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[meow2u3]

1. You're very welcome

We're doing our best to keep DU troll-free.

[renie408]

2. Thanks and good job!! n/t

[Hekate]

3. Applause!

I just wish I knew who.

[wryter2000]

4. Don't think we haven't noticed

Well done!

[Fresh_Start]

5. I've been called to juries more often this week than even during the primaries.

So I can well imagine they have had their hands full.
Thank you Admins/MIR team.

[Beartracks]

14. I was just gonna say the same thing.

And most the alerts were of the baseless variety.

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[Fresh_Start]

16. I's say mine were less baseless

someone actually posted a picture of their scrotum...as some type of protest?

[tallahasseedem]

18. ROFL!!!

I'm glad I missed that one!

[sheshe2]

59. I won't even describe the ones I was getting a short time ago.

[Roy Rolling]

76. What next? Nude Melania Trump photos

Was just on a jury for nude, but strategically-pixelated, photo shoot of Melania Trump from the N.Y. Post. It was actually appropriate and newsworthy, and not fully nude. Which is allowable if a GRAPHIC CONTENT warning is posted.

And I've been on juries every day for weeks, but if it cleans up the content to a higher standard I can be of help. But not for winning arguments, leave that nonsense on Facebook. LOL

[classykaren]

23. OMG

[7962]

34. What the hell? I guess I need to venture out of LBN more often......

[lapucelle]

54. My adult daughter linked her name to my itunes account, not realizing

I would also be getting the pictures, videos, etc. forwarded by websites she followed. On Valentines Day there was a forwarded photo of what I thought was a big heart-shaped cookie. When I put on my glasses, I realized that it was a pair of testicles creatively arranged to look like a heart.

My daughter, thought it was hysterical and then opened her own itunes account the same day.

[Beartracks]

75. Awww...

Twoo luv.



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[awoke_in_2003]

17. same here. nt

[riversedge]

6. K and R.

[sheshe2]

7. Here's to the Admins and MIR!

Good Job!

[Cirque du So-What]

8. For all that you do...

[Thinkingabout]

9. I love being able to interact with other Democrats about issues near and dear

To my heart. I am interested in seeing issues like gun control getting passed, just as the First amendment has limitations so should the Second Amendment.

[7962]

36. The 2nd does have limitations. You can look them up easily

[Thinkingabout]

48. Not enough restrictions, with 91 people dying from gun violence daily it isnt enough.

[7962]

49. Well, your statement implied there were none.

Yes, there needs to be more. NOT banning the terror watch list people from buying is one of the most obvious ones.
Although the "91 a day" number is accurate, 2/3 of those are suicides in any given year.
And while some new laws may have an impact to some extent, the guns are already here. Look at the countries with the worst murder-by-gun rates; they also have strict gun laws.
Venezuela outright banned them several years ago, yet they have one of the highest murder rates in the world
Once the cat (gun) os out of the bag, its hard to put them back in. If guns were made illegal to own, hardly anyone would turn them in. And i doubt many would be in favor of becoming a police state to search every house for them.

[fleabiscuit]

74. Congress has virtually unlimited power. nt

[FairWinds]

84. Just about everything you write here is false . .

Especially the utterly bogus claim that across nations high levels of gun violence correlates with
strict gun laws. That assertion is both false and ridiculous.

Your "movement" has turned this country into a shooting gallery.

I'm a veterans, and decided long ago that (1) guns, nukes, Abrams tanks, etc.
do not keep us safe, and (2) guns are for cowards.

[7962]

86. What I stated is true. YOU may not like it, that doesnt make it false.

Simply look up the stats for yourself. The murder rates in those countries are what they are. VZ did ban guns several years ago; crime rate has spiked since. Obviously the entire country is a disaster, but the fact remains. And you're welcome to look up the gun laws in Honduras, Columbia, etc, where the crime/murder rates are high. Most of those with the HIGHEST rates also have very restrictive gun laws.
Hey, I'm a vet too,as the past 4 generations of my family. You dont want to own a gun thats fine.
"Guns are for cowards", just a cop-out line. Your 1st point implies that our military doesnt keep us safe. Well, we all have the right to believe whatever we want, regardless of the realties of the world today.

[FairWinds]

100. Hey Mr. 79 . .

thank you for your civil response.

I should have clarified that comparing Honduras and Venezuela
to the US is not appropriate at all.

We need to compare US gun violence and laws to other
DEVELOPED nations - when you do that, the difference is stark.

And I should point out as well that the US Govt. is responsible for
some of the civil violence in both Honduras and Venezuela - in both
cases by arming right wing thugs.

[Vattel]

70. The second amendment allows for lots more restrictions than we currently have.

[safeinOhio]

10. Jury duty has slowed

a little this week.

[tallahasseedem]

19. I was getting a big blue banner

every time I clicked last week. It has definitely slowed down!!!

