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Kali

(55,017 posts)
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 10:42 AM Mar 2012

lounge host openings

hey all,
there are 4 slots open and I think a couple more open up today
the lounge is pretty easy to host - there are hardly ever any alerts and if you haven't hosted yet it gives you access to the host forum so you can check out how that part of DU works.

click on the "about this forum" button and scroll down to "apply"

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lounge host openings (Original Post) Kali Mar 2012 OP
*sigh!* HappyMe Mar 2012 #1
welcome! Kali Mar 2012 #2
I don't have any posts hidden. HappyMe Mar 2012 #3
I signed up too. geardaddy Mar 2012 #4
It's tempting but .... GoneOffShore Mar 2012 #5
Im'ma start alerting everything in sight...you Lounge hosts have had it too easy MrCoffee Mar 2012 #6
Hey now. HappyMe Mar 2012 #7
Trial by fire, HappyMe. OTSS...only the strong survive! MrCoffee Mar 2012 #8
Bring it on! HappyMe Mar 2012 #13
You're going down. Dr. Strange Mar 2012 #9
Alerting - abuse of power MrCoffee Mar 2012 #11
Darn... TZ Mar 2012 #15
wait... I was promised POWER! nadine_mn Mar 2012 #21
Wee lucky number 20 is me! nadine_mn Mar 2012 #10
Once I take out rug, Hutzpa, and pacalo, you'll move up to 17. Dr. Strange Mar 2012 #12
OMG TZ Mar 2012 #16
I told you it was my lucky day. Rosie1223 Mar 2012 #18
Now I know where you got your name. rug Mar 2012 #17
Do we have code words I need to know - I am new to all this nadine_mn Mar 2012 #19
Ahem! HappyMe Mar 2012 #14
Whew - I hate being a killer... even of threads. Now I need a new superpower nadine_mn Mar 2012 #20
I see that I'm still on the waiting list. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2012 #22
I am extremely busy keeping watch over the Maryland Forum and the Sports Group!!! madinmaryland Mar 2012 #23
you know Kali. there was a time.... Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2012 #24

Kali

(55,017 posts)
2. welcome!
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 11:53 AM
Mar 2012

yes the need to have a star (and no hidden posts) seems to have not been programmed, I have a hidden post and discussed it in the host forum and several hosts (at least in the lounge - I hadn't noticed in other forums) have been/were starless.

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
3. I don't have any posts hidden.
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 11:59 AM
Mar 2012

I wish I had the $$ to renew, but I can't afford right now.
I'm figuring this is the easiest place of all to host.

edited to add --- Thank you for your kind welcome.

GoneOffShore

(17,340 posts)
5. It's tempting but ....
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 01:12 PM
Mar 2012

The less time I spend on DU the better my blood pressure is.

And I don't think I have the necessary temperament to host.

My sense of snark and lack of patience would do me in. I think to be a host one probably has to have the ability to suffer fools to an extent.

I don't suffer fools gladly.

MrCoffee

(24,159 posts)
6. Im'ma start alerting everything in sight...you Lounge hosts have had it too easy
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 01:27 PM
Mar 2012

This TOS violating grand guignol hive of scum and villainy has gone unregulated for far too long.

Dr. Strange

(25,921 posts)
9. You're going down.
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 02:41 PM
Mar 2012

Down like a...well, I don't know, like something that goes down. Goes down fast.

That's right.

MrCoffee

(24,159 posts)
11. Alerting - abuse of power
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 02:58 PM
Mar 2012

Assuming, of course, that Lounge hosts have anything even remotely resembling power around here.

TZ

(42,998 posts)
15. Darn...
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 03:26 PM
Mar 2012

If I had known you were still around Java boy I would not have quit as host. I would have banned you from the lounge so fast, you'd HAVE to join FB to snark at us.

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
21. wait... I was promised POWER!
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 07:31 PM
Mar 2012

Because I didn't sign up to be Lounge Host for the fame or drama.

Now you say the "superpower" promise is just a ruse to make us read copycat threads and look at pics of LOLcats?

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
10. Wee lucky number 20 is me!
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 02:52 PM
Mar 2012

I had no idea hosts have superpowers....my super power must be "thread killer"

Dr. Strange

(25,921 posts)
12. Once I take out rug, Hutzpa, and pacalo, you'll move up to 17.
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 02:59 PM
Mar 2012

Don't say anything to rug. Our chief weapon is surprise. And fear, etc.

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
19. Do we have code words I need to know - I am new to all this
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 07:27 PM
Mar 2012

I thought our chief weapon was circular reasoning?

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
20. Whew - I hate being a killer... even of threads. Now I need a new superpower
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 07:29 PM
Mar 2012

Hmmm maybe invisibility is available

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
24. you know Kali. there was a time....
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 12:28 AM
Mar 2012

a lot of people around here hate these guys but, sums it up pretty well, I think

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