a while back somone came on my du mail and said u have the right to speak your beliefs , but you dont have the right

[AllaN01Bear]

to stonp on others . id like that person to come to my email box and point out what i did and are they a moderator . i am getting fed up to here being yelled at for no reason in my life . enough is enough. i am fighting back

[marble falls]

1. Shame on that passive/agressive person.

[Joinfortmill]

2. You might consider the 'mute' option. Some folks can be difficult to reason with. Just a suggestion.

Oh, and it wasn't me.

[AllaN01Bear]

3. i promply deleted that message and never heard from them again.

i will be using that feature should that ever happen again.

[hlthe2b]

7. Yeah.. Use the ignore function... Likewise on those threads...

where a couple of posters go back and forth quite a bit on a subthread and then seemingly resolve it... and then someone comes along days or weeks later to excoriate one or the other poster, screaming (usually in all-CAPS) "Give it a rest!!!"

What goes through the minds of some posters and their need to police (or play nanny to) everyone else--is quite curious. I'd not worry about the DU messages you are getting--just put them on ignore (unless extremely offensive or threatening--in which case you should forward them on to the administrators)

[malaise]

9. Good

Rec

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. So do you want to hear from them or not?

In your OP, you said you wanted them to get in touch and explain what they were referring to. Now you say you'll delete a message from them. If the other person can remember this event (I'm not sure how long ago this happened), then it would be better for you to be clear about how you want it to develop.

DU has not had "moderators" for nearly 12 years. But that doesn't matter; they were expressing their opinion on what you wrote, just as you were expressing your opinion on DU. They are allowed to send you mail.

[samnsara]

4. ive had that experience a cpl times..someone even called me a glove..

..whatever the hell that is. I yelled at them sufficiently and then reported them and then i blocked them.


I don't need idiots in my life.


i think they are fledglings...

[AllaN01Bear]

5. are the trolls getting more active on du as we ramp up to election time ?

i was on du when the 2016 great du hack happend .gasp. 56 days w o du. omg the horror.

[John1956PA]

17. I was logged on when the hack occurred.

While DU was down during those days, I would occasionally check the DU page on Facebook, but there was little posting going on in that location.

[Niagara]

6. Unfortunately we have a few here in the community that think that they

need to police DU, even telling other members what they can and can't discuss.


We're not all going to view a variety of topics the same way and that's alright because we have different points of view. It's not okay to insult and to act uncivil. Life's too short. Place them on full ignore and keep on posting, AllaN01Bear.

[AllaN01Bear]

10. insts not ok and to act uncivil. isnt that in our eula?

back .

[hlthe2b]

12. Yes. Definitely agree.

[TBF]

8. You can hit "ignore" - I've got a dozen on that list

And every now and then I clear it out & start fresh. But over the years I've noticed some folks end up there repeatedly & I figure that's probably just that we don't get along. It happens - I'm sure they don't want to hear my points either!

Perhaps the person you dealt with was just having a bad day, that happens too.

[Paladin]

13. I think the "Ignore" function is underutilized by lots of DUers.

Which is a shame, given how many individuals deserve it.

[Think. Again.]

11. Did you try replying to the email with those questions?

I understand (and appreciate!) that you might be trying to let us all know about this person without calling them out directly, but if you just want them to continue the private email discussion as your post suggests, you can use the email two-ways.

[Firestorm49]

14. Unfortunately, harsh criticism is a part of every blog site. Brush it off as those who feel the need

to be superior only impress themselves. Nobody likes to be put down. I wasn’t raised that way and choose to defend my comments with reason, or sometimes, I just ignore them.

I recently parted ways with a lifelong friend. We were each other’s “best man” at our weddings. Since then for reasons I can only conjecture, I have become his object of anger in our Wednesday night chat group of high school friends - formerly five of us. It wasn’t easy to part ways. It was necessary. Life goes on.

[Firestorm49]

15. Duplicate post deleted

[Fla Dem]

16. Sorry to hear you were yelled at. I'm pretty sure the DU mail identifies the sender.

I may be wrong, haven't gotten any mail in a while. But if you get any DU Mail again like that check to see if it id's the sender.

[SarahD]

18. I remember that.

I was accused of suggesting that transgender women be excluded from women's sports. The subject is off limits because we are not allowed to suggest that cisgender girls and women have a legitimate complaint about the issue. We are probably better off not talking about it because the discussion spins out of control and produces heated personal accusations. There are other topics I avoid because they produce lots of heat but no light.

[stopdiggin]

19. remember that one (and perhaps there were more than one)

But, yeah, TOS was invoked quite frequently (and liberally)
And a good example of where discussion becomes 'personal' - and vitrolic. (which, IMO, is where the real TOS should come into play.) Differences of opinion are fine, and a small amount of snark probably inevitable - but outright attacks and vicious slander ...

[republianmushroom]

20. You have experienced how some like to voice their option, but,

don't like/want you voicing your option.

40 months and counting (includes foot dragging)