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muriel_volestrangler

(101,316 posts) Sun Jul 7, 2013, 05:52 PM Jul 2013

A plea: Do not create any more 'shout out' threads. They waste the GD hosts' time [View all]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Violet_Crumble (a host of the General Discussion forum).

I'm not a GD host, but I can see the host discussion group, and they are having to spend a lot of time discussing all these threads. We all know they are pointless, either satire or meaningless "I'm on the same side as X" posts.

On DU2, threads like those would be locked on sight as copycats. They were one of the few times mods were allowed to act on their own - because nipping the silly meme in the bud saved everyone's time. The format of DU3 has not included such a useful clause. But, to stop making DU suck, will everyone just lay off?

Thanks.

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A plea: Do not create any more 'shout out' threads. They waste the GD hosts' time [View all] muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 OP

Oh, dear.... Xipe Totec Jul 2013 #1

or herding cats... Phentex Jul 2013 #5

All I can say is... FrodosPet Jul 2013 #82

There's only one way to settle this... Major Nikon Jul 2013 #45

OH! That looks like fun. KittyWampus Jul 2013 #48

I can hear my mother now... Buns_of_Fire Jul 2013 #69

I could see some possible danger to the scrotal sac... BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2013 #74

Lol!! Lucky Luciano Jul 2013 #50

awesome point! if this thread drops like a brick, i'll create a new one so no one misses it! unblock Jul 2013 #2

How about more pit bull threads instead? TheCowsCameHome Jul 2013 #3

A shout out to all the pit bull and cat owners… Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #11

well, make that ex-cat owners. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2013 #15

Make that ex-pit bull owners. MH1 Jul 2013 #17

So these 2 ladies were talking, and the first one said… Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #19

OOPS ...That was a "Bad Ass Post" by you! KoKo Jul 2013 #78

Oops, wrong place. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2013 #22

I DARE you to start that thread. I DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU to start that thread. KittyWampus Jul 2013 #49

They waste everyone's GD time. xfundy Jul 2013 #4

I can't tell if youré being sarcastic Xipe Totec Jul 2013 #7

Oh, serendipity sibelian Jul 2013 #10

Ban Sarcasm! Xipe Totec Jul 2013 #13

Shout out to the "No Sarcasm" young lady FrodosPet Jul 2013 #75

Nahh, I was being serious. xfundy Jul 2013 #89

I'm giving this thread a shoutout NuclearDem Jul 2013 #6

Me too, a rec and a bump Coyotl Jul 2013 #58

A shout out to the stop posting shout outs thread! Liberal Veteran Jul 2013 #8

Is this a subtle shout-out to the GD hosts? arcane1 Jul 2013 #9

I hope it is. In_The_Wind Jul 2013 #12

If you are a host then you must have plenty of time to waste. L0oniX Jul 2013 #14

Actually, my time was wasted by being on a jury for a reply in a shout out thread muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #18

O well ...it's good to have something to do ...goals ...dreams ...alerts L0oniX Jul 2013 #21

why all the shout outs? babsbunny Jul 2013 #16

Can not the hosts simply ignore any alert on the 'alerted on' off topic OP? bike man Jul 2013 #20

I missed this avatar Aerows Jul 2013 #23

I agree. 99Forever Jul 2013 #24

The Isley Brothers aren't going to like this. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2013 #25

They're over in the Lounge... PoliticAverse Jul 2013 #30

So I hear......... TheCowsCameHome Jul 2013 #33

But I don't have one yet... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #26

Oh yes you dooooo! sibelian Jul 2013 #51

That crazy guy... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #55

OH NOES! http://sync.democraticunderground.com/10023194329 L0oniX Jul 2013 #27

I can only assume you too are being sarcastic. Rex Jul 2013 #28

No, no joke muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #37

A thread? Try about 10 or 20 (probably). Rex Jul 2013 #39

"we guys" don't exist. The 'fight' is in a few of the 'shout out' threads muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #42

Thanks for trying. Rex Jul 2013 #44

But how will we know who gets the most votes for sufrommich Jul 2013 #29

I fear you are tilting at windmills. cyberswede Jul 2013 #31

K&R, but why did you strangle the vole? Was it a copycat? n/t winter is coming Jul 2013 #32

Who let the shouts out? Scurrilous Jul 2013 #34

great, more Tears for Fears MisterP Jul 2013 #35

Saw it coming. Trashed keyword "shout out" this morning. Iggo Jul 2013 #36

smart man. I have just been trashing them one by one ... some of them I have posted in. Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2013 #90

If you aren't a host, why can you see their discussions? cliffordu Jul 2013 #38

I'm host in a different group (Religion) muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #41

Ah! thanks! cliffordu Jul 2013 #85

Man, I wanted to say that! xtraxritical Jul 2013 #40

IMHO people who spam the place up with these copycat threads need to be given a kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #43

I have a solution to all this... busterbrown Jul 2013 #52

They're pointless, IMO. Apophis Jul 2013 #46

A muriel_volestrangler appreciation thread should follow!! madinmaryland Jul 2013 #47

You read my mind! nt Lucky Luciano Jul 2013 #53

Except GD Hosts are once again asleep at the wheel TorchTheWitch Jul 2013 #54

Have you ever been a GD host? cyberswede Jul 2013 #59

exactly why I won't become a GD host TorchTheWitch Jul 2013 #68

Jury system, so that's all you have treestar Jul 2013 #56

Sheesh... SoapBox Jul 2013 #57

what's a shout out thread? RILib Jul 2013 #60

How do the shout out threads make it onto the home page Politicub Jul 2013 #61

is there a way to trash them en masse Doctor_J Jul 2013 #62

Use the filter! savalez Jul 2013 #65

There is for the normal use of DU, but hosts are expected to look at alerted threads muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #66

Naw it's ok - Us hosts get paid by the Alert The Straight Story Jul 2013 #63

Dilbert (before we knew he was a RW asshole): muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #67

Ahahahaha - Such truth in that cartoon Dash87 Jul 2013 #76

I couldn't agree more. another_liberal Jul 2013 #64

not really a "shout out" type person, but was thinking very seriously of creating one quinnox Jul 2013 #70

Hey,....I tried to point out the absurdity... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #71

there's things that make "DU suck" but that isn't Cha Jul 2013 #72

I'd like to create a shout out to you for making this thread. Dash87 Jul 2013 #73

How would it impact the hosts? n-t Logical Jul 2013 #77

Thanks, enough is enough Duckhunter935 Jul 2013 #79

These shoutout threads are obnoxious. They waste space... Jasana Jul 2013 #80

When people find a loophole, they exploit it. NYC_SKP Jul 2013 #81

Will "shout outs" become the new "corn flake chicken" on DU? flvegan Jul 2013 #83

Shout-outs fer christ sakes!! At least it is not about madinmaryland Jul 2013 #86

TAMALES!!! flvegan Jul 2013 #87

+1..recommended!!!!!! madrchsod Jul 2013 #84

Cat and shout out threads have a place.... in the DU Lounge... TheProgressive Jul 2013 #88

Shh...just because its supposed to work that way doesn't mean it does. IdaBriggs Jul 2013 #93

And don't reply to all when telling people to stop replying to all e-mail recipients Generic Brad Jul 2013 #91

I'm alerting on this GD thread.. truebrit71 Jul 2013 #92