[GP6971]

30. So was I

It's now down to 2 or 2 times a day

[LiberalFighter]

20. I seem to get about 2 or 3 a day for jury.

[ancianita]

32. Same here. At least two a day for the last month. I wouldn't call that slowing down.

[7962]

37. I WOULD like to get a notice of the results of the jury. Why dont we?

I like to know if everyone else is on the same page as I am

[ancianita]

38. Skinner said it just feeds into divisive cliquey-ness around here. Personally, I always liked to see

how my judgment stacked up with others, but I can understand the need for a better climate around here.

[athena]

39. I like not seeing the results.

Seeing the results constantly keeps you focused on the hiding of posts. When you don't see the results, you're focused on reading, listening, and learning. Why do you even need to know how others are voting, if you're voting the way you feel is right?

[7962]

41. Because sometimes seeing someone elses explanation makes you see things a bit different.

7 jurors and their 7 explanations could be viewed as an exchange of ideas, or they could all be pretty much the same

[stopbush]

45. All 7 jurors rarely commented. I'd say 3, tops on most alerts.

No big loss.

[anamandujano]

52. I didn't realize we could comment.

Next time I'll look around the page more. I wanted to give my reason for choosing a few times. Most of them were hard to call.

[mercuryblues]

73. the old

jury system let you comment. The reason it was taken away a sometimes jurors would attack the alerter or use it to attack the poster of the juried post. Then the comments would be cause for more division and angst. I for one am glad jurors can't comment.

[ProfessorGAC]

104. I Don't Like It, But. . .

. . .but i think the best change is that the poster that wrote the "offending" (or not) post is anonymous. Helps to prevent alert stalking and jury targeting.

[Chemisse]

40. I miss that too. A lot!

It's like a 'thank-you' for doing jury duty. Now it feels thankless. I do it anyway, but I wonder how many people don't bother with it anymore.

[7962]

42. I agree

[kentuck]

82. I would like a simple link to the thread....

so I could give a more honest judgement. Many times there is not enough information to make a fair judgement. Is that too much to ask?

[sheshe2]

60. Hells Bells....

I was getting 5-6 a day.

[rocktivity]

11. Equally important, they've also been righting wrongs

Got a banned post reinstated -- didn't think it would be worth the effort to appeal it, which shows you how much I know!


rocktivity

[giftedgirl77]

56. I've had at least 4 overturned.

[calimary]

12. A BIG Thank-You from me!

[teamster633]

13. Thanks for keeping the "Democratic" in Democratic Underground.

[Hissyspit]

79. Too bad they got rid of the "Underground."

[RapSoDee]

15. TY

[Warren DeMontague]

21. Having done MIRT during at least one contentious presidential election cycle

I know what it's like.

[oberliner]

22. Quite a different feel around here now than a few months ago

It's hard to believe this is the same forum!

[Firebrand Gary]

24. Actually I have noticed! Thank you to everyone involved!

Thanks to the juries too!

[DemonGoddess]

25. K&R!

Well done all!

[auntpurl]

26. God yes.

They do the Lord's work!

[rjsquirrel]

27. Bravo

[mainstreetonce]

28. Thanks

Good job

[northoftheborder]

29. Is it safe to let all my "ignores" free?

[Skittles]

43. certainly not all of them

I have certain DUers on permanent Ignore.....but I do need to re-visit the list soon

[Rex]

44. Took everyone off ignore after the primaries.

It was a long list.

[Skittles]

46. a certain princess will FOREVER be on my ignore list

she makes me sick

there's some gun humpers too, and obvious trolls

[Rex]

47. I am trying to be good and just ignore those folks.

We all know all they do is make divisive threads and replies.

[sheshe2]

61. Rex, have you seen this?

From BumRushDaShow . New to their sig line.

[Rex]

62. OMG! I think it is time for an update!

That is awesome sheshe2! We have some awesome posters here I love it!

[sheshe2]

63. Thought you would like it~

[sheshe2]

64. OMG!

That was quick!

[Rex]

65. I'm going to play around with the sig line, but that one is first.

Thanks sheshe2!

[sheshe2]

66. Ha....

It takes me forever to get mine right.

Loves ya~

[Rex]

68. Here we go, sorry guys but back of the line.

Time for the ladies to shine! New era in American politics.

[sheshe2]

71. This should be an OP!

"Here we go, sorry guys but back of the line.
Time for the ladies to shine! New era in American politics."

Post it please or if you don't want to, may I quote you?

[Rex]

72. Sure go ahead!

That is what Ms. Obama is singing, hehe kidding but she looks like she is rocking out! Thanks for the idea, it was time for the New Era to take over sheshe2!

I am so happy right now, even with all going on in my personal life...shine shine shine! I feel alive! Can't wait to see the future.

