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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 02:01 AM Original message |
I had to leave Salon's Table Talk when they decided on a set fee. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's a two-tiered system now. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Shhhhhhh |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. You know, some people have stars, and some don't, even now... |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 02:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Funny, can't participate in groups now without a star... hard to imagine that will change |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 02:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Read here what Skinner said about participating in groups: |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Thank you. I missed that. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 07:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. True,,,I'm lucky to be able to afford to sign on at all. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. It absoluely will change... |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. That's true, but not very noticable |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. If you have a custom avatar, it's true that you need a star to keep that. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. you get to choose where you spend your money. you are not a victim. isn't the internet great? nt |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Ah. The assumption that we all have money. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 05:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. I went without a star for many month, then someone bought me one.... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Don't use the search engine much, I take it? |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. The search field/button on the top right? Is that not available w/o a star? |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. My only problem is that the donation won't be up to us anymore. |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
8. Must have turned the financial end over to B of A |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
10. I agree. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Maybe it was broke...nt |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
12. Me too, Table Talk was a very smart forum, probably smarter than DU on average.. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Table Talk was my online home for several years, and yes, |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
14. "identified freeloader" |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
15. How is that different from now? I've known tons of people without stars in the current DU system |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. But you never knew how much anyone paid for a star. Now you will. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. But I've never cared about that before |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. That's not it, really, is it? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #18 |
31. Self-respect... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. That's wonderful. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
19. I imagine the melodramatic and martyred label of "free-loader |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. And so it begins. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I'm a have-not., and happy as is, Thanks. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Pretty ironic, really... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. He's without a star and his posts are always worth reading. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
26. i don't even pay for internet porn |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
27. "Freeloaders"???? |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
29. NO ONE has to pay anything to post and participate on DU! From Skinner's OP: |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Yah. NOT what we're discussing, really. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Thanks for the insult. Please, continue your whinefest. n/t |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. OK, so if it's all about being disenfranchised.... |
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