MODS: Can we have a Freeptard Tombstone Forum?

[maxrandb]

I'm sometimes disappointed when I miss the ravings of the "powdered sugar mailing, 34 years old still living in my mom's basement, penis stained Cheeto's orange Freeptard".

I have a pretty stressful job, and the occasional ranting of the wing-nuts provides some comic relief.

Any way to put these posts in a separate forum instead of permanently deleting them? We could call it "Cemetery of the Absurd", or something. :evilgrin:

[YOY]

1. Ooooh! I'd like that!

It would be sort of a museum dedicated to the asinine and the snappy comebacks they warrant.

[maxrandb]

3. Not only that

but I get extreme pleasure out of some of the DU smackdown responses.

It seems tragic to lose all that material. Often, I'll use something I've read on DU to smackdown a Freaker at work, or on the street.

[quinnox]

2. would be great

I'd also like deleted threads put there so that people could read them but a freeper tombstone forum would be great.

[KharmaTrain]

4. How About This Idea...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x310273#310855

I don't think we need a "Freeper Cage". Several other sites are out there that troll this and other sites and that's all they do. The good thing about DU is we stick to our business and issues and aren't bothered with engaging the moonbats.

[walldude]

9. Wouldn't that be discrimination against the poor or struggling?

While I have no problem with tossing a few bucks in during the fund drive, these last few weeks have been really tight and I'm counting my change, I'd hate to see people kept out because of financial difficulties.

[KharmaTrain]

26. Please Read Carefully...

I have sponsored several DU members...and have put out messages to those who have financial troubles in becoming a member here as it wasn't that long ago I was in a similar straights...and feel fortunate not only to be able to assist in the financial costs here, but to help others who would do the same if they could. I know there are many others here who have done the same...and as I said in the other post, I will gladly continue to do so as long as I'm a DU member.

My proposal would have a free forum that would be similar to the most popular DU forums that new members can get their feet wet, make connections with existing members and become a valuable member to our growing community...while isolating the trolls and trouble makers. If there's someone who desires to be a DU member, cost shouldn't...and at least on my part...won't be a problem.

[tavalon]

30. I hate to tell you this but,

despite our rules here, we do play with our mice sometimes. It's irresistable though well beneath us and I'll admit I've indulged from time to time. I know I'm supposed to alert but instead I'll egg on the moran until it's obvious that he's (let's be honest - it's usually a he) mostly dead, then turn 'em in. My bad but I know I'm not alone. Heck, it's funny to watch even though they are so very outgunned.

[KharmaTrain]

39. Nothing Wrong WIth Playing With The Mice...

I get a kick out of toying with them as well...especially the sanctimonious ones...it's always a delight to have the chance myself, or see someone else here surgically cut them into little monkey dunglets. We could still do that...and we'd know where to find them...keeping the most popular forums here sacred for the serious DU members. We get enough "drive bys" around here, and it's rough enough keeping the peace among ourselves. Plus it'd give the mods a break as well.

Cheers...

:hi:

[xmas74]

45. I like the idea but

some of us here sometimes fall on hard times and cannot donate every time they want to. (I'm in that position right now.)

I don't post like I used to but I do like to check in and see how everyone is doing. I'm just afraid that some of us would be forgotten and might not be able to access.

[walldude]

5. The Freeper graveyard.. good idea

sometimes I hate when I see a great response to a deleted post.

[Connonym]

8. Agreed, some people put a lot of care into crafting civilzed rebuttals

it's a shame that their efforts just get deleted.

[wryter2000]

6. K&R

I would love that.

[judaspriestess]

7. hey I was thinking the same thing

I am glad you posted this thread. I always seem to miss the party

[ripple]

10. Great idea- definitely worth a rec! n/t

[wicket]

11. I love it!

:D

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. Gawd no!

Then they'd be lining up to get their name in it. You must keep in mind that they're freaks and they'd feed on something like that.

[maxrandb]

17. I think you could still ban them and prevent them from posting

but what I'm taling about is taking a thread that's been "tombstoned" and posting it in it's own forum somewhere. No new posts would be allowed, kind of like a "read only" thing.

Call it

"Freak Show Central"

"Posting's from a Mother's Basement"

"Freeper Graveyard"

or something like that.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

19. What I mean is they'd wear it as a badge of honor

They'd be thrilled to have left a muddy footprint behind on DU and we'd end up with more trying to earn the same honor.

[maxrandb]

21. I get your point

but if their busy doing that, they won't be getting their sisters pregnant.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

23. That is that...

And it's well worth the consideration. :rofl:

[Debi]

13. I do think the hate mailbag needs to be updated

'Stickley lies' is so 2006 :eyes:

[sniffa]

14. i don't know if that wouLd work too weLL

they have to tombstone them to fiLL it up. :shrug:

[madinmaryland]

15. I could do without that!

I don't need to see the vile hate that freepers spew shown on here!

[quiet.american]

16. Totally agree. Why keep their vibe alive? n/t

[maxrandb]

20. My OP was kind of "Tongue-in-Cheek"

but one benefit would be to be able to read the reasoned responses of DUer's.