[Koinos]

31. The Russians are coming?

Only kidding, but I sometimes wonder in the light of recent events. Paid Russian trolls?

[billhicks76]

69. How To Spot A Troll 101

They post 24/7. No 6 hr sleep break. That's because they aren't people per se. They are an account. A profile managed by many different people depending who's shift it is. A profile can have up to 20 people working with it. Online opinion management first became popular for business online reviews. Either to prop up your own product or to discredit a competitor. It happens in my industry all day every day. I'm sure it has manifested anywhere where there is money at stake from government contracts to consumer goods.

[mcar]

33. K&R

[canetoad]

35. Yep. K&R

Being in a non US time zone, I came across a shocker of a post in the wee small hours. MIRT team were right on the ball (but not before I kept a screenie...)

[tammywammy]

50. K&R

[lapucelle]

51. Thank you!

And thank you for your patience and fairness with all the weird alerts. You must be working overtime reading the appeals.

[liberal N proud]

53. We have noticed

And we appreciate the effort

[grubbs]

55. Thanks.

The short time I have been here I have noticed less outright trolling in the past two weeks. I even got a comment removed after using a disgusting colloquialism regarding preparing sandwiches with fecal matter and who was obligated to eat them. Sorry about that. I was all pumped up Thursday and was not suffering fools gladly. But ty for reeling me in, and for cleaning house.

[greatauntoftriplets]

57. Thanks very much!

Kudos to the Admin who make all of this possible.

[volstork]

58. I get called for jury duty several times each day

I am happy to be a participant.

[Todays_Illusion]

67. I am happy to hear of this I was ready to stop visiting this site. Thanks Adms and mods

I kept wondering why there was so much conservatism and so much attacking other DU users in the posts and comments.

[Ghost Dog]

77. Alert: Don't interfere with forum moderation

Don't post messages about site rules, enforcement, juries, hosts, administration, alerts, alerters, removed posts, appeals, locked threads, or anything else related to how this website is moderated (except in the Ask the Administrators forum).

Why we have this rule: The purpose of Democratic Underground is to discuss politics, issues, and current events. Open discussion of how the website is run tends to distract from our core purpose.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=termsofservice

[Buckeye_Democrat]

80. Good!

So much of the internet is full of right-wing hate and trolling. It's easy for them to take control of forums after awhile because reasonable people lose hope of having meaningful discussions and debates with them.

I basically develop Jerry Seinfeld's attitude shown at the end of this old SNL skit:
http://www.schooltube.com/video/bfb6358e949745c9aed5/SNL%20Seinfeld%20History%20Lesson

[uhnope]

81. good to hear but I haven't really noticed. Still got Putin trolls all over my threads

they died down for a while, during the DNC hack by the Kremlin and all the revelations about the Trump campaign's ties to Russia, probably because there was no defense to be made...but they're back with a vengeance now

[raven mad]

83. I appreciate them.

And have since 2001. Lurker reporting in!

[AlbertCat]

85. Getting rid off those who disagree with you....

..... makes for such an interesting board!

Really.

Seriously.

No really.

[LWolf]

91. +1

[Armstead]

92. I agree with you

Really.

[Hekate]

94. There's always Discussionist and JPR. Hasta la vista

[AlbertCat]

97. There's always Discussionist and JPR. Hasta la vista

Watching y'all go all gooey is great fun, tho'

[LanternWaste]

98. Getting rid of the insincere and the disingenuous

Getting rid of the insincere and the disingenuous...

...makes for such an interesting board!

Really.

Seriously.

No really.

You should give it a try!

[AlbertCat]

99. insincere and the disingenuous...

Is that what you think happened?.... hmmm

[Fla Dem]

102. Not those who have a reasonable different POV, but those who are outwardly hostile

to Democratic principles and Democrats in general. We can have meaningful discussions and debate the issues without slamming Democrats and their positions.

[AlbertCat]

105. who are outwardly hostile to Democratic principles

Like those who think "free speech zones" are OK and protesting should be banned and anyone who does should get fucked.

[Vattel]

103. +1

[Hekate]

96. Best place for that kind of question is Ask the Admins

This is an appreciation thread.

[secondwind]

88. I've been here several years... and found myself alerting two times in one week! Had never done

this before.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

89. The ones that get me are the fake Bernie supporters.

[tammywammy]

90. My ignore list is empty

The only person on it has been banned.

[Maru Kitteh]

93. OMG yes! Some EXCELLENT trash removal has happened over the last few days and weeks.

It's made this a HAPPY place to visit and enjoy thoughtful conversation about our Dems and our fantastic nominee!

[Hekate]

95. I am very grateful. Some people thrive on incivility, but it makes for lousy conversations & zero...

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...learning experience.

[Jamaal510]

101. Certain posters

who I won't name were long overdue, but...better late than never.