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IcyPeas

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24. I keep wondering...

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Wed May 14, 2014, 09:45 PM

May 2014

How are people, besides us on DU, going to even find out about Discussionist?

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is Discussionist the end of DemocraticUnderground? [View all] Liberal_in_LA May 2014 OP

hmmmm... same thing I was wondering too. n/t RKP5637 May 2014 #1

Nope, it is NOT the end of DU. CaliforniaPeggy May 2014 #2

Totally agree! Agschmid May 2014 #26

Aw, thank you, my dear Agschmid! CaliforniaPeggy May 2014 #28

No. this is home. hrmjustin May 2014 #3

Myspace already killed DU Capt. Obvious May 2014 #4

Skinner and I say no worries. ancianita May 2014 #5

I completed the exercise of signing up for Discussionist Cirque du So-What May 2014 #6

I would guess hitting yourself over the head with your own shoe might be further up on the list davidpdx May 2014 #83

... or watching a video of a toilet being flushed... greendog May 2014 #106

No way BainsBane May 2014 #7

Yup. Agschmid May 2014 #27

Exactly - The Freepers Are Now Distracted - DU Is Already A Quieter, Calmer Place cantbeserious May 2014 #82

Oh... RobinA May 2014 #125

Honeypot Trap. Ikonoklast May 2014 #137

If someone here yells "Benghazi" now and then, we won't feel like we're missing anything over there. Squinch May 2014 #8

I joined just to be able to get some "truthiness" out there. When you have been kept in the dark kelliekat44 May 2014 #11

I'll check in now and then and see if something changes my mind. Squinch May 2014 #14

BENGHAZI! DJ13 May 2014 #13

Thank you! Now I don't have to go over to Discussionist and I can finally do some laundry! Squinch May 2014 #16

HODOR!!! CatWoman May 2014 #44

That was the awesome. It made we wish I'd thought of that for a username. n/t winter is coming May 2014 #61

well CatWoman May 2014 #100

There's already one. winter is coming May 2014 #112

Yeah, some people can take that shite and others have Cha May 2014 #36

Benghazi has already established itself in the vernacular, as in expressions like... immoderate May 2014 #43

Meh. nt onehandle May 2014 #9

One is growing the other is shrinking... Jesus Malverde May 2014 #10

Seriously, is DU shrinking? Squinch May 2014 #19

Poke around the sub forums see the engagement and page views. Jesus Malverde May 2014 #32

All that counts is page views to advertisers. nt MADem May 2014 #52

Well, I'm 18 minivan2 May 2014 #79

And I'm 23. DemocraticWing May 2014 #85

I think thats great. Jesus Malverde May 2014 #131

Agreed. I've never been to an internet forum so heavily populated LittleBlue May 2014 #84

Are you kidding? MADem May 2014 #87

Yes and No. Jesus Malverde May 2014 #132

Look at travel--that's geezers, not kids, and a big sector. MADem May 2014 #138

When this site started it attracted people from all ages who responded to the theft that Skidmore May 2014 #95

Interesting that you think Discussion boards - especially politically based boards appeal to seaglass May 2014 #115

huh? i was 23 when i signed up for DU in 2001... dionysus May 2014 #118

not hardly. I, for one, have no desire whatsoever to argue with freeper idiots. Lil Missy May 2014 #12

You're not the only one! greatauntoftriplets May 2014 #17

I agree none will be converted... one_voice May 2014 #25

LOL Bobbie Jo May 2014 #33

Their heads are too thick for it to penetrate. greatauntoftriplets May 2014 #38

I've been over there some, but I don't see myself spending much time there in the long run. winter is coming May 2014 #20

Exactly etherealtruth May 2014 #136

if it leaves us with a more progressive forum im all for it TeamPooka May 2014 #15

This is what I am hoping. Squinch May 2014 #18

I don't see that happening, although it would be nice. n/t winter is coming May 2014 #21

I think so, families are growing and these great people need to get more and more stuff. CK_John May 2014 #22

only if hanging out with homophobic misogynist racist idiots is your Warren Stupidity May 2014 #23

Exactly. n/t JTFrog May 2014 #29

I like coming into DU and closing the door locking them out! n/t RKP5637 May 2014 #30

I keep wondering... IcyPeas May 2014 #24

Word of mouth will work, and eventually Google will have it too. CaliforniaPeggy May 2014 #31

and how did so many conservative assholes end up there so quickly? Electric Monk May 2014 #34

Theres an active thread about it on CU. I assume the FR probably has had a thread or two as well. Jesus Malverde May 2014 #49

I searched the term "Discussionist" on Google and the third link that came up totodeinhere May 2014 #98

Of course they were--we've been infested with Paulbots and wingnuts and Libertarian MADem May 2014 #55

+1,000 nt MADem May 2014 #88

Noticed that too right away. I will be lurking over there but not posting. Rex May 2014 #104

Bingo. nt msanthrope May 2014 #110

IT'S COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE Capt. Obvious May 2014 #113

