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Systematic Chaos

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22. The First Law of the Interwebz states that "Internet forums are MADE to be trolled!"

Wed Dec 25, 2013, 06:24 PM

Dec 2013

It doesn't matter if the forum is designed for kittens, monster trucks, kittens getting run over by monster trucks, monster trucks getting run over by kittens, or politics.

Either ignore the assholes or use your alert capabilities with strong and cogent explanations as to why posts need to be hidden. Connect the dots and create irrefutable groupings of links showing how a member is running amok.

Seriously. If you're willing to put forth the effort to compile holiday posts, then you have the time to do that. Even if it doesn't stick right away, at least you can say you tried and didn't just accept the innate bullshit of the internet without a fight.

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I left DU nearly 3 years ago and it took me 3 days to remember why. [View all] elocs Dec 2013 OP

META!!! Now that this is out of my system nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #1

"Lighten up" Gormy Cuss Dec 2013 #2

amen alato Dec 2013 #21

+100 840high Dec 2013 #24

I stop by every two-to-three months. Kurovski Dec 2013 #3

What is the purpose of your post? Xipe Totec Dec 2013 #4

Some things need to be said. Whether or not they are heard is another story. (As your post ... 11 Bravo Dec 2013 #11

I'm not the OP, but I'd wager that the purpose of the post demwing Dec 2013 #31

I'm not encouraged by those who leave the field of battle Xipe Totec Dec 2013 #35

Field of battle? ohheckyeah Dec 2013 #44

Too much hyperbole? Xipe Totec Dec 2013 #48

Just a tad. ohheckyeah Dec 2013 #49

Maybe the tree yard of battle... WCGreen Dec 2013 #52

Maybe this battle: ohheckyeah Dec 2013 #55

Opportunity - Edward Rowland Sill (April 29, 1841 � February 27, 1887) Xipe Totec Dec 2013 #71

I like it. n/t ohheckyeah Dec 2013 #73

The sand box.. sendero Dec 2013 #66

I'm two whiskeys away from quoting poetry, so beware.... Xipe Totec Dec 2013 #53

LOL ohheckyeah Dec 2013 #54

I miss PUI. n/t leeroysphitz Dec 2013 #72

Maybe demwing Dec 2013 #79

My impresion is that he was acting that way. Xipe Totec Dec 2013 #80

That was my take. It's a sad state of affairs. n/t AAO Dec 2013 #57

Merry Christmas, or other holiday, or nothing, and remember, you are always welcomed here. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #5

That is a gigantic AMEN ..... lower your expectations when you enter any blog .... MindMover Dec 2013 #42

You hit the mark on this one! pacalo Dec 2013 #81

change your password to a random set of letter/numbers sharp_stick Dec 2013 #6

Peace to you, elocs. A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2013 #7

It does seem that a good many are determined to make DU suck for everyone else Cirque du So-What Dec 2013 #8

Indeed CTCharlie Dec 2013 #29

LOL, whining about a internet message board. Classic. nt Logical Dec 2013 #9

Why do you reference a thread and then not include a link to it ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2013 #10

Happy Holidays, Elocs! MrScorpio Dec 2013 #12

I like it here. *shrug* Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #13

change your password to random letters/numbers and log out. tammywammy Dec 2013 #14

I agree that making fun of those with infirmities Plucketeer Dec 2013 #15

I posted the thread triggering Eloc. It was posted to call out Beliefnet HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #28

I think it was a misunderstanding maddezmom Dec 2013 #34

People should have the link I provided, they can see for themselves HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #36

I have stuck around long enough to get many who don't agree with me to truedelphi Dec 2013 #16

DU is what it is. graywarrior Dec 2013 #17

Lighten up, Francis!! Oops, thought you were taterguy. madinmaryland Dec 2013 #56

I find staying out of gd and using the smaller forums works best. uppityperson Dec 2013 #18

The goal of the propaganda and disruption is not to convince anyone of anything. woo me with science Dec 2013 #19

+1 million! nt tblue37 Dec 2013 #23

+1 a whole bunch.......nt Enthusiast Dec 2013 #38

Thread win. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #45

+1 El_Johns Dec 2013 #46

^this^ Warren Stupidity Dec 2013 #75

Thanks for this post and Merry Christmas. nt hay rick Dec 2013 #76

Agreed, +++! snot Dec 2013 #78

Yesterday, I started on a limited search of the DU Archives .... bvar22 Dec 2013 #20

i`ve been doing the same thing... madrchsod Dec 2013 #59

The First Law of the Interwebz states that "Internet forums are MADE to be trolled!" Systematic Chaos Dec 2013 #22

Instead of leaving, try DU Lite. LuvNewcastle Dec 2013 #25

I certainly can understand you elocs. After all it does get tiring being told what we should believe cstanleytech Dec 2013 #26

Well goodbye then I suppose Fearless Dec 2013 #27

Please read reply #28 HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #30

Don't ever watch South Park! SCVDem Dec 2013 #32

I hear you. I tried to resign last night, but got talked out of it, for a while anyway. GliderGuider Dec 2013 #33

There's "porn crusading" here? Or anti-porn? 7962 Dec 2013 #51

I highly recommend the ingore\trash combo nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #62

Trash by keyword works wonders. n/t tammywammy Dec 2013 #70

I liked DU much better when we talked about politics. tridim Dec 2013 #37

*Shrug* Everyone has a different point of view. We're not a colony creature. Rozlee Dec 2013 #39

You help make DU a real community, elocs... Octafish Dec 2013 #40

Sorry you experienced this Anthea Carson Dec 2013 #41

I learned almost from the first not to take people so seriously... WCGreen Dec 2013 #43

Well said, Mr. Green. I think more people need to take this to heart. madinmaryland Dec 2013 #58

Nope, that does not work nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #61

Sorry, Nadine, but in most cases it does work. The only threads that I have trashed are the madinmaryland Dec 2013 #63

Well, not if you have been targetted nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #64

In the nearly ten years I have been here, there have been many different brigades, that madinmaryland Dec 2013 #68

Yup, except this is a consistent group nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #74

Errr . . . don't read the ones you find objectionable? Just a thought. n/t MrModerate Dec 2013 #47

TRASH THREAD works well. MADem Dec 2013 #50

Yea, the Gender Wars posts have been off putting and discouraging Xipe Totec Dec 2013 #84

Left in disgust, came back to leave in disgust...Again. See ya in 3 more? NightWatcher Dec 2013 #60

No kidding. The WHINE is strong in this one. nt Logical Dec 2013 #69

Very few people on here really know each other all that well. riqster Dec 2013 #65

Alright, agree with you 95%. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #67

Shunning a group that has some behavioral issues has no effect on that group bhikkhu Dec 2013 #77

Don't let the door smack you in the ass on your way out ConservativeDemocrat Dec 2013 #82

I know what you mean. I've left for months at a time, but I guess I'm a glutton for punishment. demosincebirth Dec 2013 #83