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Hi, everybody! I discovered DU right after the horrible so-called 2016 "election," and I love this place! It helps me hold on to the few shreds of sanity I have left. Now the other day I clicked on a thread which mentioned the "The Discussionist," and curiosity killed the cat - I checked that place out, and I'm baffled. They actually have a forum where you can link to a thread here and discuss it there? What's up with that? I'm sure my question has been answered before, but I can't find anything very helpful about this. Can someone tell me what's up with that?
Thanking in advance anyone who takes the time to reply!
LonePirate
(13,426 posts)The left and center political folks have largely left Discussionist so it is dominated by right wing crazies. Dissenting and differing posts, comments, etc. are locked and hidden by juries which are overwhelmingly comprised of these right wingers. The site is effectively a garbage site and a failed experiment. It should be shut down but I guess it brings in some revenue so it remains open.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)If you don't like it, don't go there.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Like klan meetings...
Yet woe to us all should we voice our disgust with their existence, as the pretense of cleverness responds with "Don't like them, don''t go to them..."
Shrug, part deux.
Locutusofborg
(525 posts)I lean left in my politics. I post here and I post at the Discussionist. I take on the conservatives on a daily basis and I have never had a post censored. I participate in the Discussionist juries on obscene or abusive posts and since I am pretty much a First Amendment absolutist, I rarely vote to hide any post.
Frostlight
(90 posts)A few months after I joined, I wrote a post explaining what was going to happen with the site. I saw that, because of the jury system that they used, the site was vulnerable to the tribal tactics of conservatives. I TOLD Skinner that they would game the jury system by ALWAYS voting to punish 'liberals' and ALWAYS voting to acquit conservatives. That way the jury pool would slowly become populated by conservative majorities who would NEVER vote on merits... they would just undertake the slow process of purging non-conservatives.
I left The Discussionist, but checked back a couple of years later. Sure enough, it had been transformed into a right-wing cesspool with only a few token 'liberals'.
Leith
(7,809 posts)Supposedly it's a sibling message board in that it is owned and operated by the same people, but DI was supposed to be a message board where people of all political persuasions are welcome to discuss in a mature and intelligent manner.
That was the idea, anyway.
Unfortunately, it got taken over by reichwingers who gang up on anyone who doesn't agree with them by mocking liberals, voting to silence them, and kicking us out by getting us banned or we give up in disgust.
The inmates took over the asylum. I really don't know why TPTB haven't closed the site down.
Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)Okay, now I get it! That would explain why they have an entire forum devoted to the things we post here. I'd never come across anything like that before on an Internet Forum.
Quite honestly, it sort of creeped me out that a group of Internet Users who seem like they could give Hitler a run for his money would be in monitoring what we post here and then reposting our stuff only Dog knows where. Onward and downward to Breitbart or InfoWars? BLECH!
Keefer
(713 posts)I haven't found it yet.
Ptah
(33,032 posts)Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)On the conservativeunderground.com
http://www.conservativeunderground.com/forum505/forumdisplay.php?10-Best-Worst-of-DU-Discussionist
Keefer
(713 posts)DI.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)They check in, do sordid stuff and leave the rest of us alone.
Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)Last edited Thu Sep 21, 2017, 05:19 PM - Edit history (1)
eve. Originally it was composed of a variety of ideological points of view including DU expats and DU members. As the site grew more and right wingers joined eventually controlling the discussion and forcing out a lot of the left utilizing the alert and jury system.
By the time I left, the conversation was some of the vilest anti left rhetoric Id ever experienced.
Many there infiltrate DU, stir up shit then go back to DI and brag about it.
I havent seen the forum that you referenced, so I cannot comment on it specifically.
Some DU members still visit the site and may be in a better position to answer you question.
Hopefully my response was helpful.
Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)I couldn't help but wonder if that site was a sitting duck for DU members with too much time on their hands combined with a gift for the art of irony. It would be very tempting to a rapscallion such as myself!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,641 posts)can be held, and discussed.
ANY. Even rabid right-wingers can join.
I don't know about the forum where you can link to a thread here and discuss it there. I haven't been there in months.
Hope that helps!
FSogol
(45,491 posts)over there rather than come here and stir the shit. Probably a good idea, but not worth visiting.
Paladin
(28,265 posts)Not worth your time or effort.
Locutusofborg
(525 posts)I do find that quite a few Discussionist members are obsessed with Democratic Underground. Some suffer from "Democratic Underground Derangement Disorder."
Cernunnos_x
(16 posts)about many members here and actually have back and forth 'discussions' regarding pseudonymous posters. Creepy.
DUDDs, I like it!
Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)Thanks to my fellow newbies for helping me figure those nut jobs out!
Ptah
(33,032 posts)Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)They have a forum that reposts DU threads as well. TWO forums of right wingers so bored by Fox that they come read our stuff. Only on the Internet. Why would I feel surprised?
FSogol
(45,491 posts)banned here and starts their own, complain-about-DU website. Totally sad that they can't find a more productive hobby.
Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)Keep your friends close and your enemies closer!
DFW
(54,410 posts)They could be using the light of their burning crosses to post on their tablets......
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)In the beginning, before it was completely taken over by brain dead right wing trolls and assholes, it was fun. But that didnt last long.
Now its just a place for wing nuts to post things that they dont believe in, just to get a rise out of people that they hate. All they care about is whining about DU and liberals in general. Nobody likes whiny, right wing nut jobs, but dont tell them that.
Im sure that theyre appreciative of the attention, but its not worth your time.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)you will see a link like this:
ttps://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=post&forum=1018&pid=989169
If you copy that link and post it in another article, even in another forum, it will function as a quick link.
Assuming, of course, that I read your post correctly.
Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)I glanced through a few of their posts and they seem to be all made by the same few bitter little trolls. As others have replied, not worth wasting my time on. Just some weirdos on the Internet. What else is new?
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Civic Justice
(870 posts)Thank you for turning me on to this website
https://www.democraticunderground.com/11001936