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In reply to the discussion: Do you like the inundation of Musk posts in this forum? [View all]Emrys
(8,118 posts)52. I think we can maybe gauge admin's attitude from something that happened yesterday
since it seems to matter so much to you.
It was this GD post here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217474114
I'll copy and paste its text and the replies for convenience and since your belated blockwords now mean you won't see it otherwise.
dcmfox
Elon Musk Lands on Mars
Elon Musk lands on Mars and steps out of his spacecraft
"It's a small step for man but a giant leap for mankind,"
says the ground control officer and Musk cut off all communications.
Reddit jokes
PortTack
1. I'll set up a gofundme if he'll stay...permanently!
GP6971
2. Locking.
Please feel free to repost in the Lounge.
GP6971
3. The thread has been unlocked
per EarlG.
Elon Musk Lands on Mars
Elon Musk lands on Mars and steps out of his spacecraft
"It's a small step for man but a giant leap for mankind,"
says the ground control officer and Musk cut off all communications.
Reddit jokes
PortTack
1. I'll set up a gofundme if he'll stay...permanently!
GP6971
2. Locking.
Please feel free to repost in the Lounge.
GP6971
3. The thread has been unlocked
per EarlG.
So there you have it. EarlG thinks even a lame joke about Musk (which I didn't even get) belongs on General Discussion, to the extent he overturned a host's decision.
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It is NOT 95% of DU. It's 95% of the people who bothered to vote in your poll. People who
highplainsdem
Dec 2022
#27
I'll add you and the other one that magically now don't want to vote in polls.
W_HAMILTON
Dec 2022
#31
No, I have better things to do with my time. But if that's the level you want to argue at,
Emrys
Dec 2022
#36
I think you overestimate how much other people are invested in all this compared to you.
Emrys
Dec 2022
#60
I'm not the one being defensive. And I've explained why Musk and Twitter get so much
highplainsdem
Dec 2022
#45
I had that dude on my trash list way back when people couldn't stop talking about his tv show.
Iggo
Dec 2022
#16
I only open a small percentage of all of the post. If a subject doesn't interest me,
Chainfire
Dec 2022
#6
You phrased your poll question to attract the people who agree with you and
highplainsdem
Dec 2022
#17
Attention DU: I do not need to know every time Musk farts on twitter. It is not news
ZonkerHarris
Dec 2022
#19
I honestly could not care any less about what Elon Musk says, does or who he is.
lees1975
Dec 2022
#26
This isn't about Musk. It's about the compromise of a global town hall w fascist influences.
FlyingPiggy
Dec 2022
#28
It's a shit show. And it will continue to be a shit show as long as Musk as the owner.
W_HAMILTON
Dec 2022
#32
No, but neither do I expect someone to extrapolate DU opinion from 63 votes.
brooklynite
Dec 2022
#49
I think we can maybe gauge admin's attitude from something that happened yesterday
Emrys
Dec 2022
#52
Or the pro-Musk crowd whined about since technically it probably would not explicitly violate...
W_HAMILTON
Dec 2022
#53