Am I in the wrong forum?

[knitter4democracy]

I can't believe the tons and tons of posts here that really belong in the GD:Politics forum. Am I wrong? I don't come to GD to see "why I support so-and-so" and "So-and-so's evil" and "whoo! My candidate's better" kind of posts. I go to GD:Politics for that. Is it just spilling over? Why have a separate politics forum if it's not going to stay there?

[MADem]

1. Valid point. NT

[supernova]

2. Mods are all at the hot tub convention

:P

[knitter4democracy]

4. *giggle* Dude, I'd be there, too.

:D

[Buzz Clik]

26. I've yet to see exactly what distinguishes GD from other forums.

I just had a very general thread moved to the Lounge, which is probably where it belongs. So ... what is GD for?

[knitter4democracy]

28. I think it's for news that isn't LBN worthy, personal experiences, and odd stories.

This much politicking, though, is getting annoying.

[uppityperson]

3. annoying, isn't it.

[knitter4democracy]

7. It's so annoying. I'm digging through pages of posts.

I'm just trying to find GD kind of posts, and it's getting hard to find them. Ridiculous!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. Well, "General" means General. Including politics.

[knitter4democracy]

12. This much? It's getting crazy in here!

Candidate-bashing posts should only be in Politics. News that isn't current can be in here, but the "I know whom to vote for now" posts should be in Politics. So should the "my candidate kicks your candidate's ass" posts.

[LanternWaste]

13. Then GD/P is for...?

"Well, "General" means General. Including politics. "

Then GD/P is for...?

[WinkyDink]

31. Over-lapping. NBDeal.

[SoCalDem]

32. GD/P is the specialty forum where posts get RE-posted when GD posters

get pissed off because people here don;t agree with them:shrug:

[The Straight Story]

6. Sometimes when I post non-political things here people alert on em and complain

go figure :)

We need a general-general-Discussion forum...

[knitter4democracy]

8. I think that's the Lounge.

Though, they're a bit odd in there. ;)

Btw, how are you doing? I think of you often. :hug:

[The Straight Story]

17. Doing ok - still looking for a job and such

Hoping this year is better for the wife and I.

[knitter4democracy]

21. I hope it is, too.

Last year was crap for too darn many of us. We all need a better year. :hug:

[jakem]

9. this is an interesting question-

what is 'general' on a democratic forum?

i always took it to mean not news-story based...

[knitter4democracy]

16. Generally, stuff from political operatives gets into GD: Politics.

Anything that's practically a press release or is annoying rant against one or more candidates in favor of another goes into GD:P. Not anymore, I guess.

[Jackpine Radical]

10. I support Edwards! WooHoo!!

:evilgrin: <=======(Sorry--He made me do it.)

[knitter4democracy]

14. I needed the good laugh. Thanks.

:rofl:

[Lex]

11. If the Mods wanted the threads moved to GD: P

they'd move them.

I think that with the Primaries being in the mainstream, general news right now, then having the discussions in GD is okay.

[zorahopkins]

15. I Like Fig Newtons

I would have started a thread about how much I like Fig Newtons, but I thought I'd post to this thread instead.

Go figure.

[knitter4democracy]

19. Mmmm. I like the raspberry kind.

:)

Fig newtons are usually discussed in the Lounge. Though, they might take it in directions you can't foresee. ;)

[zorahopkins]

23. I Like Any Politician Who Supports Raspberry-Colored Thread

Well, if I can't talk about Fig Newtons in this forum, can I say that I like any politician who supports raspberry-colored thread.

I have a raspberry-colored sweater.

I wear it when I eat raspberries.

That way, I don't have to use a napkin.

Plus, it saves money. I seldom have to have it drycleaned.

[knitter4democracy]

25. I'm all for that. Should we form a new caucus?

It's what all raspberry color lovin' Dems should do. :patriot:

[Little Star]

18. Probably because most people left GDP because of some

really irritating posters and came to GD, and the irritating posters followed them here to GD

[knitter4democracy]

22. Ah. That makes sense.

Hmm. I don't have a good solution to that. What to do?

