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In the discussion thread: Do you like Democratic Underground? Then Like us on Facebook! [View all]

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:37 PM

Atman (26,224 posts)

65. But you don't really see it.

I know they can set up the cookies...if you've never been here, they take you to an "Buckle up, bucko, this is the ride you're in for!" page. After ten years here, my wife still says "Oh, you're just looking at DU..." When in reality, I look at DU for "Late Breaking News" first, and never, ever visit the lounge. I really consider it a valuable resource. But I think there are such a ridiculous number of forums now, it makes it very difficult for a newb to know what they're wandering into , or where they're supposed to start.

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113 replies	Author	Time	Post
Do you like Democratic Underground? Then Like us on Facebook! [View all]	EarlG	Sep 2012	OP
I can't. Don't belong to Facebook.	sinkingfeeling	Sep 2012	#1
Neither do I..but, I'll shout it from the rooftops...I LOVE DU....	Tikki	Sep 2012	#14
Can't stand Facebook, but love DU.	broiles	Sep 2012	#20
Likewise. I don't do facebook. nt.	Speck Tater	Sep 2012	#51
Ditto.	mimi85	Nov 2012	#112
fb is more than gossip	antsme	Oct 2012	#110
Well Hallefruitinluia!! It'll be my pleasure!! nt	nc4bo	Sep 2012	#2
Don't belong to Facebook either. n/t	antigop	Sep 2012	#3
I am surprised DU had not made before.	Ash_F	Sep 2012	#4
Done. nt	MzShellG	Sep 2012	#5
...what if we don't like facebook	tk2kewl	Sep 2012	#6
This message was self-deleted by its author	freshwest	Sep 2012	#47
WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!! DU will never wither. what gives you that idea	trueblue2007	Sep 2012	#62
Other websites that lost members to Facebook, is where I saw them die as people left en masse.	freshwest	Sep 2012	#64
I don't think anyone would leave DU to join FB or Twitter	Tippy	Sep 2012	#92
That's good, but another place I was at for over ten years did just that. There were some of us that	freshwest	Sep 2012	#95
I agree with your assessment, there's only so many sites people can visit	just1voice	Sep 2012	#81
Yes ... Just like there being too many notes in a Mozart concerto ....	Trajan	Sep 2012	#85
People I knew were concerned about privacy; others weren't. One by one they peeled off and then...	freshwest	Sep 2012	#96
Liked and Shared!!!	Wait Wut	Sep 2012	#7
Sorted	dipsydoodle	Sep 2012	#8
...	CJCRANE	Sep 2012	#9
A real DU Group!!	RockaFowler	Sep 2012	#10
it`s about time!!!	madrchsod	Sep 2012	#11
So what are pros and cons of this? Wouldn't this mess with any anonymity I might want?	nolabear	Sep 2012	#12
It's not compulsory to Like us on Facebook	EarlG	Sep 2012	#21
Oh I know. I'm just seeking wisdom.	nolabear	Sep 2012	#41
Just don't say anything you don't want the world to know.	radical noodle	Sep 2012	#84
Sorry but that is just not realistic.	Egnever	Sep 2012	#102
I don't use my real name on Facebook. Well, I do, but I have other identities.	TalkingDog	Sep 2012	#23
I am myself on FB, and incognito on DU. It'll stay that way, lol.	kestrel91316	Sep 2012	#36
That's what I've been doing too. I'm not sure I can handle more crosstalk anyway.	nolabear	Sep 2012	#42
DU will know your REAL NAME.	florence123	Sep 2012	#79
DU already knows my REAL NAME!	Warren DeMontague	Sep 2012	#80
I will do it after Skinner does.	Lasher	Sep 2012	#13
Done!	calimary	Sep 2012	#15
two into one	BabbaTam	Sep 2012	#16
Done!	tallahasseedem	Sep 2012	#17
I posted the link to the Facebook Being Liberal community page	alp227	Sep 2012	#18
Sorry! Don't "do" Facebook...	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#19
Liked!	glinda	Sep 2012	#22
