Dead to me ... (Reply #8) - Democratic Underground

In the discussion thread: Today I Quit Daily Kos by Salam Morcos [View all]

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 01:37 PM

Babel_17 (5,400 posts)

8. Dead to me ...

"Bring out the Dead to Me board!". lol

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/kyuvud/the-colbert-report-dead-to-me---raptors

They'll be losing diarists, and eyeballs. It's community that makes sites like that very popular. It's just not that unique, or even an essential read. It's not a smart decision. I've seen popular sites fracture over infinitely more trivial issues. Console gaming vs. PC gaming, Quake 3 vs. UT, nVidia vs. 3dfx/AMD.

People bail on sites because of bias over their games, and toys. Telling them to ditch espousing their political beliefs, and speaking aggressively for their candidate? Wow, that's so not going to be a success.

P.S. The following image has been known to cause an uproar to the point of moderators having to step in. lol. And even on sites dominated by well off/white collar, well educated, adults.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-glorious-pc-gaming-master-race

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The Glorious PC Gaming Master Race is a facetious label used to attribute superiority to those who prefer to play video games on a personal computer (PC). Conversely, those who prefer to play games on a console are sarcastically referred to as “dirty console peasants.” Although initially used in the context of PC vs. console debates, this mocking phrase has since spawned a number of derivatives to criticize elitist sentiments that are prevalent in other subcultures.
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On January 23rd, 2008, online video game magazine The Escapist[2] published a review episode of the PC game The Witcher[1] as part of their review series “Zero Punctuation.”[3] In the video, the narrator quips how The Witcher’s complex structure makes the gaming experience optimized for PC users so that “those dirty console playing peasants don’t ruin it for the glorious PC gaming master race.” Within six years, the episode gathered over 400 comments and 650 Facebook likes on the Escapist website.

It really is a thing that causes an uproar. I don't see Daily Kos as being immune to this effect.

Ha! Put supporters of political candidates, during the primaries, at the far right of the scale.

