Why would very active DUers who were briefly on review never post again?

[senz]

I'm thinking of two frequent, high profile commenters who were put on review, then taken off review and now appear as "Active" in their profiles. Neither has commented again, and neither answers DU emails (PMs).

It doesn't make sense. Has anyone else seen this happen?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. many over the years

Sad true story

[senz]

3. Did you ever find out the reason why?

The one I miss the most really liked posting here, had been here a long time and was a MIRT member not long ago. She once told me that DU was where she got most of her news. She was casual about the automatic review of anyone who got two quick hides and knew it didn't last long. She was also beloved of fellow Bernie supporters.

It doesn't make sense that she wouldn't come back after a few days off and wouldn't stay in touch with anyone.

The other person had been given timeouts repeatedly for getting 5 hides, but she always came back. She was put on review for several weeks, then supposedly returned to active status but we never heard from her again.

I keep thinking there might be something else going on, such as the admins changing a status from review to active but keeping the person locked out, possibly because they hadn't met the formal criteria for banning.

[Chan790]

2. I considered it.

I got two hides in 10 minutes, both utter fucking bullshit. Mind you, I only have 3 current hides in the past 90 days...it took the admins almost 3 days to clear my bullshit review.

I almost didn't come back...but then, who would let Clintonites know that they have earned my undying enmity and hatred?

The things I do for you, my beloved fellow progressives fighting to save the party from the personality cult of Hillary. Things I do.

[senz]

4. Could you understand why an old-timer would stay gone?

It just doesn't make sense to me. As I said upthread, I don't trust it.

[Chan790]

5. Yes. Very much so.

I really considered it. The only reason I came back really has nothing to do with the election or the people here. I came back not even to piss off the DLCers. (That's a fringe benefit, admittedly.)

I came back because I am thinking about, once the furor over everything dies down...to start interest communities on issues peripheral to progressivism. DU is a good community for that and the site-platform for message boards is well-designed. (For example, I've long thought about...after some conversations here...about starting an interest group for poly-aware activism; possibly one for sexual minorities, broader than specifically just LGBTQ concerns. (Though they are certainly welcome too. As you'll see if you keep reading...it ultimately is about the "grand coalition" as an effort-focus too) Some other communities.) It's not intrinsic to progressivism or the Democratic party...but the vast majority of people in marginal groups such as these happen to be political progressives. Here is a good place to start that activism because DUers are fairly-explicitly activistic and progressive. If it has the outcome of making their issues more visible and something that Democrats care about or forging alliances within the grand coalition, all the better. (That's what's missing in the post-(Bill)Clinton era, I now realize...the grand coalition of Democratic concerns. There was a time when economic progressives fought for civil rights not because they necessarily cared about civil rights (though a great number of them did as-well, such as Sen. Sanders) but because we're on the same side and reprocipity was not only expected but more-or-less demanded as part of the deal of being part of the coalition of interests within the Democratic party.)

I just haven't bothered even starting to organize such efforts or find the requisite number of interested supporters or write a group SoP. Once I do, I will probably cut my posting outside of those areas to almost non-existent. DU makes me annoyed politically more often than I enjoy being here many days.

[senz]

6. It sounds like you see an opportunity in DU

for exploring shared interests with others, and that seems like a good reason to stay on.

I hope you start your group; there are probably a lot of people who would enjoy it and find validation for who they are.

Thanks, Chan!

[ibegurpard]

7. Because this site has turned into a shithole

Of politeratti sycophants.