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Hortensis

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68. :) Well, new trolls, subversive agents, and previously banned people

Thu Jan 2, 2020, 10:07 PM

Jan 2020

arrive every day, practically in battalions it often seems. Many are automatically identified by computer and blocked before we ever see them, but others slip through and are identified and kicked after some behavior triggers further investigation.

It's far more likely your friend was kicked for cause than accidentally, especially considering no response was received from admin. I assume he/she used the public "contact" function at the bottom of the screen.

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Goodbye DU [View all] RainCaster Jan 2020 OP

Once we went to self-moderation, it was all over Blue_Adept Jan 2020 #1

No. Some moderators were biased and not consistent question everything Jan 2020 #23

I may leave, too. Quemado Jan 2020 #2

If it is because you have had posts hidden, Tipperary Jan 2020 #3

Good reminder. BL for me LakeArenal Jan 2020 #27

I find it to be a valuable function. Tipperary Jan 2020 #63

Come back after a few months. These cycles don't last-- at least beyond the primaries. hlthe2b Jan 2020 #4

As others have said, H2O Man Jan 2020 #5

Ex-actly... PCIntern Jan 2020 #6

I think that H2O Man Jan 2020 #9

Pre-cisely Corregidor. PCIntern Jan 2020 #16

I believe that was Wavy Gravy. n/t panader0 Jan 2020 #34

I've been here many years, but often take long breaks. cwydro Jan 2020 #7

Amen moniss Jan 2020 #20

yes, I took a year long break Skittles Jan 2020 #58

Take a break and return when you're ready. yardwork Jan 2020 #8

I avoid GD-Primaries like the plague. smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #44

+100! Rhiannon12866 Jan 2020 #65

I've been here almost since the beginning matt819 Jan 2020 #10

Don't go. It's always this way in primary season, Hortensis Jan 2020 #11

See ya. maxsolomon Jan 2020 #12

Great job at letting the trolls win then. nt UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #13

Exactly. I find the same characters using the same bait. LakeArenal Jan 2020 #30

+1 -nt okieinpain Jan 2020 #55

That's odd. This place seems much LESS trolling than I once remember. Silent3 Jan 2020 #14

True Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2020 #39

Yeah, I thought it was just me who is wondering where all these trolls are. GoCubsGo Jan 2020 #45

I, too have not joined the primaries board DFW Jan 2020 #15

It is moniss Jan 2020 #17

It takes two to fight. Kaleva Jan 2020 #18

If you are mainly referring to the Primary page...ugg yes it is nuts titaniumsalute Jan 2020 #19

One does not have to read every single post question everything Jan 2020 #21

My peeve is all the South bashing. greymattermom Jan 2020 #22

Yes, I have learned that there are a specific few Tipperary Jan 2020 #31

I am a southerner also. Blue_true Jan 2020 #59

I just treat that like whining from my 18 month old granddaughter when she wants her bottle DFW Jan 2020 #71

Lawd have mercy. Been a while since I witnessed a GCW post. Maru Kitteh Jan 2020 #24

Most of the jury calls I get are from the Dem Primaries forum by far. lpbk2713 Jan 2020 #25

ditto nt spooky3 Jan 2020 #26

I come and go... stillcool Jan 2020 #28

Exactly! MuseRider Jan 2020 #33

yeah...I have to remind myself.... stillcool Jan 2020 #38

Bullshit doesn't last forever. dalton99a Jan 2020 #29

At least recognize the bull shit as just that. LakeArenal Jan 2020 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #35

Alerts and reported "abuses" have been weaponized sadly... Joe941 Jan 2020 #36

I walked on the eggshells too heavily and have been blotted out and warned several times Baclava Jan 2020 #40

Happened to someone I know; Disaffected Jan 2020 #41

Bat-signal went up, did it? 11 Bravo Jan 2020 #48

Please translate. Disaffected Jan 2020 #50

Aww, I'd like to help, tovarisch .., 11 Bravo Jan 2020 #54

An e-mail is sent in reference to every hide. TwilightZone Jan 2020 #51

Whatever the initial sequence of events was, Disaffected Jan 2020 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author TwilightZone Jan 2020 #56

:) Well, new trolls, subversive agents, and previously banned people Hortensis Jan 2020 #68

"I assume he/she used the public "contact" function at the bottom of the screen." Disaffected Jan 2020 #69

I never self-censor myself here on DU. hunter Jan 2020 #42

Huh? Sugarcoated Jan 2020 #37

blocking trolls makes for a nicer experience RussBLib Jan 2020 #43

DU needs a GBCW forum...nt SidDithers Jan 2020 #46

Hey, you made it for three years. 11 Bravo Jan 2020 #47

The wretched excesses of the 2016 campaign couldn't chase me away. Paladin Jan 2020 #49

Same here. Hortensis Jan 2020 #66

+1 if the use of "inciteful" was deliberate. sl8 Jan 2020 #52

I thought the same! Tipperary Jan 2020 #64

zzzzzzzzzzzz Skittles Jan 2020 #57

One addition I'd like to see is when someone has a post OnDoutside Jan 2020 #60

Why? nt USALiberal Jan 2020 #61

I just think if someone goes to the trouble of alerting on someone's post, OnDoutside Jan 2020 #62

Goodbye Cruel World! brooklynite Jan 2020 #67

lol, trolls aren't new..bubye Demonaut Jan 2020 #70

See you next week lame54 Jan 2020 #72