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177 replies	Author	Time	Post
Today I Quit Daily Kos by Salam Morcos [View all]	Billsmile	Mar 2016	OP
1% vs. 99% - I see it in everything that occurs. /	FlatBaroque	Mar 2016	#1
Because it's there ...	Jopin Klobe	Mar 2016	#118
This VID is already posted here...but she says it like it is!	Rockyj	Mar 2016	#150
Class war.	Ivan Kaputski	Mar 2016	#161
DailyKos is over-rated -- DU is much better anyhow!	Herman4747	Mar 2016	#2
Was DailyKos considered over-rated	SCantiGOP	Mar 2016	#20
Yes. If you think Daily Kos is better than DU, then post there instead. n/t	PoliticAverse	Mar 2016	#32
I have been here a decade longer than you	SCantiGOP	Mar 2016	#48
Dick measuring should only be at republican debates.	Joe the Revelator	Mar 2016	#49
Yes, you also think Daily Kos is overrated. n/t	PoliticAverse	Mar 2016	#50
Daily Kos is overrated. I've been a member of DU since its first few months after the (s)election.	w4rma	Mar 2016	#53
Not because they are 'newer'	SCantiGOP	Mar 2016	#56
"I have been here a decade longer than you"	w4rma	Mar 2016	#58
You took issue with someone's claim that DU was better than Daily Kos.	PoliticAverse	Mar 2016	#152
Well, smell me! Aren't I the most wonderful	Bohunk68	Mar 2016	#163
Actually I have thought Daily Kos is over-rated for...	Herman4747	Mar 2016	#38
Another thrown under the Bernie bus	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Mar 2016	#71
Cause you would never throw anyone under the Clinton bus,	passiveporcupine	Mar 2016	#160
No it's because anyone who criticises Bernie Sanders or praises Hillary Clinton	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Mar 2016	#173
Did I disparage you? Or Elizabeth Warren?	passiveporcupine	Mar 2016	#176
Daily Kos is and always has been the official website of the Third Way and Kos despises	sabrina 1	Mar 2016	#93
I know that you are an extremely dedicated liberal...	Herman4747	Mar 2016	#133
Yes, the only good thing about a website that misrepresents itself to the public, are the people who	sabrina 1	Mar 2016	#143
Please Sabrina	passiveporcupine	Mar 2016	#177
I was very active there for @ 3 years. Left in 2008	Arazi	Mar 2016	#142
Exactly!	Dem Socialist 2016	Mar 2016	#144
I Prefer DU	gordyfl	Mar 2016	#162
I would like to think Hillary is moving left after listening to the people, but I don't.	debunction.junction	Mar 2016	#171
@SalamMorcos: Oh, grow up!	NurseJackie	Mar 2016	#3
Bingo.	kstewart33	Mar 2016	#11
yes, grow up and do what you're told. Nothing like obedience is there.	roguevalley	Mar 2016	#45
Just a polite question.	RiverNoord	Mar 2016	#64
Been reading Daily Kos for years. Love that site.	Laser102	Mar 2016	#97
I know.	LisaM	Mar 2016	#112
Another thrown under the Hillary bus	Loudestlib	Mar 2016	#157
I had to turn the channel when Mark Thompson's show MIP would have Moulitsas on almost daily	Snotcicles	Mar 2016	#4
I love Mark...	Docreed2003	Mar 2016	#79
I pick up the same thing. Even after Bernie started showing the massive turn outs at his rallies.	Snotcicles	Mar 2016	#84
Same Here	elljay	Mar 2016	#117
That's not what Kos said... n/t	Lucinda	Mar 2016	#5
Well, true	72DejaVu	Mar 2016	#17
Exactly right.	spooky3	Mar 2016	#70
If you read Bob altmeyer' s book The Authoritarians, you will discover that Mrs Clinton supporters	Doctor_J	Mar 2016	#6
Please explain	Bread and Circus	Mar 2016	#12
They tailor their views to their leaders, even if they are 180° from yesterday's	Doctor_J	Mar 2016	#19
That seems really familiar to what infests DU these days. All of a sudden long held progressive...	Bread and Circus	Mar 2016	#22
lol you nailed it.	closeupready	Mar 2016	#62
Don't forget the right wing "free stuff" comment by Hillary and her "progressive" followers.	BillZBubb	Mar 2016	#81
Yes the "free stuff" is straight up Freep resentment mongering	Bread and Circus	Mar 2016	#83
If Hillary's non-progressive, conservative views were all	Red Oak	Mar 2016	#92
I don't know about that.	Chan790	Mar 2016	#158
