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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 04:55 PM Original message |
Skinner...is there any chance of a 'civility' forum... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Skinner, while you're at it can we have a Nader forum too? |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Amen! |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
61. Thanks . What would be... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. Who is going to enforce the rules there? You'd have to have a moderator |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. It would be interesting to analyze civility: what it is; what it is not; how it works . . . nt |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Indeed |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. My experience is that civility can make all of the difference in the world when |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
45. That is a very thoughtful... |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. That, in itself, would be... |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. I wonder if there is a happy medium to strictness and leniency. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I think further discussion... |
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sfam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. Agreed. Love the idea! |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Thank you. n/t |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. that would be nice |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. Where's the money in that? n/t |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
13. Skinner loves our GD-P.. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I love it... |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Put everything on Ignore |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
40. What I meant was that if DU devolves... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. I nominate zidzi as moderator. |
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MediaBabe (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Is that a joke? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Well...welcome to DU...you've not been here long enought to know our Zidzi... |
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MediaBabe (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. True, I haven't been here very long. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. No, your instincts are absolutely accurate. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
50. Thanks, rug :-) |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. Skinner - will you sing me a lullaby and tell me everything is gonna be okay?? :) nt |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
16. Every forum except GDP is a civility forum |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Hey, don't go knocking the DU Lounge. |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'd rather there were a GDP Dungeon |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Not a bad... |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
21. No one would show up. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. We should just rename this forum DU Fight Club |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. That was it's name in '03 when first devised. |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. "DU. . . Like Fight Club. . .Only Not As Sweaty. . ." We once had a T-shirt |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. Well, it would be nice to point out a difference |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. I think so, too. n/t |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. This *is* the civility forum |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
63. You may be right... |
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MediaBabe (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
28. In the anonymous world of online forums |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. Why not just stop "feeding the trolls??" Ignore whatever offends you... |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
32. No. He's responded to this question at least a few times. |
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ErnestoG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
33. You gotta love this. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Could you clarify what ... |
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ErnestoG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. You must be new here. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. November... |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
34. Perhps just some stricter enforcement of the clearly stated rules concerning civility. |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Bringing back the max locked threads/Tombstone rule? |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Explain? nt. |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I wasn't around at the time, but as I understand it back around 2004 there was a policy in which |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. I have been around for awhile |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Well said... |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Thank you Yvonne. |
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LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
43. Right on Yvonne |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 09:29 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Thank you... |
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LiveLiberally (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
47. K&R -- Thanks so much for this post |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Glad I'm not ... |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
48. Already exists, right here: " Politics/Campaigns" |
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JimGinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. I Browsed That Board For 2 Minutes... |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. And it's not... |
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RichardRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
52. To everyone who is worried about identifying 'civility'... |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. I think yours is a standard... |
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BigBearJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
59. Count me in. I would like such a forum. I was thinking of looking for a different website |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I love DU... |
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