Ugh - reading through the 'Latest Threads' is so painful

[abbeyco]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by BooScout (a host of the General Discussion forum).

Every other damned post is about he said/she said or their factions having done this or that and we're all the worse for all of it.

Jeebus, we're all Democrats (large D), I hope, and at some point have to come together - and I get that it won't happen for a while. However, can't this picayune bullshit be relegated elsewhere? Scrolling through 2 pages of "whaaaa" this and "whaaaa" that on the Latest Threads tab has become the worst....the absolute worst.

Skinner, Elad, et al - isn't there a better way for this? DU is becoming unreadable for the tit-for-tat garbage that's going on and honestly, it ain't fun to try to discover, learn, and read anything here that's not a blast toward either candidate, What happened to the smart, intelligent discourse we used to have. Help?!

[LiberalElite]

1. You don't like Latest Threads,

Don't look at it. Bookmark a group or forum you do like, click on that and you won't see Latest Threads.

[TorchTheWitch]

34. that's what I've always done

I have GD bookmarked, so it's how I get into DU. Then I just go into whatever other forums or groups I'm interested in at the time.

I never could figure out why most everyone else navigated around by the Latest or Greatest portals. That's a good way to get blocked from a protected group since apparently there's no easy way to tell if the thread you're in is in a protected group if you get there through Latest or Greatest portals. It's also how you miss out on really good reads.

In their infinite wisdom, the Admins rigged up the site so that there are all kinds of ways to navigate and tailor what you see or don't see.

[angstlessk]

2. You were not here when Hillary was against Obama?

Same old, same old

[Hekate]

14. I was and it was nowhere this bad

[angstlessk]

17. Racism, sexism, only she hadn't been SOS and had such a horrible record then

Per Doris Day...ca sera sera (or however it is spelled in French)

[cwydro]

36. Uhh, que sera sera is Spanish lol.

Not French.

[Marrah_G]

44. I think it was terrible back then

I supported Clinton then. I support Sanders now, since he is the closest to my ideals. I still have people on ignore from those primaries.

[Ptah]

3. If you trash the groups or forums you don't like, they won't show up on latest threads.

[safeinOhio]

11. Working out nice for me

trashed GD primaries, Bernie Sanders and Hillary.

Latest Threads is only a half page.

[Warpy]

4. I pointed out last week that GD-P garbage was starting to spill over

into inappropriate places like Good Reads (the most frequent) and Videos & Multimedia.

So far, our only recourse is to ignore the culprits.

[liberal N proud]

8. Noticed the spillover as well

[TorchTheWitch]

35. yup

[joeybee12]

5. People are saying to block that forum, however, that doesn't work these days...

Too much GDP crap is posted in GD...some people are deliberately doing that and I hope the admins start taking better notice...they're ruining DU for all of us.

[TexasProgresive]

9. Alert on those threads

tick-This discussion thread is off-topic, or violates the Statement of Purpose for this forum
Write in "Needs to be in GD-P" gets them locked every time.

[joeybee12]

10. I have...

Gave up because that doesn't help. Sometimes the mods will eventually lock them, but it seems like we're short of mods these days because posts will stay most of the day until locked.

[Fumesucker]

13. There haven't been any mods in years, not since DU2

[joeybee12]

16. Well, whatever they cal themselves...

They're some who patrol, but not very often. And often when you alert it doesn't even go to a jury.

[MH1]

6. Have you trashed GDP and the candidate groups?

I am not seeing nearly as much garbage in Latest Threads as I used to. Sure, they sneak some into the other forums, but not nearly at the same rate.

You could also try "trash by keyword" with "Bern" and "Hillary" and you'd be amazed at how cleaned up the place would look.

[Skittles]

7. they're absolutely fucking disgusting

most of them behave like they've never seen a political campaign before

[Hekate]

15. Disheartening, isn't it?

[Marrah_G]

45. No shit

[Fumesucker]

12. Skinner decided to let a bunch of immature posters return before their time outs were done

Now you want him to fix the quite predictable results of that decision?

[ConservativeDemocrat]

39. Those so-called "immature posters" not the ones doing this

It's the cabal of left wing extremists who started abusing the jury system to blatantly censor any pro-Hillary post whatsoever. There are so many of them, they're able to post complete over the top garbage and survive juries who don't have an ounce of honor about what the jury system was intended for.

