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trumad

(41,692 posts)
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 04:12 PM Jul 2014

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On DU it means all of the host must agree. In_The_Wind Jul 2014 #1
OK--- trumad Jul 2014 #4
I doubt if all 20 host are around at the moment. In_The_Wind Jul 2014 #6
From what I see thet alll agreed to lock you thread. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #14
In your case it was 3-0 with 3 separate alerts. bluedigger Jul 2014 #2
So it took 3 Host members and that's all? trumad Jul 2014 #9
Every GD Host isn't online all the time. bluedigger Jul 2014 #10
It was 4-0 maddezmom Jul 2014 #16
Generally the word means everybody more or less agreed. bemildred Jul 2014 #3
I get it... trumad Jul 2014 #5
We don't. bemildred Jul 2014 #12
You should know there is a proper forum for this. CBGLuthier Jul 2014 #7
Ahh the forum that takes a week to reply. trumad Jul 2014 #11
Host consensus usually means they all agree with one or as many as two voting the other way. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #8
OK--- I'm deleting this thread.. trumad Jul 2014 #15
Lol usually all. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #17
Oh heavens.. What is consensus is the "Olive Garden, snarling circumcised pitbull, fried chicken hlthe2b Jul 2014 #13

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
1. On DU it means all of the host must agree.
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 04:13 PM
Jul 2014
 

trumad

(41,692 posts)
4. OK---
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 04:15 PM
Jul 2014

How do I know they did? What---we have 20 hosts in GD--- you telling me it was 20 and 0?

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
6. I doubt if all 20 host are around at the moment.
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 04:16 PM
Jul 2014
 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
14. From what I see thet alll agreed to lock you thread.
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 04:18 PM
Jul 2014

bluedigger

(17,437 posts)
2. In your case it was 3-0 with 3 separate alerts.
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 04:14 PM
Jul 2014

IBTL.

 

trumad

(41,692 posts)
9. So it took 3 Host members and that's all?
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 04:16 PM
Jul 2014

Is three the line in the sand?

bluedigger

(17,437 posts)
10. Every GD Host isn't online all the time.
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 04:17 PM
Jul 2014

You make your post and you take your chances.

maddezmom

(135,060 posts)
16. It was 4-0
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 04:19 PM
Jul 2014

bemildred

(90,061 posts)
3. Generally the word means everybody more or less agreed.
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 04:15 PM
Jul 2014

If you have any strong holdouts, there is no consensus.

I got one of those in LBN recently, I thought they were probably right.

 

trumad

(41,692 posts)
5. I get it...
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 04:15 PM
Jul 2014

but how do we know if that happened? How do we know it's not made up bullshit?

bemildred

(90,061 posts)
12. We don't.
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 04:18 PM
Jul 2014

But it's not my site, and if it were I'd be arbitrary from time to time too.

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)
7. You should know there is a proper forum for this.
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 04:16 PM
Jul 2014

I would delete it before you get your second hide of the day.

 

trumad

(41,692 posts)
11. Ahh the forum that takes a week to reply.
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 04:18 PM
Jul 2014

Got it.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
8. Host consensus usually means they all agree with one or as many as two voting the other way.
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 04:16 PM
Jul 2014

Most things get locked with complete agreement.





 

trumad

(41,692 posts)
15. OK--- I'm deleting this thread..
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 04:19 PM
Jul 2014

Just wanted to see how many knukcleheads it took to lock a thread.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
17. Lol usually all.
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 04:19 PM
Jul 2014

hlthe2b

(113,973 posts)
13. Oh heavens.. What is consensus is the "Olive Garden, snarling circumcised pitbull, fried chicken
Sat Jul 19, 2014, 04:18 PM
Jul 2014

(wrong kind) served to a nursing Mom, while the father changes the toddler's diapers on the airplane seat tray issue for GD and other hosts--i.e., the controversy of our time and generation.

Threads with hundreds of posts result in F&G Hosts forum, but I'll be darned if I think we've ever resolved it.

Surely more than one, I will say...

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