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MineralMan

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34. The majority of DUers is mainly silent, so none of us really

Sat Mar 29, 2014, 04:42 PM

Mar 2014

knows what the majority of DU believes. The majority of DUers do not post, use the DU Rec feature, or do much of anything else but read on the site. All you have to do is look at who recs threads. The majority of those are predictable, based on whoever wrote the OP. Most DUers do not participate in that process at all.

I wouldn't even think of trying to say what the majority here believes or thinks. DU has far more readers than posters, and those readers are also DUers. Recommendations are pretty much meaningless as a way to determine what the majority here thinks.

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All this talk of a need for more rules [View all] B2G Mar 2014 OP

DU? There are no longer moderators on DU. MineralMan Mar 2014 #1

"Those quests can find a site that pleases them more". Exactly, the owners of the site have sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #3

Yes. I'm also happy with how the site is administered. MineralMan Mar 2014 #8

I just wondered why you were advising a poster who is clearly happy with the site sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #15

I was making a general comment and clarifying what an AUP might be, MineralMan Mar 2014 #22

We are all a work in progress albino65 Mar 2014 #37

AUP stands for 'Acceptable Use Policy' which DU calls SOP and Community Standards. Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #11

Thanks, I was wondering. intheflow Mar 2014 #45

Sorry, I should have said B2G Mar 2014 #17

Actually, nobody on DU moves threads. That's not possible MineralMan Mar 2014 #27

And I think that all works just fine. nt B2G Mar 2014 #29

I understand that you do. MineralMan Mar 2014 #31

I appreciate that B2G Mar 2014 #33

It changed when TBF Mar 2014 #35

Yeah, this is all over a few posts not getting a hide. Rex Mar 2014 #2

At least bring back unrec, its the democratic way. JaneyVee Mar 2014 #4

No need for unrec, all you have to do is either avoid threads you don't like, or go in sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #6

Unrecs are more democratic. JaneyVee Mar 2014 #9

Exactly..... Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #12

Lol, you might not like what doesn't get on the front page if people had the option to unrec. sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #18

I agree. Why not let "a whole lot of DUers" participate JaneyVee Mar 2014 #23

But if everyone has the ability to rec what they want on the FP then it is not 'mob rule' sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #25

But its not the majority, its 300 out of 200,000. JaneyVee Mar 2014 #26

And if there are 300 trolls on here they have a voice too. zeemike Mar 2014 #36

They DO have a voice. And that number is everyone who registered since the founding of the site. sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #39

One of the ways that can be handled is to start a new OP MineralMan Mar 2014 #24

Yeah I think that is a good idea. Rex Mar 2014 #7

+1 one_voice Mar 2014 #10

It would help ease the divide here as well. JaneyVee Mar 2014 #14

Exactly. Shit like that rises to the top w/o unrec, and it is Not representative. n/t Whisp Mar 2014 #20

and he drags his entourage everywhere he goes.. VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #30

i miss unrec fizzgig Mar 2014 #13

There is a little circle that is always trying reshuffle the deck in their favor that gets their way TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #5

Gawd but these posts that sound like a know-it-all loud drill sargeant annoy me.n/t Whisp Mar 2014 #16

You must have hated the one begging for the banning of a majority of DUers. I thought it was sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #21

banning of a 'majority' of DUers. Whisp Mar 2014 #28

The majority of DUers is mainly silent, so none of us really MineralMan Mar 2014 #34

They were hardly calling for the banning of those whose opinions they DO NOT KNOW, were they? sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #38

Now if only that group could generate some progressive candidates. JoePhilly Mar 2014 #40

This is what made me laugh and everyone else also. The absolute sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #42

Where are the acceptably progressive candidates? JoePhilly Mar 2014 #43

I have called for zero bannings. MineralMan Mar 2014 #41

What's new? It's always been, if you can't win under the rules... HereSince1628 Mar 2014 #19

Is that why the Admin moved us to DU3? They weren't winning so they Changed The Rules? Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2014 #44

They sound more like a demand for more Loyalty Oaths. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #32