DU on Facebook?

[bluedigger]

I was following another thread and decided to check out DU on Facebook. When I entered "Democratic Underground", I found an "interest" group (?) of the same name. The first line of the description follows:

"Negro Underground, also known as NU, is an online community for US Democrats and progressives."

WTF?

Somebody more savvy than me, fix this shit.

Right Fucking Now!

[frylock]

1. report it..

i just did.

[bluedigger]

9. To whom?

And thanks!

[frylock]

25. there's a link at the bottom of the page to report abuse..

also, it looks like there's a LEGIT DU fan page on FB. i just joined!

[arcane1]

2. How did you find that?

I did the same thing, but found these:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2426871461&v=info


and

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2204512422

[bluedigger]

7. I told you.

I entered Democratic Underground" into their search function.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Democratic-Underground/10...

[arcane1]

10. That's weird...

I did the same thing but I didn't find taht one. Ah, Facebook!

[blondeatlast]

13. arcane1 and I get the same results.

[Quantess]

3. Wow. That is low, even for the "usual suspects"

at sites that cannot be named. It's so funny that those unmentionable sites claim that DUers are actually the racist ones.

[jobycom]

4. Hm. The description at the bottom says that's from Wikipedia

but Wikipedia doesn't have that entry. I'm guessing that someone hacked Wikipedia and it wound up on that page, then someone fixed Wikipedia.

There are several DU groups over there, it took a while to find the one you meant. It's not a group you join, it's the kind you "Like," though I have no idea what the difference is.

[bluedigger]

5. I agree.

I checked Wiki and it wasn't the same. It's just a juvenile punk, but it still pisses me off.

[jobycom]

12. Yeah, pisses me off, too, since there was a heavy attempt to smear DUers who hung out at Facebook

a while back, and now this is going to go into the trove of lies some used to do it with. So in addition to being racist (and an obvious attack on Obama and us for supporting him), it attacks DU, and it's going to be used to smear the "usual suspects" who also talk on Facebook.

[bluedigger]

16. I don't really care what people here think of Facebook.

They are free to use it or not, as they choose. It works for me. I do care what people think of DU, however.

[blondeatlast]

17. Good for you. Seems odd that you got that result and I didn't after trying

several searches.

[jobycom]

21. I got it.

I searched after I saw the OP, and came up with that page first.

[jobycom]

20. I don't either, but I care if they think DUers at Facebook are trashing DU.

And we've been accused of that. I know of a couple tombstonings that came about after such accusations. So it's not a moot point.

[blondeatlast]

24. See my PM, please. nt

[A HERETIC I AM]

6. There is more than one DU Facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2204512422#!/grou...

[bluedigger]

8. Yup.

And the one at the top of the search results (for me) is this one:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Democratic-Underground/10...

[A HERETIC I AM]

11. Are you a facebook member?

I'm not sure if it makes any difference, but I am a member of Facebook and the first result when I search for "Democratic Underground" is the link I gave above.

Alert on the page you cite.

They'll get rid of it if enough people complain.

Edited to add...if you scroll all the way down, you'll see a "Report this page" link. Take it from there.

[bluedigger]

14. Yes, and thanks.

Do you know if Facebook administers these "interests" itself? Or is there a DU'er who set this up and is responsible for it's maintenance?

[A HERETIC I AM]

22. Some fucking wanker made those comments.

Facebook, like DU, has moderators but they can't be expected to catch everything, just like on DU. It needs to be alerted on.

[blondeatlast]

15. Interesting--I didn't use a hyphen in my search; most people wouldn't.

But yes, your link shows how you searched and a much different result than I got.

[bluedigger]

18. Screwy.

I didn't hyphenate either and didn't notice the hyphen in the link until you pointed it out. It isn't there on the FB page itself though, just in the address. Weird.

[blondeatlast]

19. Isn't it just? nt

[mstinamotorcity]

23. Well to all my sisters and brothers from another mother

looks like I am going to need more water in the soup!!!

[LiberalArkie]

26. I am a member and get the negro underground with DU comments also

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Democratic-Underground/10...

I searched for 'democratic underground' 2 words 'democraticunderground' returned the same page also

[wryter2000]

28. self-delete

[LiberalArkie]

27. I am a member and get the negro underground with DU comments also

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Democratic-Underground/10...

I searched for 'democratic underground' 2 words 'democraticunderground' returned the same page also


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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Negro Underground, also known as NU, is an online community for US Democrats and progressives. Its membership is restricted by policy to those who are generally supportive of progressive ideals and support Democratic candidates for political office. DU was established on January 20, 2001, the day conservative Republican George W. Bush was inaugurated President.

According to Democratic Underground, as of June 2008, over 122,000 user accounts have been registered and over 38 million messages have been posted. DU publishes articles several days a week and has an online store, a directory of links, and forums where members may post on various topics of interest.