What's considered bad form on DU?

[jjmalonejr]

What do people do that you wish they wouldn't?

[datasuspect]

1. i hate it when people post

people should not post on discussion lists!

it offends my delicate puritanical sense of shame and modesty.

[jjmalonejr]

10. I'm sorry.

So, posting to ask what's bad form is, in and of itself, bad form.

Boy, a guy can't win.

[Zenlitened]

19. And posting to apologize about it...

that's a no-no.

:D

[jjmalonejr]

25. I'm sor...

Dangit!

[Spinzonner]

2. I've noticed that anything up to but not including

Genocide

[jjmalonejr]

12. I guess I'm alright, then.

I don't think anyone could say that any of my posts could be defined as "genocide." Not under the technical definition of the word.

[trumad]

3. .

[datasuspect]

5. are you opposed to gymnastics!

are you saying we shouldn't discuss gymnasts/gymastics?

good, then we agree . . .

[Kire]

63. I'm opposed to people who use single punctuation marks in subject line...

I prefer to have a wide target to click on.

[Maddy McCall]

8. ,,

[mr_hat]

4. Clique-ishness. Seems kind of antithetical to me.

[progmom]

14. Can you explain what you mean by clique-ishness?

It's a term that's been tossed around a lot lately, but I am not exactly sure how people mean it.

[mr_hat]

16. It means, IMO, that there are a few cliques here. The "chosen ones" >

and their supporters.

Seems like anyone who'd been to high school would recognize that in this group. But then, what do I know. I went to boarding school in Europe.

[progmom]

47. Hmmm. I went to a private school in Europe myself.

But before I left American schools in 10th grade, I certainly knew cliques, and I certainly was not in them.

I hate the idea that people feel left out in the Lounge, and I honestly don't know what to do about it.

[mr_hat]

53. Institut Montana? (Long shot, I know.)

[progmom]

62. nope

International Secondary School of Eindhoven (the Netherlands)

[datasuspect]

17. it means you guys need to get a room

during your cloyingly sweet lovefests. or that was what i was starting to think. shit like that bothers me more when i am miserable. sorta like you want everyone to be miserable with you, you know?

anyway, they're starting to grow on me now. i'll just keep posting until people finally pay attention to me. what's an alienated, depersonalized victim of modernity supposed to do?

[jjmalonejr]

22. Let this serve as notice that I am officially paying attention to you.

You're good enough. You're smart enough. And, doggone it, people like you.

[mr_hat]

At last! My investment in Stuart Smalley tapes pays off!

[jjmalonejr]

54. Money well spent!

[mr_hat]

26. I'm with you -- keep posting. It's not so much the subject, nor

the content, but the handle.

[fleabert]

31. you need your own lovefest..:-)

:loveya: :hug: :grouphug: :pals: :grouphug: :loveya: :donut: :loveya: :thumbsup: :hi: :thumbsup: :hi: :toast: :hippie: :smoke: :beer:

seriously, I know what you mean...

[progmom]

48. Oh.

Ok.

[Bouncy Ball]

49. It only means you need to join in on the lovefests.

Our lovefests are NOT exclusive, how could they be? This isn't exactly a private, invitation-only, password-protected message board, is it?

When I first got here, I noticed a LOT of jokes I did NOT get. I just kept reading for a while until I got the feel of the place.

[Maddy McCall]

6. "I'm leaving DU"

I've never understood why people post that they are leaving DU if they really want to leave.

[datasuspect]

7. maybe they really feel some injury by

something here and want to see if anybody really gives a fuck.

gotta admit, this sure is an alienating world, i don't blame people for needing a little attention.

[auntAgonist]

13. did "I" miss sumthin' again?

link? .. O8)


:hi: I'm SO slow.

[Maddy McCall]

59. Here ya go.

I'm leaving DU: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=2819120

Well, I'm still leaving DU, but one more thing:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=2823610

[Melynn]

30. "Good Bye Cruel DU, I'm leaving" posts bug me the most

If you don't want to participate on DU anymore then just stop. Why make an announcement to the whole forum that you are leaving? I guess some people are drama queens or want attention. In any case, the "I'm leaving DU" threads really annoy me.

[Zenlitened]

37. But the "Oh, And One More Thing" posts that follow...

... are usually good for a few laughs.

[Bok_Tukalo]

9. Respond to bait and then complain about baiting

It's absurd.

[khashka]

11. Bad form?

Sex threads, using the C word, saying how much you like Bunnypants and Ann Coulter.

And datasuspect trying to fool us all into believing he has a shred of puritanical shame and modesty.


Khash.

