I've blocked 5 people on DU since 8 o'clock this morning

[FakeNoose]

I feel pretty good about it too!

Anybody who isn't for our Party, anybody who secretly admires Chump, anybody who hints they aren't all in for Biden & Harris - they're getting blocked. Time's too precious to waste on fools and idiots.

[unc70]

1. Are you alerting?

[FakeNoose]

7. Not sure what you mean

The things some people are posting aren't necessarily objectionable. So no I'm not snitching, I'm blocking because I don't like their comments.

I do this for my own peace of mind. Same thing on Facebook, except it's getting so bad on FB that I'm taking a break for a while.

I'm just a cranky old lady, and I'd rather avoid the trollish commenters. That's all.

[DonaldsRump]

10. Good for you!

However, please alert. You are not snitching. Most of the times when I alert, the post is knocked out. But not always.

After lurking on this site since 2004 and being a very active member since November 2016, I had my first post hidden by a jury this morning. I immediately appealed, and within 30 minutes, the Admins reinstated my post.

DU has an extremely good set of human and automated moderators. I am totally impressed with it.

Keep in mind we will see all manner of trolling from now until at least November 3. Alerting posts is nothing unusual, and there is a real appeal mechanism that I can vouch for. If you have a reasonable doubt, I wouldn't hesitate to alert any post you are really concerned about.

[Baclava]

34. Wait, what? "Automated moderators" BOTS? We have BOT MODS? FUCK YOU BOTS, YEAH IM TALKING TO U!

Fucking BOTS, silicon chips better never fuck with me, fucking Im HUMAN, we MADE U!

I am your GOD! Bow down fucking BOTS!I







Now I feel better

Lets see if that works, lol

[TheBlackAdder]

35. Same here, I had one today and the admins reset because some people don't apply critical thought!

.

I was just reporting an observation of a MAGAt neighbor, and stated how you can't get thought to them.

Notifying people what one of the MAGA attack are, and how stupid it was.

===

While it's good to be on our toes for faction, it's not good to jump to reactionary flagging, because it's going to knock a lot of us out of commission, and it's going to be bad enough that some Trojan Horse accounts will be flagging posts as well. We all must be on our guard to make sure we don't rubber stamp flagged posts just because someone reported them.

.

[Chili]

28. cranky old lady here

That block option in twitter? My favorite link in the world.

BLOCK.
BLOCK.
BLOCK!
BLOCK YOU FOREVER YOU RACIST F*CK!

I don't even tweet anything, I just do it. They're not even tweeting me - DON'T CARE. I see that stupid MAGAt or rump2020 in the profile, you're gooooone from my eyeballs forever.

I did do that once recently on here, too. the ignore option. Someone was offensive to me responding to a neutral post I made... totally unnecessary. I don't have time for any more negativity. Adios.

[irisblue]

41. Mine as well. The "earn my vote" accounts

So I just

[Karadeniz]

2. I wonder if they are really DUers...

[A HERETIC I AM]

32. ?

Ah yes...the venerable 2 year DU'er making judgement calls on who is "really" a member here.


Well, this should be fun!

KUDOS!

[PCIntern]

40. Somebody accused me of secretly being a Rethug recently

I said, “Yes. I joined in 2004 and have been successful until now. Ya got me.”

[A HERETIC I AM]

44. .....

LOL!! RATS! Foiled again!!

[ahoysrcsm]

53. And dog forbid if your a lurker with a low post count. n/t

[tavernier]

3. I must be dense

I haven’t read any posts like that today, and since I’m a bit under the weather, I’ve been here all day.

[cwydro]

4. If there are posters not supporting our nominee, you should alert on them.

I’ve seen a few suspicious accounts, but I don’t block them. I just wait.

They always show their hand.

[dweller]

5. ...

am i still here?
jus checking

✌🏼

[FakeNoose]

8. Yep

[dweller]

9. whew

✌🏼

[Wounded Bear]

12. I can't see you...

[dweller]

13. you talkin to me ?

i can't hear ya


✌🏼

[Ilsa]

6. Unblock them, then alert on their posts.

Use your previous posts to find them.

There shouldn't be anyone posting here who is anti-democratic party.

[FakeNoose]

11. If I don't like their comment

... I don't have to engage with them. That was my meaning, some of these low-message-count people are just trying to provoke an argument, and I'm not biting.

But I'm also not a snitch. Trolls might get another person on DU to engage with them, that's OK. Sorry if I sounded otherwise. I'm just a cranky old lady, but I'm not going to get snookered into an argument with anybody. Same thing is happening on Facebook, but it's way worse on there.

[Under The Radar]

16. The rule about not speaking ill of Democrats certainly didn't

Bode well during the primaries. I have supported Joe Biden soon after the day he announced. And I received some harsh words because of it as did Joe

[cwydro]

17. "Snitch?"

Seems an odd way to look at it.

[Ilsa]

18. No argument necessary. The MIRT team does the

clean-up after evaluating whether they are a malicious intruder or a DUer sufffering from COVID-fever.