In regards to the GLBT community	Bohunk68	Mar 2016	#164
That's what it is, you nailed it!	Enthusiast	Mar 2016	#86
and when people who have long held these views	dana_b	Mar 2016	#90
or StealTheBern: they're very excited about Clinton's workable and unprecedented plan	MisterP	Mar 2016	#105
It has been enlightening. nt	artislife	Mar 2016	#30
Definitely.	newthinking	Mar 2016	#59
That's the part I can't understand. At some point when their compass is spinning around radically	GoneFishin	Mar 2016	#136
Vote for the Supreme Court	DownriverDem	Mar 2016	#21
Bernie wants someone to rule against Citizens United....	Spitfire of ATJ	Mar 2016	#42
And you don't mess with a Clinton's paycheck!	dchill	Mar 2016	#57
Uh huh...	gcomeau	Mar 2016	#73
I support my candidate	DownriverDem	Mar 2016	#134
When did poll numbers...	gcomeau	Mar 2016	#135
You are projecting. I am in favor of uhc without insurance companies. I'm against capital	Doctor_J	Mar 2016	#82
Massive +1!	Enthusiast	Mar 2016	#87
I see your massive +1 and	Karma13612	Mar 2016	#95
Yay!	Enthusiast	Mar 2016	#125
To use an old Navy expression to what you posted:	Bohunk68	Mar 2016	#165
Good call.	H2O Man	Mar 2016	#26
I'm actually reading it now.	Aerows	Mar 2016	#108
Scholastic yet accessible and even entertaining	Doctor_J	Mar 2016	#113
Once I finish reading	Aerows	Mar 2016	#114
its hard to be skeptical and not cynical	olddots	Mar 2016	#7
Dead to me ...	Babel_17	Mar 2016	#8
I love this post for all types of reasons.	bravenak	Mar 2016	#145
I wouldn't blame anyone for not believing it	Babel_17	Mar 2016	#146
Recipe threads.	bravenak	Mar 2016	#147
lol, wow! (nt)	Babel_17	Mar 2016	#149
Thanks, bravenak	SCantiGOP	Mar 2016	#174
Glad you liked it.	bravenak	Mar 2016	#175
I went through my e-mails and unsub'd to all of DailyKos e-mails.	basselope	Mar 2016	#9
That'll show him. nt	kstewart33	Mar 2016	#14
Well if 1000+ do it, it'll get some attention.	Duppers	Mar 2016	#33
Its one of the big ways they make their $$$.	basselope	Mar 2016	#35
Your choice	DownriverDem	Mar 2016	#27
Yes, my choice.. my vote.	basselope	Mar 2016	#34
" forward-looking"?	Duppers	Mar 2016	#37
You are using condescending metaphors such as "take my ball and go home"	Maedhros	Mar 2016	#156
Actually it's like a parent. You don't reward bad behavior. n/t	Loudestlib	Mar 2016	#159
Good	Thespian2	Mar 2016	#66
I have better and more rewarding things to do than go to Clinton shill websites, like ...	Impedimentus	Mar 2016	#10
Might Kos be more interested in pursuing a greater cause?	kstewart33	Mar 2016	#13
Daily Kos is trying to help you	DownriverDem	Mar 2016	#31
Me too. nt	kstewart33	Mar 2016	#39
538 has been thrown under the bus	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Mar 2016	#74
So why have the primary?	madfloridian	Mar 2016	#80
Huge +1!	Enthusiast	Mar 2016	#88
Yep!	Duppers	Mar 2016	#120
Then he's using the stupidest way to do it.	jeff47	Mar 2016	#123
Sanders does better against all Republicans than Clinton	eridani	Mar 2016	#148
Drama.	Starry Messenger	Mar 2016	#15
Voice and opinion suppression!	SoapBox	Mar 2016	#16
Sorry you feel that way	DownriverDem	Mar 2016	#18
Your premise "all that matters in November is a Dem win" is wrong and myopic.	Bread and Circus	Mar 2016	#24
Yea right	DownriverDem	Mar 2016	#36
LOL, the lesson I got from the last 35+ years is the opposite lesson you learned. What I have seen	Bread and Circus	Mar 2016	#76
Agree completely! n/t	marew	Mar 2016	#107
How so?	kstewart33	Mar 2016	#41
Losing your political compass, just to win one election, spells trouble down the road and paints...	Bread and Circus	Mar 2016	#72
Exactly. Hell, Kim Davis was a Dem, but she would never get my vote.	arcane1	Mar 2016	#77
reality	Robbins	Mar 2016	#25
Either you are with us or against us - Supreme Court	DownriverDem	Mar 2016	#43
Because they want it their way or no way.	Loki	Mar 2016	#47
You know i am really getting tired of people like you	Robbins	Mar 2016	#54
You must not be reading this board very often Robbins.	Loki	Mar 2016	#99
