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Why are the forums that I favor - occupy, progressive, labor, women, etc so non-active? [View all] ellenrr Jul 2014 OP

Don't know about all, but "safe havens" have no controversy pipoman Jul 2014 #1

in my experience there is a lot to talk about - minus controversy for the sake of controversy ellenrr Jul 2014 #4

My experience is that none of those disagreements are allowed pipoman Jul 2014 #5

I don't have any news sources for these topics specifically Demeter Jul 2014 #2

well I have not experienced 'dive-bombing' on the forums I mentioned. ellenrr Jul 2014 #3

maybe their local occupy groups are flagging, too. mopinko Jul 2014 #6

I think the loners forum is the least active of all. CrispyQ Jul 2014 #7

Du has changed a lot over the years. Joe Shlabotnik Jul 2014 #8

thanks. thoughtful analysis. ellenrr Jul 2014 #9

Joe, if you can answer this w/o getting yourself in trouble with the Powers: ellenrr Jul 2014 #12

Very much resonate with your words. truedelphi Jan 2015 #23

I agree with your concerns, and with much others have said above. snot Jul 2014 #10

I agree. It's one of the reasons I am an infrequent visitor here.. ellenrr Jul 2014 #11

Not a lot of people on DU seem to care about activism. Chathamization Sep 2014 #13

I agree! there is this facebook group about getting single-payer- ellenrr Sep 2014 #14

Probably not as active ... captfoster5 Sep 2014 #15

Yes, the internet could be a huge boon for activism. From my experience, some ways it could help Chathamization Sep 2014 #16

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Re: lenrely Dec 2014 #18

I have an idea that if all the thinking people on du were to stop reacting to trolls, ellenrr Dec 2014 #19

95% of the posts also seem to come from about 5% of the users. Post limits would be nice. Some Chathamization Jan 2015 #25

I really like the idea of posting a link that is clickable into the header. truedelphi Jan 2015 #22

well, I don't know if this will make you feel any better but I'd like to see more criticism of media Bill USA Dec 2014 #20

thanks bill, I didn't even know there WAS a media forum... ellenrr Dec 2014 #21

Anthropology? ... I didn't uncover that one (ha-ha). I agree, it sounds interesting! You might Bill USA Jan 2015 #24

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