Reply #39: Bev's statement re DU

[Barrett808]

Several months back, the Democratic Underground mods started selectively enforcing the rules. Especially beginning around July, when we announced our Qui Tam action, our posts began to be trolled by a handful of "DU" members, who launched personal attacks and engaged in endless personality squabbles.

I tried three different approaches, none of which worked.

- Tried to respond to the attacks. That just fanned the flames.
- Tried ignoring the attacks. That still fanned the flames, and the attacks became more vicious, to the point of libel (e.g. "she's a con man who probably steals credit cards") and when I didn't respond, the attackers would say, "see, if this wasn't true she'd defend herself"
- Tried following "DU" rules and alerting the mods, who usually did nothing about the personal attacks, but threatened to ban me if I used the alert button.

I still posted on Democratic Underground fairly frequently, because it is a good place to vet out arguments. The debate there is more aggressive, since many members don't have any particular loyalty to Black Box Voting, and that is constructive when trying to hone a message.

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http://www.blackboxvoting.org/dcforum/DCForumID4410/2.html#1

BTW, I'm not affiliated with BBV. Just an interested observer.