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In reply to the discussion: A thank you to Democratic Underground, and a plea. [View all]A Little Weird
(1,754 posts)There's a wide variety of stuff that I wouldn't come across any other way.
I haven't been around here as long as you, although I did lurk for a years before joining up. So I don't know about what you say regarding the changes from way back then. But I was here before DU3. In my opinion, the switch from DU2 to DU3 was one of the reasons that there seems to be more uncivil discourse these days. I can totally understand why they went to the jury system because I'm sure it was very difficult to moderate a website this big, but the juries don't provide the same level of consistency as a moderator would.
And I do think that a lot of people come here just to disrupt. I don't know how you can prevent that problem.
The arguing is daunting sometimes. I wouldn't mind debate, but I do often see the name-calling and fighting factions. As has already been mentioned, this may be because there's no common enemy like Bush to focus on anymore.
I plan to continue coming here. Hopefully we can all learn to be more respectful and kind to each other.