i have been here plenty	Robbins	Mar 2016	#101
Yea right. You all are perfect.	Loki	Mar 2016	#106
Good luck winning while calling people	Robbins	Mar 2016	#111
What do you expect from a candidate who has bashed this President and other Democrats	Loki	Mar 2016	#115
Lol with us or against us is a George W Bush line.	Bread and Circus	Mar 2016	#78
Where will you be when the Republican's pack the court for the next 50 years?	Loki	Mar 2016	#100
No, I'll be blaming people like you.	jeff47	Mar 2016	#124
I won't stay home in the general election.	Loki	Mar 2016	#127
Yes, I can say the same.	jeff47	Mar 2016	#131
You would vote for Cruz or Rubio?	Loki	Mar 2016	#132
Wow is that a pathetic post.	jeff47	Mar 2016	#139
I said I will vote for the nominee,	Loki	Mar 2016	#140
You're doing an excellent job of outreach	jeff47	Mar 2016	#153
BINGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO	Bohunk68	Mar 2016	#166
I am a Democrat who feels that my party has mismanaged the debates to favor Clinton.	Duval	Mar 2016	#23
I see we are going to be operating	Bjornsdotter	Mar 2016	#28
Were you paying attention during the last election?	Loki	Mar 2016	#104
Read the article. criticism is allowed--there	riversedge	Mar 2016	#29
Yup -- Kos didn't say that at all	obamanut2012	Mar 2016	#55
People who leave Kos are free to start their own websites. nt	Cali_Democrat	Mar 2016	#40
They aren't welcome here?	Ruby the Liberal	Mar 2016	#52
I suspect that their window of opportunity will be a brief one.	NurseJackie	Mar 2016	#67
This ^^^^^^	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Mar 2016	#75
Speaking of the 'purge' I see.	blackspade	Mar 2016	#116
Amazing. Thanks for the news.	bvf	Mar 2016	#63
Elizabeth Warren had to silence her social media account. Just sayin'	Trust Buster	Mar 2016	#44
All because she hasn't given her support to "Dear Leader".	Loki	Mar 2016	#109
Awwwwwwwww poor hurt feewings.	Loki	Mar 2016	#46
how rude and condescending	dana_b	Mar 2016	#94
I guess you guys can dish it out,	Loki	Mar 2016	#98
Y'all are going to begging for ours	TM99	Mar 2016	#130
They aren't stifling free speech	LisaM	Mar 2016	#129
Kos fancies himself a kingmaker	Ellen Forradalom	Mar 2016	#51
He really misinterpreted what Kos said.	Kaleva	Mar 2016	#60
Many shortsighted folks are most concerned about their income first...	ConsiderThis_2016	Mar 2016	#61
Money talks...	ConsiderThis_2016	Mar 2016	#65
If Markos Bullshitsus wants to declare his site an echo chamber thats his business	tularetom	Mar 2016	#68
Two sentences, one contradicting the other	DawgHouse	Mar 2016	#69
One can only hope the DU follows and that the	The Second Stone	Mar 2016	#85
K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations!	Enthusiast	Mar 2016	#89
If you post her record you're not supporting her? lol	Jefferson23	Mar 2016	#91
DU needs to follow suit, pronto	itsrobert	Mar 2016	#96
No point in even voting.	SciDude	Mar 2016	#122
LOL!	MaggieD	Mar 2016	#102
While this isn't exactly what Kos said, its certainly how most interpreted it	riderinthestorm	Mar 2016	#103
I did also! n/t	marew	Mar 2016	#110
Kos is not ending dissent	JohnnyRingo	Mar 2016	#119
I think KOS sold out to the big $$$ oligarchs and that's exactly why I quit	SciDude	Mar 2016	#121
Well there's always reddit and jackpineradicals.org	Arazi	Mar 2016	#126
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!	Darb	Mar 2016	#128
This message was self-deleted by its author	cyberpj	Mar 2016	#137
I have a feeling I'll be leaving alot of places	PatrynXX	Mar 2016	#138
Markos Moulitsas is not a liberal	Dem Socialist 2016	Mar 2016	#141
Wow, just wow.	themaguffin	Mar 2016	#169
Markos	merrily	Mar 2016	#151
I Just Quit KOS Too	billhicks76	Mar 2016	#154
And Kos is	wildeyed	Mar 2016	#155
Whatever you do in November	houston16revival	Mar 2016	#167
under the Bernie bus.	stonecutter357	Mar 2016	#168
What bullshit. You are being disingenuous & immature	themaguffin	Mar 2016	#170
Me too!	Dont call me Shirley	Mar 2016	#172

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