Not leaving liberal N proud May 2014 #35

I Don't Think So Liberal_Dog May 2014 #37

It's actually kind of staid over there IMO whatchamacallit May 2014 #39

I'll leave DU when Skinner closes down the site. Aristus May 2014 #40

I went over there once and I'm not sure I'll bother to go back. SheilaT May 2014 #41

No. Scuba May 2014 #42

It's a trap! TexasTowelie May 2014 #45

Now, TexasTowlie, you ought to know you can't get away with that without the graphic. longship May 2014 #57

I know, TexasTowelie May 2014 #58

Yum! ;-) nt longship May 2014 #64

I was thinking the same thing. However an experienced troll knows all about using proxy servers totodeinhere May 2014 #99

Don't know...but what I DO know is... GReedDiamond May 2014 #46

I like the description given in another post HeiressofBickworth May 2014 #47

Nope. DU is still my home. octoberlib May 2014 #48

Lordy I hope not. Saw the DUmmie folks there already. madfloridian May 2014 #50

No--that's where the people here who hate Democrats will go. MADem May 2014 #51

It certainly won't be for people who think the Democrats should be further to the left Fumesucker May 2014 #91

Agreed. We who think Prez Obama should be urged to be less corporate sure Nay May 2014 #97

I wouldn't sell yourself short Capt. Obvious May 2014 #116

Fear not...! MADem May 2014 #117

question if I may steve2470 May 2014 #122

Naw, I'm just old. MADem May 2014 #123

nope steve2470 May 2014 #53

Going there made me love here even more. JaneyVee May 2014 #54

There's no place like home flamingdem May 2014 #56

I thought I'd sign up for the hell of it. Habibi May 2014 #59

Your DU handle was reserved so a troll couldn't take it. If you want to sign up with the same winter is coming May 2014 #63

I don't think so. rrneck May 2014 #60

No. In fact it might help clean DU up a bit. At the moment the erstwhile trolls are having a heyday Hekate May 2014 #62

I left South Carolina to get away from "those people" VanillaRhapsody May 2014 #65

I hope not. I don't think my nerves could handle what is going on over there. I get depressed just jwirr May 2014 #66

Maybe I'll embark on a mission to correct the RWers' spelling and grammar. cyberswede May 2014 #67

To dream the impossible dream... winter is coming May 2014 #71

I doubt it struggle4progress May 2014 #68

I think it is the beginning of the end. The admins have been trending towards allowing more morningfog May 2014 #69

Not sure I'd agree with that. The "time out for 5 hides" feature was added last fall, winter is coming May 2014 #70

I see Disc. as draining off some of the trolls steve2470 May 2014 #75

I think it will draw people who want to engage with the right wing, winter is coming May 2014 #121

I agree with your assessment. MADem May 2014 #86

Yeah, I am really hoping the current DUers who are acting like assholes over on the seaglass May 2014 #119

Here's the bottom line. MADem May 2014 #120

That makes sense. morningfog May 2014 #89

No Renew Deal May 2014 #72

the jury system barely works here Mosby May 2014 #73

agreed steve2470 May 2014 #76

I sure hope not. avebury May 2014 #74

I am not promoting Discussionist because of who it attracts on both the left and right BUT I do like seaglass May 2014 #96

No. Dawson Leery May 2014 #77

I very much doubt it. It hets awfully applegrove May 2014 #78

I signed up (under a different name, as recommended) but Raine May 2014 #80

No, but it -might- be the end of so many people accusing each other of being... Shandris May 2014 #81

I see it as sort of a troll nature preserve eridani May 2014 #90

A horror movie petting zoo. Novel idea. Hugin May 2014 #92

that's the way I see it. DU should become more civilized with the taunters over there having their northoftheborder May 2014 #101

!ha ha marions ghost May 2014 #130

Yes, because logging into two sites would be a unfathomable burden. GeorgeGist May 2014 #93

Given that the Admins work in irony the way most artists work in paint or clay... Hugin May 2014 #94

A site with more conservatives than DU plus radical regressives and Birchers? Not super appealing. TheKentuckian May 2014 #102

nope Liberal_in_LA May 2014 #128

Based on the OP I checked it out and won't be going back The Second Stone May 2014 #103

... Rex May 2014 #105

End of DU? I don't think so. BarbaRosa May 2014 #107

I am logged into both as I type. City Lights May 2014 #108

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2014 #109

I think it's supposed to make us appreciate DU more. Or something. HughBeaumont May 2014 #111

DU version of Freerepublic? Liberal_in_LA May 2014 #127

Don't think so. I have little to no tolerance for ecstatic May 2014 #114

Shhhhhh. NCTraveler May 2014 #124

I like this group. Would hate to see it split up. Liberal_in_LA May 2014 #126

me too. mylye2222 May 2014 #139

I sincerely hope not. Mixed discussion groups just don't work well Warpy May 2014 #129

I am actually hoping Discussionist allows DU to return to a place ... etherealtruth May 2014 #133

It can happen. Yes. But Discussionis is made by OUR ADMINS mylye2222 May 2014 #134

Highly, highly doubt it. RedCappedBandit May 2014 #135