Sometimes in a conversation, or argument with a wing-nut, you'll need that certain phrase, or fact, or "snappy comeback", and you just can't come up with it yourself.

I'm more interested in seeing the humerous and coherent responses that DU lays on the Freeptards than anything they have to say.

[tavalon]

32. To mock them

of course.

[Old and In the Way]

18. A Hall of Shame.....

Should be able to nominate a particular response to the Hall of Shame...so we can forever capture the assorted mindless comments, bigoted, homophobic rants of the mouthbreathers who are shortlived here. The collected wisdom of those who have drunk the kool-aid long and deeply.

[Magleetis]

22. He

who breaks the rules must go to the house of pain.

[mopinko]

24. i like it. get them on the record. leave it there for all to see.

so that those folks here who (rightly, imho) consider it a mission to make sure that evil perpetrated here does not dissapear down the memory hole can take a break.
bring it on.

[Sammy Pepys]

25. Freeptard Tombstone Forum?

Someone fill me in here.....I must not be up on my messageboard lingo....

[tavalon]

35. I'm sure there's an abbreviation topic somewhere

Freeptard - someone from Free Republic. As well, a moron, though I guess that goes without saying. We tend to use moran instead of moron because of a famous picture of a freeptard in which he mispells moron

Tombstone - to be banned from the site. There is a picture of a tombsone that says, "Here lies a disruptor. He disrupted poorly." I'm not positive that is the exact quote.

Forum - what we have way too many of.


Hope that helped. :-)

[Sammy Pepys]

38. aha...

Wasn't sure what "tombstone" meant....thanks!

[unpossibles]

27. not a bad idea. Or perhaps just limit it to either funny or informative

like when someone shuts down a troll with facts which disprove their trollosity.

Maybe not though. Hmm. Message boards are my daytime TV sometimes....

[Gold Metal Flake]

28. No need to give them any more attention than they manage to scrape up for themselves.

I have no desire to visit a "Ugliest Dog Turd" museum anymore than I care to revisit the pathetic attempts by Neurotic Brownshirts to be noticed.

A troll memorial forum would only encourage more desperate attempts at disruption.

[benddem]

29. could someone explain

what tombstone means? I realize it is someone who is banned but where do you see this???? I've been on DU for years and I still haven't a clue as to how you find out if someone is tombstoned. I also cannot find the place where you can check on a user name. Maybe I'm more retarded than I think.:dilemma: :dilemma:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

31. If you click on the profile of a banned person you see the TS

Here's one from earlier for you to check out. :hi:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=201615

[tavalon]

33. Though anyone who gets a post deleted shows the tombstone

I wouldn't know that except that I had one of my posts deleted once (bad me) and I saw a tombstone when I clicked on the deleted post. I have thankfully never been tombstoned.

[Quantess]

34. Here's what I do:

When you sense that someone is likely to get a tombstone soon, just put them on your buddy list.
In case you aren't around at the moment they get their granite slab, you can still keep tabs on their status by having them on your buddy list.

[uppityperson]

47. reverse buddy list ploy, eh?

I do this also though I do have a few on my buddy list who are actually buddies too.

[helderheid]

36. Yes, please!

[roguevalley]

37. one of the greatest ideas ever posted here. :-D

[jaysunb]

40. DU used to put up tombstones

back in the early days....they were sometimes funny but also dreaded because they kept the persons name up and you'd sometimes see good friends tossed....not neccessarily for being freepers but most often bad behavior.

AHHH those were the days. ( I'm still suprised I survived :evilgrin: )

[w4rma]

41. A graveyard of posts might be a good idea, similar to the hate mailbag.

This is a museum/library/graveyard of tombstoned posts that is being advocated. That might be good idea.

Note, I would be in full agreement with a forum for the tombstoned:
Limit the forum to no pictures, no code, no signitures, enforce automatic bad-language censorship. Do all of this so that it can be run with no or very very little moderation and bandwidth use.

It's a popular idea.

[graywarrior]

42. I'll cast my vote in favor of that idea.

:thumbsup:

[Pierre.Suave]

43. How about this forum.

http://www.fstdt.com/

it is worth a good laugh or 400...

[puerco-bellies]

44. K & R This is the most worth while suggestion in a long time

There have been so many great smack-downs of such stupid comments. Many should be kept for posterity.

[liontamer]

46. that would just glorify trolls

why call attention to them?

[Madspirit]

48. K&R...Great Idea!! n/t

[Elidor]

49. Here's why the admins will never go for this

Having the freepers' posts linger around for people to see will inspire them to post more disruptive things. It will also inspire DUers to play with them more. This is not what the admins envision for DU.

[InvisibleTouch]

50. Probably more unnecessary work for the poor mods, but...

...as a concept, I do like the idea. We could all use some amusement these days! And, I'm always behind the curve when it comes to trolls being uncovered and thrown out, so a Graveyard forum would give people a chance to see who was tossed, and why.