I'm new here, but if I were to recommend who to read on DU

[NY_20th]

to my twitter followers, it would be

Effie Black, BumRushDaShow, SollyMack, LonePirate, Squinch, dalton99, Mr.Scorpio, Pearliepoo, heartstrings, and peggiesue.

Good stuff, all of the time.

I'm sure I'm missing other wonderful posters, it's just the above have stood out to me.

[Squinch]

1. Hey, thanks!

[NY_20th]

2. The excellent ones always stand out.

If you aren't already rocking twitter, you should be.

[panader0]

3. H2O MAN, malaise, babylon sister---so many more excellent posters.

[NY_20th]

4. I've seen their posts, and yes, they are all excellent as well.

[ornotna]

6. Yes

Good call.

[3Hotdogs]

5. Ferrett

[NY_20th]

7. absolutely. I follow him him on twitter an he is one of the reasons why

I've checked out DU.

He's certainly one of the funniest and best reads here. No doubt.

[Maraya1969]

8. What? not me?

I must go through my stages of grief.

[NY_20th]

10. Ha! You are one of my favorites, Maraya

You keep rocking it!



Seriously, there are a lot of great posters here. It's much better than what I was told.

[Maraya1969]

13. Well.....since you insist!

[ProudLib72]

50. Hey, I always pay attention to what you say!

Don't worry, you're voice matters.

[Maraya1969]

69. Yours too ProudLib!

[Hortensis]

118. Why not for sure. I loved this,

and your dad:

My ailing father - 93 years old, a victim & defeater of Nazism, a right-wing Orthodox Jew - was asked by the physician in the emergency room, seeking to ascertain his cognitive state:

"Who's the President?"

My dad: "You don't want to know".

Jeez, I love my dad.

[left-of-center2012]

9. I don't follow 'posters'

I scan 'headlines' and read what catches my attention.

[NY_20th]

11. Yes, I am aware.

No offense, but what usually catches your attention are very disturbing headlines.

[GulfCoast66]

12. Did I miss-understand this post?

You have been here 2 months yet you not only are fimiliar with a DU members posting history you then cast aspersions against that member who has been here for 6 years? Your post reads like a post of someone who has way more than 2 months experience on DU.


Just sayin.

[left-of-center2012]

15. Thank you

I found his comment offensive.

[GulfCoast66]

16. I do not really follow any other member

For all I know you and I have gone toe to toe on issues and may seldom agree.

I found the comments uncalled for.

And still amazed that a 2 month member claims to know your posting history. But I have noticed a whole lot of new members pick up the DU lingo, rules and members profiles like the have been here for years

[NY_20th]

23. You are part of the reason why there are not more new members.

I was warned that it was cliquey, but holy shit, I never expected this.

[GulfCoast66]

31. Cliquey? And you asked people's opinion about DU?

I have no knowledge of the poster that you responded to. For all I know they and I do not agree on a thing. I do not follow nor really pay attention to individual posters. I can guarantee you we are not members of a clique. Hell, I have been here less than 3 years.

I just thought your post was unnecessarily abrasive since they answered your question in a straight up, respectful manner.

Your time here has nothing to do with it. If I see a 15 year member doing something I find offensive I will say something. If you disagree, oh well.

Next time we interact we may be arguing the same side of an issue. Which is why I like this place.

[NY_20th]

38. No, I pointed out some exemplary posters at DU.

[Tipperary]

72. You were "warned" it was cliquey?

Who warned you? Is there some great oracle somewhere that “warns” internet wayfarers of dubious websites?

[NCTraveler]

94. I have told people the same thing...

When I’ve reccomended DU. It’s really not a bad thing to let them know what they are getting into.

[cwydro]

101. It used to be much worse.

I’ve been here for years, and I’m in no clique.

Anyway, that OP is no longer with us.

[NCTraveler]

103. Fully agree with your topic line.

Without hesitation.

[left-of-center2012]

36. sadly, i have noticed ...

Occasionally I encounter a poster who is here to ensnare me in a debate or argument.

