DU is, for me, a place to ..........

[Stinky The Clown]

...... {fill your notion here}

I'm wondering why people post to DU. For example ......


Do you post to vent?

Do you post in the hope of changing minds?

Do you post so you get noticed?

Do you post to defend your favorite political figures?

Do you post in much the same way you would yak around the office water cooler?

Do you post for the social interaction?




I'm certain that no one answer is true for anyone. We all post for a variety of reasons. But what's the main reason(s) you post here? No right or wrong answers ......

[Echo In Light]

1. My customer service job keeps me online 8 hrs a day w/loads of downtime

I rarely post here on weekends :)

[raccoon]

2. Similar situation here.

I really need to cut down on my DU time though. I believe spending too much time here is a downer, esp. reading about current events. That's why I spend more time in the Lounge than I used to.

[Echo In Light]

6. I wander away periodically...usually to return...eventually. It gets addictive

[HereSince1628]

3. I reply because I appreciate being ignored.

I'm bad, I deserve ignomy.

Why else would my postbox combination be DE-A-D and my credit card security number be 6-6-6????

[Political Heretic]

11. Well I appreciate you just for your use of the word ignominy

Having heard that in a long time.

And your post made me laugh.

[Ohio Joe]

4. Good question...

The main reason... hmmm... I'm angry. DU allows me to vent and I appreciate that.

[asdjrocky]

5. Learn mostly.

I've learned a lot of great stuff here. Gotten some recommendations on some great books and even music.

There is also some people here who I truly like and appreciate.

[Echo In Light]

7. Yes. Absolutely. It helps to know there are kindred souls out there

:smoke: :hi:

[asdjrocky]

9. Dude!

:smoke: :hi:

[DrDan]

8. just a masochist at heart I guess

[Tailormyst]

10. Sometimes to vent, sometimes for social interaction

[Political Heretic]

12. My direct answer to this question was here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7828316&mesg_id=7828316

[daleanime]

13. Nice answer.

O8)

[Adsos Letter]

14. To maintain some sense of the world outside of the political economy and rise of class politics

in antebellum America, which is where I am forced to be in the other 90% of my waking day.

[bigtree]

15. vent

inform, learn

[arthritisR_US]

16. I post because there are times I delude myself into believing I have something absolutely

brilliant to add and then when reality hits I find it was just because of itchy fingers :shrug:

[Blue_In_AK]

17. I post for social interaction mostly.

Since I'm retired now and don't leave home much, this is my water cooler conversation.

[Myrina]

18. ... check LBN, editorials and political vid's I don't otherwise see ...

n/t

[reflection]

19. unrec as often as I can.

I keed, I keed! :D

[tomm2thumbs]

20. a place to echo important stories that might not get noticed otherwise

and find other stories which rise to the surface from others

[Blue Owl]

21. A refuge from the M$M

How I loathe the M$M.

[EFerrari]

22. I'm sort of an information junkie so DU is my crack, lol.

And over time, where good, good friends hang, too.

[SidDithers]

23. To be entertained...

Some posters are very knowledgeable and are fun to learn from.

Some posters are talented writers, and are fun to laugh with.

Some posters post the craziest shit on teh tubes, and are fun to laugh at.


I'm just here for the shits and giggles.

Sid

[Stinky The Clown]

25. "I'm just here for the shits and giggles."

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41WE21HJD6L._SL500_AA280_PIbundle-3,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg

Dunno if ya need the 3-pack, but there it is ......

:)

[SidDithers]

26. Maybe after eating here...

:hi:

Sid

[A-Schwarzenegger]

24. To "only connect."

:*

[Duer 157099]

27. ...raise my blood pressure, fill me with despair, fuel my anger

and pick up some good cooking tips

[Bryn]

28. I check here everyday to see if

we quit being armchair activists and to actually march with pitches and forks to the whitehouse for change! Enough is enough!

"you shouldn't be afraid of the government. The government should be afraid of you." V for Vendetta

[Starry Messenger]

29. research, sharing ideas and links

to support threads of people I like, joke around, bring pain to internet jerks. :D

[LanternWaste]

30. Scan the news and the initial reactions to it...

Scan the news and the initial reactions to it...

And to watch some of our more passive-aggresive members pontificate about how stupid everyone else is... :P

[cutlassmama]

31. Your post pretty much sums up why I'm here too.