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Ok. Be my guest! See ya later. (Original Post) liberalnarb Mar 2016 OP
I'm thinking free republic might be a good choice at this point. EmperorHasNoClothes Mar 2016 #1
Oh. My. God. smokey nj Mar 2016 #7
So weird. they already have a place. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2016 #2
I thought that the purpose of that place... nxylas Mar 2016 #3
This was my reaction, too.. NHprogressive Mar 2016 #5
Very strange. Wilms Mar 2016 #4
Its been stranger liberalnarb Mar 2016 #6
Sad. Wilms Mar 2016 #8
the original poster started that account Mbrow Mar 2016 #9
I saw that. Wilms Mar 2016 #10
here are the numbers. Mbrow Mar 2016 #12
Here are ours: Fawke Em Mar 2016 #15
To be fair, I am not thrilled there are that many blocks here. Wilms Mar 2016 #18
Pretty much Old Codger Mar 2016 #11
sorry please see 12 Mbrow Mar 2016 #13
This one's even funnier... Fawke Em Mar 2016 #14
Saw that, Mbrow Mar 2016 #16
the location of the LiberalElite Mar 2016 #17

nxylas

(6,440 posts)
3. I thought that the purpose of that place...
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 09:55 AM
Mar 2016

...was to coordinate their alert-stalking and message discipline here?

NHprogressive

(56 posts)
5. This was my reaction, too..
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 09:58 AM
Mar 2016

There is a ready-made spot for a straight-ahead echo chamber already in existence. I have always read this site as a platform for discussion. I do agree with them that the discussion has devolved substantially, but probably not in the way they mean, and I also have seen the quality of discourse as having declined steadily over the last three years (longtime reader, recent poster).

 

Wilms

(26,795 posts)
10. I saw that.
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 10:18 AM
Mar 2016

I thought HRC Group was being trolled. But they're embracing that and they BANNED the poster who questioned the rationale behind abandoning DU.

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
15. Here are ours:
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 11:44 AM
Mar 2016

Number of subscribers: 924
Number of people trashing: 165
Blocked: 283

Quite a difference.

 

Wilms

(26,795 posts)
18. To be fair, I am not thrilled there are that many blocks here.
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 12:10 PM
Mar 2016

My big example is Brooklynite. No love lost. A particularly snarky guy. BUT, he showed up here and posted a news clip announcing a Bernie rally and got banned for that. There was zero snark or anything.

I thought we could do better than that.

 

Old Codger

(4,205 posts)
11. Pretty much
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 11:06 AM
Mar 2016

Anyone who is not all in for hill are banned immediately, they probably have a banned list longer than their subscription list.

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
14. This one's even funnier...
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 11:42 AM
Mar 2016
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1107&pid=70105

They're an insurgency?

So, a former First Lady, senator and Secretary of State with strong ties to Wall Street isn't establishment, now?
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