I don't play that game, and they end up on my 'ignore' list.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

106. How the heck could he know what you find and don't find interesting ?

I find it odd.

[NY_20th]

18. You can easily see it for yourself.

While in the General Discussion forum, search under author name.

"Mom accused of letting men rape her two year old daughter"

and

"Dad arrested for shoving baby wipe down infant's throat".

are pretty creepy, and not necessarily general political discussion.

[GulfCoast66]

26. And you make my point for me...

2 months in and you are the arbitrator on what belongs in General Discussion? And not as you say General Political discussion. The rules of GD are posted at the head of the forum.

And do what most of us do...pick subjects that interest you and ignore those that do not. There are plenty of OPs I find silly, insulting and otherwise crazy. I do not feel the need to call out those with interest different than mine.

Enjoy you time here.

[NY_20th]

40. "Enjoy your time here."

That is so fucking old.

[GulfCoast66]

43. And you know that how?

[NY_20th]

48. Because I'm aware of reality?

WTF? Do you think everything revolves around DU?

[R B Garr]

63. +++, I'm pretty sure how. nt

[Tipperary]

74. Yes indeed.

[cwydro]

80. Something very familiar here...

The comment about being warned rings a bell.

Maybe in the morning it’ll come to me.

[moriah]

35. Guess I'm a total weirdo for my advocacy for the missing and unidentified.

About to make a post about how the DNA Doe Project is extracting DNA from the nearly 30-year-old remains of a transgender woman found in Florida in 1988 -- they thought she was cis, delaying the investigation until DNA profiling was started on every Florida unidentified decedent case.

It's okay, my friends thought my advocacy was weird, too, until a mutual friend went missing under very suspicious circumstances and police did nothing.

[Tipperary]

71. Interesting.

Good point.

[left-of-center2012]

14. "what usually catches your attention are very disturbing headlines"

That's not true.
I have a wide range of interests.

As you said, you are new here.
How foolish to think you know what catches my attention.

Is it your intent to insult?

[NY_20th]

21. This "You are new here" insult is getting old.

[left-of-center2012]

28. simply quoting you

[babylonsister]

30. That's how I post. For better or

worse, things that catch my attention.

I wish we had a normal person to contend with. Beyond belief.

[NY_20th]

49. Seriously?

You are also one of my favorite contributors, but to deduce my reaction to some stories that are not even political affiliated is beyond belief to you? Really?

[moriah]

53. We used to have a General Discussion: Politics forum.

GD is about stories that may be of general interest, political or not.

I kinda wish we had GD : P back because of the current arguments about primary contenders. To be honest, I'd rather see a thread about a horrific crime or a stupid person calling 911 for a non-crime than more divisive threads about our current Democratic candidates and who's endorsing who and why they're bad because of it.

But I have already declared myself weird and don't mind the labeling.

[NY_20th]

60. I get it.

and you're not weird. I've enjoyed your posts here and you are also among my favorite reads.

Different strokes for different folks.

Pedophilia stories gross me the hell out though.

[moriah]

68. I used to have to have the lights on while on my own back porch...

... when reading about some of the cases out there. But perhaps too much exposure toughened me to be able to read the worst cases and just feel enormous pity vs sick or afraid....

I won a sort of "prove your mettle" contest as as the only woman working nights on a technical support desk because of my "odd" hobby -- one guy showed me a pic from Hurricane Katrina, from one of those gore sites. He thought he could gross me out by a picture of a dead body. I showed him the postmortem from Doe Network's 362UFNV. It wasn't particularly graphic, but the angle of her neck in the post-mortem combined with the use of cardboard to try to photograph only the parts of her mummified face that hadn't decomposed... it did make one a bit sick to view.

He never griefed me again.

[drray23]

17. It's an odd way to read DU.

What about clicking latest threads and reading up on what people are discussing ? If it's not interesting, you move on to another post. Or of course, you could just read posts from a few people and sample a very small cross section of DU.

