 #5

And yet, out of all the Meta posts tkmorris Jul 2015 #16

Our directions are: Meta is OK, Disruptive Meta is not OKNancy Jul 2015 #8

IBTL nt Javaman Jul 2015 #9

This will be a good test... SidDithers Jul 2015 #10

ok i will ask the dumbest question of the day restorefreedom Jul 2015 #11

It's discussion about the rules and culture of DU el_bryanto Jul 2015 #12

ok thx. nt restorefreedom Jul 2015 #13

IBTL, but it's a good question. nt stevenleser Jul 2015 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author olddots Jul 2015 #15

Plenty of meta threads have been posted and left. Eg, a host of this forum posted sabrina 1 Jul 2015 #17

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)

1. ibftl

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 06:48 AM

Jul 2015

One does not talk meta about meta!

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

2. No, we cannot!

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 06:50 AM

Jul 2015

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)

4. Then how did that thread survive?

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 06:56 AM

Jul 2015

Does the poster know Skinner personally? It's totally meta.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

6. The consensus was to leave the op as "not all meta is disruptive".

Reply to Shankapotomus (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 07:05 AM

Jul 2015

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)

7. Okay. Thank you

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #6)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 07:07 AM

Jul 2015

As for this thread, I'm sure it will self-destruct in 1...2....

BeyondGeography

(39,377 posts)

3. Only if they generate 400 responses, aka heavy meta

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 06:55 AM

Jul 2015

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)

5. Ah, favoritism.

Reply to BeyondGeography (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 07:00 AM

Jul 2015

So progressive of DU.

tkmorris

(11,138 posts)

16. And yet, out of all the Meta posts

Reply to Shankapotomus (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 11:50 AM

Jul 2015

THIS one is the one that caused you to complain. That's interesting.

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)

8. Our directions are: Meta is OK, Disruptive Meta is not

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 07:21 AM

Jul 2015

Sometimes it's hard to define what is disruptive.
Additionally, hosts are to only judge the OP.

Javaman

(62,533 posts)

9. IBTL nt

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 11:22 AM

Jul 2015

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)

10. This will be a good test...

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 11:28 AM

Jul 2015

There's nothing disruptive about your OP, so it shouldn't be locked.

Sid

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)

11. ok i will ask the dumbest question of the day

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 11:38 AM

Jul 2015

what is a meta discussion?

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)

12. It's discussion about the rules and culture of DU

Reply to restorefreedom (Reply #11)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 11:40 AM

Jul 2015

It's talking about talking - hence it's meta.

Bryant

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)

13. ok thx. nt

Reply to el_bryanto (Reply #12)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 11:42 AM

Jul 2015

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)

14. IBTL, but it's a good question. nt

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 11:45 AM

Jul 2015

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sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)

17. Plenty of meta threads have been posted and left. Eg, a host of this forum posted

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 11:52 AM

Jul 2015

his own 'sarcastic' we are told, thread about another DUer which sparked hundreds of purely meta responses. If that original obviously meta thread had been locked by hosts of the forum, the others would not have resulted.

So maybe standards need to be clarified. Is it okay for a host of a forum to get into the meta business or not?

And what constitutes meta? Slamming long time DUers in GD 'sarcastically' eg causing hundreds of comments that are pure meta to disrupt the forum?

Apparently meta is okay when a host posts it, so then it becomes difficult to change the standards when the host's thread isn't locked no?

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