[Abelman]

20. weird

I thought the C word was "coulter."

[Name removed]

15. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[jjmalonejr]

18. Wow, I haven't had a message deleted from one of my posts before.

I feel privileged to have elicited a rule-violating comment.

Wonder what it was, though. Musta been a doozy.

[Zenlitened]

21. We need an Island of Deleted Posts or something...

... where we can go and view all the nasty-grams that get deleted before we have a chance to see them. :)




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[alwynsw]

27. I'll second that!

we can put it next to lost sock mountain.

[Freebird12004]

29. if I might interject

I've seen at least one post before it was deleted... sorry :eyes: It needed to go!

[jjmalonejr]

32. Granted, but aren't you DYING of curiosity...

...when you don't catch them before they get deleted?

[Freebird12004]

38. of course I am!

I used to wonder "what could be so bad?" but I'm beginning to realize that even at DU ... some people are really rude and even crude - at times.

[jjmalonejr]

39. True enough, but it's like a train wreck.

It might be horrible, but you want to know what happened.

[Freebird12004]

40. Without getting hit by flying debris ~ if possible.

however the more I post ... the more I ruffle feathers too. But then - I was never one to back down if I think I've got a valid point.

[jjmalonejr]

42. I don't want to offend anybody.

[Freebird12004]

44. neither do I

When I put my thoughts out there on DU ... it's never as a personal attack.

[jjmalonejr]

46. Right, but some people are offended by things that aren't personal attacks

How can we keep from offending people when people are easily offended?

It's a real conundrum.

[Freebird12004]

60. A conundrum you say !

- a true puzzle - it is

[alwynsw]

23. "Bush is God" would sum up bad form pretty well.

What he thinks he is and what he is are two enitirely different entities.

[jjmalonejr]

24. So unpopular opinions are frowned upon?

I hadn't notice that. (<---sarcasm)

[Catholic Sensation]

28. endless unfunny copycat threads

97% of them are never clever, and they tend to reproduce like bacteria thus crowding out interesting threads in the lounge.

[mr_hat]

33. I disagree. They sink quickly enough. And part of the pleasure/appeal

of copycat threads is when they're as lame as possible.

[jonnyblitz]

35. they do suck badly. i agree. nt

[jjmalonejr]

36. Yeah, I don't get the copycat thread thing.

Why do people do that?

[datasuspect]

50. why do they do that?

don't those people know they are only contributing to the downfall of the lounge!?!?!?

oh the humanity!

[jjmalonejr]

52. Downfall of the lounge?

:eyes:

[Rowdyboy]

34. Speaking ill of the dead...The ugliest day in DU history, IMO, was the day

Bob Hope died. The vitriol and the hatred of some posters astonished me. I've never been a huge fan of Hope, but he and Delores gave millions to charity and he spent much of his life trying to ease the anguish that American servicemen and women felt being away from home in horrible situations. He shared their food, their foul weather, and even-occasionally-a bit of their danger.

His personal politics were the smallest part of the man and the response from some here was sickening..

[JohnKleeb]

41. I dont like that either

[Celeborn Skywalker]

64. Me neither.

Not even Reagan.

[Donailin]

43. getting put on ignore

I've been online posting in message boards for over ten years, re: aol/compuserve by the hour. I've been filtered exactly two times by folks who didn't like an opposing POV. I think it's juvenile and it smacks of censorship.

[cags]

45. I hate it when people try to tell others how they should post.

Like the "Please don't use profanity posts"

Or what we should post about like the
"Please no more _______ posts" obviously someone wants to talk about it, if you don't, then don't look.

Or complaining about others complaining (Uh Oh I just did that, but thats what this thread is for so its OK this time ;-)

[terrya]

51. Denigrating terrya in any way.

Just don't do it, kids. :-)

[JimmyJazz]

55. Going more than three days without posting a thread

with my name in the subject line :silly:

[jjmalonejr]

56. Now, JimmyJazz, isn't that rather self-absorbed?

D'oh! You tricked me!

[Padraig18]

57. "I'm leaving DU"

That should earn you an automatic tombstone, IMO.

:argh:

[NightTrain]

58. It's never a good idea to call another poster a "cocksucker."

Never mind how I know that! :evilgrin:

[khashka]

65. Unless your trying to get him to ask you out on a date

or just flattering him.

Khash.

[Maddy McCall]

61. Make a valid subject off-limits by starting a flamewar in the discussion..

so that the discussion isn't any longer about the topic at hand, but a fight between the people who want to discuss the topic and the two who want such discussions banned.

And then going back to one's little group and complaining that the people discussing the valid topic are "haters."