[Blue_true]

22. Some people develop favorites and people who they don't like to read.

That is a natural and understandable reaction. But I agree with you, if an OP header does not interest me, I don't click on, if I read a post that I sharply disagree with, I either respond with a post or close the OP without a response. If I find the OP interesting, I may post several posts in it.

[Blue_true]

19. Just refer your Twitter followers that are solid Dems to the site.

They will find their favorites. I tend to just read OPs and posts. I clearly agree with some posters more than others, but I don't have favorites and I don't have anyone on ignore.

[NCTraveler]

95. Love your topic line.

Not that I don’t like the rest.

[Blue_true]

119. Trolling gets a little old. Why should anyone invite that type here.

We have enough problems getting people that agree on 80-100% of policy issues to get along. Why have people come in that have no intention but throwing a turd into the punchbowl?

Sometimes, even with solid democrats, I feel that a person can ask them how they want their toast browned and will get 99 different answers back, when the toaster can only do 4-5 toast levels max. Sometimes I think that we shoot ourselves in the foot, I wish we would stop that so that we can end the terror that the deplorable right has brought on the country.

[LAS14]

20. I appreciate the time MineralMan puts into his posts, even if I don't always agree. nt

[Blue_true]

24. Yeah, MM does put up some good OPs. nt

[NY_20th]

25. He's a very cool poster as well.

[NCTraveler]

96. I like MM.

He and I have had some extremely blunt and adversarial exchanges, yet minutes after one of them we can have a positive exchange about other topics. That’s is what I really like about MM.

[onecaliberal]

27. It's not how most people read DU. It's an odd question, IMO.

[left-of-center2012]

29. I think it was meant to stir controversy

[NY_20th]

32. No, it was meant to call out faux controversy.

[left-of-center2012]

39. You have yourself a real nice day

I'm not going to play this game.

bye

[NY_20th]

41. later.

[left-of-center2012]

44. no

you're going on my ignore list

right now

[NY_20th]

46. Your words speak enough about your mindset,

It's a good thing to be ignored by you.

[pangaia]

62. You are right. It is a game.

Beware.

[Tipperary]

75. Yep.

Two months? Uh huh.

[onecaliberal]

34. Why would anyone ask about specific writers here? It is NOT how most read this place.

It just seems off.

[GulfCoast66]

37. Huh. Had not thought of that.

It does seem to invite call outs of the people mentioned.

I tend to take people at face value though. My wife says it is a weekness at times. I find it makes life easier.

Have a nice evening.

[NY_20th]

47. Yeah, because admiring exemplary posters is calling them out.

good grief!

[smirkymonkey]

33. I read the subject matter that interests me the most.

I don't look at names. It doesn't matter if someone has 500 posts or 50,000. If the topic of the post interests me, I will usually read it.

[Demit]

42. I think most people do. The OP has a weird take on how people use DU.

[treestar]

90. Same here

post count doesn't matter.

[Ferrets are Cool]

45. MineralMan is one of my favs. nt

[peggysue2]

51. Well, Thanks NY

Back at you, too. We have a wealth of good writers/thinkers at DU. Glad to be aboard and in good company.

Helps keep me sane. Almost sane.

[NY_20th]

55. Right? As sane as we can be in this pathetic time.

I appreciate you. You keep the message strong.

[EffieBlack]

52. Aw, thanks, NY_20!

[NY_20th]

56. My pleasure,

you rock, woman! Love you!!!

[LonePirate]

54. Thank you for the kind words. I mostly post my brief opinions and funny stuff.

[NY_20th]

57. You are too humble.

Love your insight! You are always spot on!!!

[Xolodno]

58. WHAT! You didn't mention me!...

Nah, that's cool. I hardly post anything anyway...and on occasion it gets me into trouble. Or put on the ignore list. And quite frankly, I don't want to be mentioned.

[NY_20th]

59. lol

I'm going to start mentioning you all of the time now.