[Little Star]

24. one in particular, I have ceased posting to, let her posts sink. nt

[Le Taz Hot]

20. Agreed.

These pissing contests need to be limited to GD-P. I've no idea why the mods aren't moving them.

[blondeatlast]

27. GD/P is short for G*ddamned Pit. (Agreed, but it was bound to happen). nt

[Dr. Strange]

37. ah, yep...

[knitter4democracy]

29. Kick for new ideas.

Ideas on how to handle this?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

34. Maybe use the hide thread feature to self-correct the problem?

That's how I control the over abundance of irrelevant bashing. It works out pretty well for me.

I imagine, but have no real reason for doing so, that if things get too ugly and/or out of hand in GD then the powers that be will restrict placement of candidate topics to GDP.

As it is right now GD is just kind of catching the overflow on most days with bursts in activity after candidate related events.

[knitter4democracy]

35. I'm going to try that!

I've had that not work well for me in the past, but maybe that was just a glitch. I'll try it today.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

36. I should mention that during times of high traffic the feature will be turned off

You'll know it's off because all the threads you hid will magically reappear and this --> little image will no longer be visible.

I'm not sure if we lose it at level 1 or if it's level 2, but I know we lost it during the Iowa caucus the other night.

[avrdream]

39. Oh no, I didn't know that.

I'm not looking forward to seeing so many hateful threads again.

Good point by OP, though. I try to come here to get away from the madness of GDP and read some critical thinking. Lately it has all been sort of the same.

[knitter4democracy]

41. That must be why it didn't work last time.

Thanks!

[SoCalDem]

30. A... M... E...N...

It's precisely why I stay away more than I come here these days..:grr:

[0007]

43. Know whatcha mean jellybean! nt

[Sydnie]

33. As I understand it ...

GD was for "instant karma" type posts, short quips and rants and other general discussions of many different types of topics while GD-P was for more lengthy, almost article like posts that delve much deeper into a singular topic and remain more on topic than GD ever could.

At least that is what I recall from the original posts that introduced the two forums by the admins.

So, almost anything goes in GD ... even (gasp) political posts.

[scarletwoman]

38. They're EVERYWHERE! They're EVERYWHERE! AAAAAAIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Yeah, the spillover is getting kinda heavy. I avoid GD-P specifically so I don't have to deal with the barrage of candidate posts, but I'm definitely guilty of getting sucked into some of it here in GD.

GD-P was originally created back during the 2004 campaign season to be THE forum for politicking, and to leave GD open for other kinds of discussion. But the 2008 campaign has been basically going on since 2006 and there's been a continuous blurring of what gets posted where.

I do hope that at some point the admins will decide to tighten up the parameters of what goes where. Meanwhile, I've gotten very good at ducking...

(I wish there were a :monkeys flinging poo: emoticon)

:D
sw

[knitter4democracy]

42. You said exactly what I was thinking.

I stay away from the Politics forum because it can get so nasty, and now they're everywhere. Maybe some rechecking of the guidelines is in order?

[scarletwoman]

44. It should die down a bit after the NH primary -- at least until the next debate.

:P

Ultimately, it's up to the admins to crack down or not. Self-policing only works up to a point, as you can see.

This is my second primary season on DU, I'm much more enured to the horror of it all than I was in 2004. Hang in there, it will get much worse before it gets better. ;)

sw

[Rex]

40. Because originally it all started in here or LBN or the Lounge

and ultimately it will END in one of those three. :P

[GreenPartyVoter]

45. I know. I can't tell which one is which any more either

[NNN0LHI]

46. What is this GD Politics forum?

I am not familiar with it. I have pretty much only hung around here. Are there things I shouldn't post here?

I have always posted everything (except lounge stuff) here. Seemed to work out for me. This changing what and where we are supposed to post stuff is tough on us old guys. Hard to get used to new rules and regulations. We tend to get set in our ways.

Don