Liked!	frogmarch	Sep 2012	#24
done! n/t	arthritisR_US	Sep 2012	#25
Just returned from FB...	yellerpup	Sep 2012	#26
I haven't looked at Facebook in months	PADemD	Sep 2012	#27
Done.	Warren DeMontague	Sep 2012	#28
Done	RoccoR5955	Sep 2012	#29
I've got enough problems on Facebook.	Atman	Sep 2012	#30
There is a Welcome forum on DU:	Arugula Latte	Sep 2012	#50
But you don't really see it.	Atman	Sep 2012	#65
Done	Sherman A1	Sep 2012	#31
Done and done.	ellie	Sep 2012	#32
Good I'm glad you're going on FB!	Cha	Sep 2012	#33
Gee, thanks. Merge my two freakin' addictions.	kestrel91316	Sep 2012	#34
like DU but won't do so on facebook - n/t	2Design	Sep 2012	#35
I was the 173rd to like nt	duhneece	Sep 2012	#37
I did	LittleGirl	Sep 2012	#38
K/R	progressoid	Sep 2012	#39
Done! n/t	Lugnut	Sep 2012	#40
Done!	ohiosmith	Sep 2012	#43
I would but	SoapBox	Sep 2012	#44
done	BadGimp	Sep 2012	#45
Done!	MgtPA	Sep 2012	#46
No way to facecrook	we can do it	Sep 2012	#48
#299 here	khan8	Sep 2012	#49
Consider yourself licked :'	Democrats4All	Sep 2012	#52
Done	lamp_shade	Sep 2012	#53
#371 here (I think)	lamp_shade	Sep 2012	#54
376 likes? we can do better	DainBramaged	Sep 2012	#55
Done!!	Condem	Sep 2012	#56
Liked. Too bad they don't have a really, really like.	MichaelSoE	Sep 2012	#57
I don't use Facebook much but, if it's DU, then I like it! n/t	jamesatemple	Sep 2012	#58
I would if I could, but I can't so I won't... and I don't.	defacto7	Sep 2012	#59
Great poem!	mimi85	Nov 2012	#113
Deleted ..posted comment in Meta instead.	KoKo	Sep 2012	#60
DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i liked DU	trueblue2007	Sep 2012	#61
#424	Viking12	Sep 2012	#63
Glad to like DU on my FB account	Sugarcoated	Sep 2012	#66
I think I am 47something	Irishonly	Sep 2012	#67
I love DU!	druidity33	Sep 2012	#68
yeah	Ghost of Tom Joad	Sep 2012	#69
I never used, or intended to use, Facebook but I'll consider it	rachel1	Sep 2012	#70
to what end?	florence123	Sep 2012	#78
Done!	Overseas	Sep 2012	#71
Done and Done	Heathen57	Sep 2012	#72
My pleasure!	gateley	Sep 2012	#73
awesome!!!	shireen	Sep 2012	#74
i'm starting a protest on DU FB	shireen	Sep 2012	#75
Poop poopie dupe! I don't facebook, so I hope you'll post some of those pics over here.	lonestarnot	Sep 2012	#76
Anyone who would link DU to their Facebook after the whole ex-moderator access to personal profiles	florence123	Sep 2012	#77
I always just assume that anything I post (DU or Facebook) is accessible to anyone and everyone.	Jim Lane	Sep 2012	#87
liked! n/t	musicblind	Sep 2012	#82
Wait; you mean these are real, actual human beings I've been snarking off at for the past 8 years?	Warren DeMontague	Sep 2012	#83
690 of us at 9.15am British Summer Time	dipsydoodle	Sep 2012	#86
Kick	lamp_shade	Sep 2012	#88
Yes. I like DU	lunatica	Sep 2012	#89
Done	Mr Dixon	Sep 2012	#90
Been posting links to DU on Facebook for a long time	Tippy	Sep 2012	#91
I like DU, but I don't trust it enough to promote it. I dislike Facebook very much.	Bluenorthwest	Sep 2012	#93
Done. Thank you for getting DU on Facebook, EarlG	tilsammans	Sep 2012	#94
I signed up	Pharaoh	Sep 2012	#97
Done.	Window	Sep 2012	#98
I've been waiting to do that!	usregimechange	Sep 2012	#99
K&R and done!!! n/t	MustBeTheBooz	Sep 2012	#100
glad we finally have an official facebook site	southmost	Sep 2012	#101
You would have to be a fool to do so. Or independently wealthy or retired.	Egnever	Sep 2012	#103
Done! n/t	Duval	Sep 2012	#104
I do!	il_lilac	Sep 2012	#105
Done!	wicket	Sep 2012	#106
do not like either	inna	Sep 2012	#107
Done, now where did you put the link to get my star back?	Up2Late	Oct 2012	#108
done did it	neversaydie	Oct 2012	#109
Like n/t	thedudeisin	Nov 2012	#111

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