[R B Garr]

61. Well, this didn't take long.

[Solly Mack]

64. Thank you, NY_20th. That's very kind of you to say.

[NY_20th]

65. Love your posts!

You make visiting DU worthwhile.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

66. This whole thing smells like such bullshit. You've only

Been here a month? Takes a long time to pick favorites.

[NY_20th]

67. I read. I read a lot. I like to read.

What the fuck is the problem with that?

[dalton99a]

70. I don't see any reason why I wouldn't would be mentioned

but hey, thanks!

[NCTraveler]

97. Consistent. On point. You don't run from your own opinions.

When you disagree you are still able to hold positive discussions with the person moving forward.

I can think of a number of reasons. 😁

[Raine]

73. Don't limit yourself or anyone else

there's dozens and dozens of great posters here.

[Tipperary]

76. It is a shame you missed skittles.

She was a du treasure.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

77. What happened with skittles?

oic, in time-out...

[Tipperary]

79. Yeah, I am not sure what happened. I miss her though.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

78. NY_20th was my favorite poster.

[Decoy of Fenris]

82. Cute (no sarcasm.) n/t

[demmiblue]

86. Lol!

He was rather obvious.

[LuckyCharms]

87. If i remember correctly...

I think the poster identified as a "she" from Upstate NY, for whatever that is worth. Could have been a male in reality...can never tell on the internet.

[left-of-center2012]

110. "can never tell on the internet"

Or a dark bar.

[LuckyCharms]

113. True, true lol

[Tipperary]

89. Lol. And look how many fell for the bs.

Flattery gets you everywhere!

[MrScorpio]

81. Wow, thanks!

I appreciate that a lot and love the way you follow the other guys too

[Decoy of Fenris]

83. OP has been PPRed. Still, a decent list of active DU writers. n/t

[betsuni]

84. And the OP didn't even tell anyone what to do with bricks.

[NurseJackie]

92. ...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

85. 1000 posts since June 2

[Ellipsis]

88. It's difficult to comprehend being caught up in personalities verses content.

To spend ones entire day pretending.

SAD.

[Tracer]

91. I enjoy posts by DFW

As he works in Germany, he gives a good read on what Europeans are thinking.

(I just hope DFW doesn't stand for Dallas-Fort-Worth!)

[MineralMan]

93. And now, you're NOT here.

I'm not sure exactly what happened, but you're no longer a DUer.

[Tipperary]

99. Pretty sure that was a sock.

No doubt he or she will be back.

[MineralMan]

102. I have no idea. I don't try to figure out who people are here.

I suppose that poster could be someone returning, but I don't know, and don't care.

[Tipperary]

107. I love to observe behavior- here and in real life. People are fascinating.

[NCTraveler]

98. Drop me a line under your next username.

Seems you are no longer among us.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

100. Why did he have his posting privileges revoked ?

[Tipperary]

104. I think it was a sock, but that is just a guess.

The posting reminds me of another duer who stopped posting about the same time this one joined. I cannot name names because that one is still a member.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

105. I read most of his stuff. I didn't see anything out of the ordinary...

I read most of his stuff. I didn't see anything out of the ordinary until this thread.

[Tipperary]

116. Well, I guess mirt did.

[MineralMan]

108. I have no idea, but there was a reason, no doubt.

Someone probably supplied evidence that the person was a returnee of someone who had previously been banned.

That's really the only reason I can think of. Who blew the whistle on whoever that was, I don't have any idea.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

109. He had a bit of a meltdown in this thread.

[MineralMan]

111. Oh. I really didn't read the entire thread. Just the topic list.

There has been a minor upheaval in the Force the past couple of days. I'd go look around elsewhere to see who's celebrating that, but I'm busy this week. Usually, there's discussion of such things here and there on the innertubes.

[Greybnk48]

112. What the hell is this? LOLOLOL!

Favorite posters! Next thing you know they'll demand pay!

[irisblue]

114. Don't Admins have to PPR after 100?

🤔

[MineralMan]

115. That's what I understand.

I don't think the rules have changed.

[Tipperary]

117. I did not know that. Guess they saw something.