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In reply to the discussion: DU used to be a board where one could call out ignorant opinons. [View all]marble falls
(56,358 posts)30. I pay twenty bucks a year from a retiree on SS for most of my income for my star. DU would....
give me the star for less. I pay what I can afford. And its worth it to not have to read the crap that could be posted here without MIRT and the juries. Its not a fee, its a free will offering.
And to be honest I don't think I'm being called to any more juries than I was on DU2 before I was contributing.
Juries may be a little more likely to cut a post and I think I see a lot more 6-1 and 7-0 than 4-3 than I used to.
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I am assuming it is that one as he already made a post about the other one.
Behind the Aegis
Jan 2015
#15
If you have not done so, you might try raising that in the admin forum or via pm to Skinner.
merrily
Jan 2015
#29
I pay twenty bucks a year from a retiree on SS for most of my income for my star. DU would....
marble falls
Jan 2015
#30
Try calling out the OP in a tactful way. Also, you can report an OP if it is absolutely crazy.
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#14
Unfortunately, having been a victim of some of this kinda stuff myself, I'll have to agree.
AverageJoe90
Jan 2015
#17
I think an unrec button might be a good thing if the recs would reflect a correction if the ....
marble falls
Jan 2015
#25
The altrenative is not going to be pleasant for most people. Think Discussionist without juries.....
marble falls
Jan 2015
#24
I remember when the group of people I belong to would try to educate the ignorant
Jamastiene
Jan 2015
#31