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19. This Site Has Really Been Taken Over

Reply to Silent3 (Original post)

Sun May 11, 2014, 01:08 AM

May 2014

by the activists-at-all-costs. It is impossible to learn anything or have a decent discussion. There is a reverse Poe's Law at work in how difficult it is to distinguish trolling from honest posts. I am anticipating that things will change a bit when primary season gets closer. In the meantime, ten-foot-poll comments seem to be half the page.

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How often do you have an "I'm not touching that with a ten foot pole" reaction to a DU discussion? [View all] Silent3 May 2014 OP

Regularly. n/t A HERETIC I AM May 2014 #1

Per day or per hour ? nt Bonx May 2014 #2

The better answer for me is "rarely" but never is as close as your poll gets. lumberjack_jeff May 2014 #3

I venture into threads like that when I think I at least have a slightly novel take... Silent3 May 2014 #8

Yup. Agschmid May 2014 #4

More and more. avebury May 2014 #5

Per Hour. Katashi_itto May 2014 #6

Lotta troll donco May 2014 #7

It's not so much any particular OPs that bother me Silent3 May 2014 #9

Sometimes, and I'm also trashing threads constantly quinnox May 2014 #10

The funny thing is that I'd like to get into some of these topics more often that I do... Silent3 May 2014 #12

and those are real concerns quinnox May 2014 #13

or pet poster nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #15

Yup, it sure seems that way a lot of the time lately quinnox May 2014 #18

I admit, I SOMETIMES look at the Obama \Michelle\ kids cute threads nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #14

Our trash lists are SoCalDem May 2014 #16

lol quinnox May 2014 #17

I have been finding myself using the trash can a lot more nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #11

This Site Has Really Been Taken Over On the Road May 2014 #19

Might be less 10 ft pole moments if TOS were followed. Eleanors38 May 2014 #20