2016 Postmortem

demwing

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41. So let's create a thread

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #39)

Tue Aug 2, 2016, 12:29 PM

Aug 2016

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Forget about spin-off sites from DU. They don't matter. [View all] MineralMan Aug 2016 OP

You are correct on so many levels and maybe I'll get there eventually. Just not quite ready yet. Sheepshank Aug 2016 #1

Keep saying the same thing.... giftedgirl77 Aug 2016 #2

I agree. nt auntpurl Aug 2016 #3

I dont visit them.... Uben Aug 2016 #4

But they were rightwingers posing as lefty's here on DU. JaneyVee Aug 2016 #5

Tue Nov 9, 2004, 05:03 PM Number of posts, all time: 64,377 Omaha Steve Aug 2016 #19

Thanks Steve. JPR isn't the only "spin-off" site. panader0 Aug 2016 #21

I never noticed your affliction... IthinkThereforeIAM Aug 2016 #40

I'm in no way the DUer I was when I joined, ask any old timer Omaha Steve Aug 2016 #42

No matter what the docs say you are one class act rurallib Aug 2016 #55

Steve, you're a treasure and we all know it nt geek tragedy Aug 2016 #49

Not all rightwingers....many are simply woman haters. nt LexVegas Aug 2016 #22

This ^^^ treestar Aug 2016 #27

No way. That site is getting trolled. Probably by DUers imo Arazi Aug 2016 #65

I check it out about once a week lapucelle Aug 2016 #6

The problem is the folks with the same usernames there as here. They're using access to DU to push BobbyDrake Aug 2016 #7

Go there and grab your username before others clone it bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #15

I'd rather they not have any of my contact information in their database, TBH. BobbyDrake Aug 2016 #18

You're right bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #28

+1000 to keeping toxic posts and sites away from DU. Hortensis Aug 2016 #8

Says the guy posting about the site whose name can't be typed. cherokeeprogressive Aug 2016 #9

Says the guy posting about showing "true colors." Hissyspit Aug 2016 #23

After the GE zipplewrath Aug 2016 #10

watching the Republicans go from squabbling to cannibalism after Trump geek tragedy Aug 2016 #17

Actually zipplewrath Aug 2016 #20

complaining how third parties get the shaft is an evergreen subject matter geek tragedy Aug 2016 #25

"The monoculture here has gotten a tad narrow and echoey." David__77 Aug 2016 #38

I see no difference than 2008. Demsrule86 Aug 2016 #53

OK. David__77 Aug 2016 #58

I hear you and when your candidate loses Demsrule86 Aug 2016 #71

DU rocks. Thanks admins and thanks to all you posters. FSogol Aug 2016 #11

This is the best website on the internetz SheriffBob Aug 2016 #12

By "real" you mean "acceptable" Android3.14 Aug 2016 #13

The type of discussions people have at Free Republic should not be discussions had at DU. nt geek tragedy Aug 2016 #16

I agree 100 percent! BlueMTexpat Aug 2016 #14

The spin off sites are boring in the way Fox News and Politicub Aug 2016 #24

exactly. nt retrowire Aug 2016 #26

Finally agree with you on something. closeupready Aug 2016 #29

Who cares? Clearly, you do demwing Aug 2016 #30

Nope. He's just sick of the constant "Have you read what they're saying over there?" posts. GoCubsGo Aug 2016 #39

So let's create a thread demwing Aug 2016 #41

If starting a thread that points out how childish all the fingerpointing is, GoCubsGo Aug 2016 #45

So complaining is ok demwing Aug 2016 #47

So, shit-stirring is okay GoCubsGo Aug 2016 #50

This isn't shit stirring, it's calling out hypocrisy demwing Aug 2016 #57

We should always keep abreast of events, since the Reps will obfuscate or co-opt using false info. TheBlackAdder Aug 2016 #46

Kick and heartily Rec Hekate Aug 2016 #31

K&R! DemonGoddess Aug 2016 #32

Well, I have active accounts on both DU and JPR. redgreenandblue Aug 2016 #33

There was a period during the primaries that I worried that DU was in trouble liberal N proud Aug 2016 #34

The usenet threading style with branching is simply superior to single branch threading. redgreenandblue Aug 2016 #35

From what I've seen, anyone feeling the need to spin-off from here.. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #36

I'm very grateful for DU. lark Aug 2016 #37

I'm a Poster in Good Standing Here and 2 Other Sites Leith Aug 2016 #43

Nope. Now, any new ones might just be a Republican ruse. TheBlackAdder Aug 2016 #44

I've been here about 5 or 6 years now and it's become........... socialist_n_TN Aug 2016 #48

They matter if you want to get any information on what OUR candidate for the POTUS is doing... StraightRazor Aug 2016 #51

Nah. I read the other one. I find it fascinating to watch them post here and then go there Squinch Aug 2016 #52

Me too. Demsrule86 Aug 2016 #54

So do I. But when members went and formed pro-HRC sites, they didn't change at all. betsuni Aug 2016 #62

It is kind of amazing. You see a poster over there talking about how Hillary can, pardon Squinch Aug 2016 #66

Yes, I noticed the "She" thing! betsuni Aug 2016 #68

Lol. Yeah I'm waiting a week or two for that poster to change his mind again. I think they use seaglass Aug 2016 #69

They use "she" also as in "I am not voting for SHE." Squinch Aug 2016 #70

I am thankful that many of the DUers who made this site miserable for the past year are now seaglass Aug 2016 #56

I really don't care what another site says, unless I am an active poster on that site. Rex Aug 2016 #59

There are a plethora of naysayers about the Democratic Party & the multiple growing movements Person 2713 Aug 2016 #60

I think it matters quite a bit ... NanceGreggs Aug 2016 #61

+1 bravenak Aug 2016 #63

+2 betsuni Aug 2016 #64

Exactly! It has been a real eye opener for me. Squinch Aug 2016 #67