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Over the past number of weeks, I've been getting more involved in posting on DU. Previously I lurked alot but didn't post a lot because I noticed that many get pretty belligerent if one doesn't agree with them. I also noticed that I could watch as one person would be clearly trying hard not to step over rules, but maintain their position, while the other would get into the mud and muck and cross the line. Unfortunately I didn't always see the muddy entity's posts get deleted.
So for a few weeks, I got involved with posting leery that I would be able to maintain within the rules when the likelihood was that I would piss off a few people. It has been challenging sometimes to know when to "walk away" from some of the posters on certain threads, but for the most part I feel I have. I don't alert on such posts because to alert when I'm being attacked feels like a crybaby or a tattleteller.
But here's what I've noticed, and would like to thank whomever is responsible. When I return to those threads later in the day or the next, those muddy little posts and subthreads have been deleted, but my comments or POV regarding the topic still remain. Since I'm not alerting on any of these posts, that means someone(s) is/are alerting essentially on my behalf, and of course on behalf of the quality of the board as a whole.
So THANK YOU! Thank you very much.
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