Seriously, you do Biden a favor by alerting on trolls. And your identity is protected.

[JI7]

25. Why are you referring to alerting of trolls as snitching ?

[obamanut2012]

45. "Snitch"?!

[Hekate]

14. Anything for sanity, but I hope you alerted to whatever Mods may be...

...or if below 100 posts, to MIRT.

[Indykatie]

15. I've Been On DU All Day and Haven't Seen A Single Post Like You Describe

And yet you've seen 5 apparently. What forum were these offending posts in? General Discussion or something else?

[Polybius]

19. I think the poster means she's blocking anything not 100% positive for Biden

For example, a poster said last night that Biden will win by 20 points. I said I guarantee it won’t be anything close to that, but more like 4-7 points. So I’m assuming it’s for stuff like this, not stuff against the TOS.

[FakeNoose]

24. Yes that's been bothering me

But I've also been seeing people helping Chump by giving his brainfarts (stupid ideas) coverage by repeating them like they're valid arguments.

Backhanded compliments for Bernie Sanders sometimes sound like a cheapshot at Joe and Kamala. Know what I mean? There's no place for it now. We have to be united behind our candidates. So my point is that I'm tired of this stuff - we're already past this.

Thanks for understanding.

[Cosmo Blues]

20. Have you seen the relatively recent post

Fuck your protest or something like that? The person has nothing in their Journal, it's their only post something about a friend of theirs named Tommy who got shot in the back. On another site I ripped into anyone who criticized any Democrat during the primary, I might have been even more cranky

[Raine]

22. That post was total BS there was NO shooting

anywhere near where they claimed.

[Cosmo Blues]

47. I kept looking too

Kind of remarkably no shootings

[cwydro]

23. I have nothing in my journal either.

I've been here quite a long time.

Anyone who's been here awhile knows exactly what to look for and all the giveaway clues.

[demtenjeep]

26. no journal for me either

I don't have time

[Cosmo Blues]

49. I've not

Been here very long at all, I don't know what's weird and what's not, I just regurgitated everything I knew about it. So you just remove the little check in that little box every time you post?

[cwydro]

50. No idea about any little check.

Whatever it is, I guess I've never checked it.

[Cosmo Blues]

54. For me

When I scroll down to post my article it's on the far left

[Renew Deal]

21. I've never blocked anyone

And I feel good about it.

[USALiberal]

29. +1000, me too! Nt

[TheBlackAdder]

36. Same here. Even the worst poster produces nuggest of gold at times. Plus it keeps me in the loop.

.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and we need to accept that. It's easy enough to just bypass a post and if people are so egregious that they are problematic, they will be removed by the admins.

.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

52. I never have either

but maybe I'm not on here enough to be bothered by anyone.

[PlanetBev]

27. Didn't we used to call it tombstone-ing?

God, I loved that...

[Renew Deal]

30. That was banning, not blocking.

Anyone can block anyone. But only admins can ban.

[GoneOffShore]

38. Used to love asking the trolls - What do you want on your Tombstone?

[GulfCoast66]

31. Don't really know what your are referring to.

Been preparing for a fishing trip for the last few days so have not been reading DU. Plus I take a break every now and then. It improves the mental health.

Perhaps in the last few days trolls have attacked and I’m not aware.

Personally, I have never blocked anyone, ever. The real true trolls get taken care of.

But I have lately seen some who become offended when it suggested that it is not in the bag for Biden. Which it is not. At all. This will be a close election.

My favorite part of DU is respectfully disagreeing with fellow Democrats.

Unlike republicans we don’t march in lockstep.

[Silent3]

33. If you really have run into people like that, good, but if you're just being overly judgmental...

...and deciding that everyone who (depending on your temperament) is either too worried for you, or is too optimistic for your tastes, is therefore a Trump supporter or is against the Democratic party, that's not a good thing.

[cwydro]

37. I agree.

I never block anyone.

I like seeing divergent points of view, whether I agree or not.

[GoneOffShore]

39. Over the 18 years I've been here my 'Ignore' list has fluctuated.

Most of the full ignores had to do with primaries or some of the really obvious crazy people that ended up moving over to JPR or just disappearing.

At the moment it's been holding steady at one mail block, and five full blocks - one of which is probably an inactive account. Most likely the blocks had to do with anti-vaxx posts or pseudo-science woo.

[RhodeIslandOne]

42. People defending Rump are gone in minutes

Usually clear disruptive low post trolls.

It the more subtle posts playing the long game that you gotta watch for.

[fescuerescue]

43. I hope they learned their lesson

[Sunsky]

46. I've always done that

Many times I go back to refresh my ignore list and see that many have had their posting privileges revoked. Of late I'm ignoring those whose posts are geared towards demoralizing and depressing Democratic votes. Those posts about all hope being lost (fear mongers). I have no stomach for that kind of thought process.

[SlogginThroughIt]

48. Ooooh is there a competition?

[BlueWavePsych]

51. Thread distractors and Drumpf spies are out in force tonight.