Did you go to Discussionist during the DU outage?

[Nye Bevan]

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	No, not at all.
	12 (34%)
	Visited the site, immediately hated the look and feel, left and never returned.
	10 (29%)
	Visited it and hated it because of the range of viewpoints permitted there.
	0 (0%)
	Visited it and it was OK but nowhere near as enjoyable as DU.
	6 (17%)
	Visited it and really liked it, I think I will continue going there.
	5 (14%)
	I already post on Discussionist regularly.
	2 (6%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Octafish]

1. The level of discourse could use some liberal voices.

The conservatives and libertarians provide nothing but rot -- not one post I read helped me understand their POV or made me want to learn why they "feel" their outrage at Democrats and "big government."

[NRaleighLiberal]

12. there is absolutely no discourse with them. Reasoning with steel trap belief system is not possible.

[Quackers]

2. What happens at Discussionist, stays at Discussionist.

Let's just nurse our hangovers and forget what took place this weekend.

[Lizzie Poppet]

3. I'm about 50/50 (between here and there).

Yes, there are some conservative posters there whose posts are a complete waste of electrons. But there are also a good few who are capable of holding up their end of a civil, substantive discussion. You don't get that here, for obvious reasons. DI requires a well-maintained, properly attenuated bullshit filter and there's some nastiness and incivility...but can anyone look at GD: P and honestly say we're any better in the latter regard?

[T_i_B]

4. Had a little browse

Quickly worked out that it's not worth bothering about.

[boston bean]

5. Hell to the fucking no.

[shenmue]

8. Good

[HughBeaumont]

6. Yeah, if I wanted to essay-trade with anarcho-capitalists, I'll just go to The Free Beacon.

Just as I find it the pinnacle of time-wasting for conservatives and wingnuts to troll progressive sites, it doesn't do much good to get in the mud with crank magnets. I can't deal with people who talk in Cold War snarls and Randian boilerplate.

[edgineered]

7. Sure. Nobody went there. Except for Shaggy!

[Earth Bound Misfit]

9. Meh... prolly won't go back.

lotta gun humpers & flamebaiting spammers IMO

[Cal Carpenter]

10. I went to browse for a minute and was on a jury the second I logged in

which is pretty funny since I think I've made about 10 posts there ever, and hadn't logged in there in weeks (or maybe months?).

So I figured it wasn't going well and promptly found something else to do.

[NRaleighLiberal]

11. look and feel is fine. Content - that's another story. Peeked...and departed!

[JonathanRackham]

13. Now I know how the navigator of the Titanic felt.

Admit it folks, some of you missed the group hugs here too.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

14. Of course I went there

and found some posts by our old friend iverglas.

But, overall, it's pretty dull.

Good to be back.

I saw no posts from Zozo's Mom or from Random Thoughts.

[KamaAina]

15. Dear FSM, no.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

16. Yes, and I'm still showering. nt

[femmocrat]

17. I peeked in to see if anyone was posting about DU's return.

That is where I found out that we are back!

It was nice to read CC's posts. I always liked his posts about the north woods.

[petronius]

18. I'd be around 4.5 - I like DU better, but I'll continue to look in on DI

There were some* opinions I didn't agree with, some obvious trolls**, and it was a bit slower. But at the same time I saw some good threads and thoughtful comments. All in all, it's a lot more like here than perhaps people (are willing to) recognize.


* OK, a lot.

** I will note that the most egregiously deliberate jackassery was coming from one or two people that I took to be displaced DUers, flinging a few turds during the downtime.

[bermudat]

19. Felt like i was at Free Republic.

Never appreciated DU as much and never realized how addicted i was to visiting the site all thru the day.

[workinclasszero]

20. I looked at it

Too many brain dead teabaggers posting over there.

Life's to short to argue with racist Limbaugh kool aid drinkers.

[krawhitham]

21. No, it is bad enough they have infested this place

I seems like 50% of those here are just Discussionist trolls, DU was a much better place before the powers that be created Discussionist