Of course, you know who I'm talking about, don't you?

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[Ned_Devine]

40. "Left wing extremists" says it all

I had to do a double take to see that I wasn't on the Fox News discussion board when I read that

[ConservativeDemocrat]

41. On a FOX discussion board "left wing extremist"...

...means Republicans like Boehner or Kasich.

Just like how left wing extremists try to pretend that Hillary is a Republican.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[Ned_Devine]

42. I didn't realize we used that term here

I do believe however that HRC uses a lot of Rovian tactics in her campaign.

[ConservativeDemocrat]

43. This is the Democratic Underground

And by and large, Democrats aren't big fans of Che, while many of the people who congregate here seem to be.

Nor are we mad at the party, like far too many radical leftists who congregate here seem to be. Otherwise we wouldn't be Democrats.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[Fumesucker]

46. Eh, I was blocked from the HRC group simply for kicking a post, no text at all

It was even an inadvertent post, I clicked on a link in a post in GD-P and didn't happen to catch that it took me to the HRC group, put the emoji and nothing else.

The only reason the Hillary supporters haven't acted just like the Sanders supporters is because they are a distinct minority here and they don't have the numbers, don't pretend to some sort of ethical superiority of one side over the other.

A number of the names I recognize as immature posters were infamous for getting time outs a long time before this primary began so the primary has nothing to do with it in those cases and now they are back doing the same things that earned them multiple time outs in the past.

[Sunlei]

18. I hear you. Sometimes, I think the lead in the drinking water has effected some folks.

[fbc]

19. There's a simple solution:

Come over from the dark side.

Everybody support Bernie.

[elmac]

22. ^^^what fbc said^^^

[scottie10]

27. Good point.

I love it when humor is used to lighten things up. Thanks.

[Kip Humphrey]

20. A tip: try Full Ignoring first one, then the other, then both the Bernie Group & the Hillary Group

I put the Hillary Group on Full Ignore and Latest Threads cleaned up much to my liking. Try it... adjust to fit your liking.

[Silver_Witch]

23. How do you do that? Are

there instructions?

[Kip Humphrey]

24. Go to the forum you want to ignore. Click "Trash this Forum" & choose Full Ignore (must be star

member)

[Silver_Witch]

33. I am a star...but

don't see the Full Ignore - will try again. Thanks!

[Silver_Witch]

21. Don't go there...

...it is better to pick links that look fun, funny or educational.

[LS_Editor]

25. We're in the middle of a Democratic Party primary election.

Let's not jump ahead of ourselves.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

26. I was looking into this "come together meme" and 2008 marked a critical point in the Democratic Part

Seems after Obama defeated Clinton in 2008, the Democratic Party filed for divorce. That was a rough, bitter primary, but this primary seems even more so. The big difference being, Sanders joined the Democratic Party but the Democratic Party has rejected him. Not a good sign for the Party as people continue to leave and young voters have been alienated.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/166763/record-high-americans-identify-independents.aspx

[liberal_at_heart]

31. +1

[RKP5637]

28. It's getting like listening to a GOP debate! n/t

[Socal31]

29. Those of us here during previous elections aren't shocked.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

32. Member since 2004-- Not shocked but still appalled.

[Socal31]

38. The reason it seems the world is ending is because DU is homogeneous, on the whole.

In 2012, the (D) nominee was already in place, so we all got to gang up on the (R)nominee.

Normally, the separate and distinct wings of the Democratic party co-exist peacefully here, because people will either avoid confronting a post they disagree with, or they will disagree with it in an informative, civil, well though-out manner. When an intruder signs up to spout (R) talking points, they are easily spotted and eventually dispatched.

During an election cycle (2004, 2008) where there are multiple Democrats in opposition, not only does it incite those generally on the same side to oppose each other passionately, it allows (R) trolls to fly under the radar by attacking one candidate, hiding under the flag of being for the other.

I guess my point is that I've seen this before and it is temporary.

[SCantiGOP]

30. Agree totally with your post, but....

There ain't nothing can be done to correct it.

[silvershadow]

37. The worm has turned. nt