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pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
2. Haven't noticed...
Wed May 14, 2014, 10:38 AM
May 2014

any trolls over there, but then, I've mostly just been having fun in the Fun forum.

One other benefit from having Discussionist will be when someone here invariably wretches about how (*choose your complaint) DU is, and the reply to that can be, "You think this place is bad? Go spend some time on Discussionist and see how good you have it here in comparison".

QC

(26,371 posts)
3. I'm hoping that the people who come here solely
Wed May 14, 2014, 10:39 AM
May 2014

to stalk, bully, and fight will find greener pastures over there.

Ms. Toad

(33,915 posts)
14. I'm actually hoping they stay here.
Reply to QC (Reply #3)
Wed May 14, 2014, 03:43 PM
May 2014

That behavior is too entrenched here to change without admin intervention - which they are consistently retreating from.

I'm hoping that with a fresh start perhaps good behavior will become the norm, rather than the exception that it often feels it is here recently.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,080 posts)
5. It's either going to work brilliantly or be DU's New Coke.
Wed May 14, 2014, 10:52 AM
May 2014

I fear the latter will ultimately be the case, but as you say, one can hope.

Aristus

(66,075 posts)
7. I lasted a little over an hour.
Wed May 14, 2014, 11:08 AM
May 2014

Once the trolls started showing up, spewing 'libtard' all over the place and calling it civil discourse, I bailed.

to Skinner and the guys for trying. But they have to know by now that right-wing trolls are incapable of rational civil discussion. They are like dogs, only without the intelligence, courage and loyalty. If they can't eat it, they piss and shit all over it. That's how they roll.

11 Bravo

(23,922 posts)
10. I served on a jury for a post alerted on for the use of "libtard" and it was hidden ...
Wed May 14, 2014, 03:36 PM
May 2014

by a 7-0 decision. ( I was called to jury duty within minutes of logging on for the first time!) I'm willing to give the new forum a chance.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,268 posts)
8. I guess it's like those traps you can get
Wed May 14, 2014, 11:22 AM
May 2014

for Japanese beetles. The theory is that if they are all caught in the trap they won't eat your garden. Maybe it's a troll trap to keep the trolls out of DU's garden. I don't think I'll bother with it, though.

 

1000words

(7,051 posts)
11. If it gives the loyalists and hair-on-fire crusaders some chew toys ...
Wed May 14, 2014, 03:36 PM
May 2014

perhaps they won't pee on the carpet here at DU.

 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
12. It will be an outlet for when shit goes down, for example, Bundy fuckers getting arrested
Wed May 14, 2014, 03:37 PM
May 2014

Then we get to troll them and laugh LOL

City Lights

(25,171 posts)
15. There are a lot of, umm, uninformed people over there.
Wed May 14, 2014, 03:43 PM
May 2014

They're spewing nonsense and aren't particularly interested in knowing the truth. Typical Fox Nooze conservatives. They have their own version of the truth and no one can tell them otherwise.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
17. to say the least! Life is too short to wade through such hateful idiocy, I prefer a few sites with
Wed May 14, 2014, 03:49 PM
May 2014

some moderation, where the repetative RW trash gets removed. I already know all I need to know about narrow minded assholes' opinions. No thanks.

yewberry

(6,530 posts)
16. Be aware if you do go there
Wed May 14, 2014, 03:48 PM
May 2014

you will find some of DU's biggest fans there. Hard to know if they're the "we're so hilaaaarious" type or the "let's harass a dying man on his deathbed" variety, though.

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