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In reply to the discussion: Anyone here miss DU as much as I do? [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)8. The trolls, the right wingers, the libertarians, and the My Way or The Highway crowd have taken over
the site.
I don't think it will recover. I think it might be toast.
If I were an admin, I'd get a good price for this long, decade and a half labor of love, and move on. Get out and unload it before the toxicity becomes obvious.
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The trolls, the right wingers, the libertarians, and the My Way or The Highway crowd have taken over
MADem
Feb 2016
#8
Do what I do, and stay out of the primaries forum. Much better for the blood pressure.
ladyVet
Feb 2016
#41
It is a discussion board with passionate members. There is bound to be some arguments. nt
Logical
Feb 2016
#12
Unfortunately, many of those members are only passionate about disrupting DU.
SecularMotion
Feb 2016
#43
The jury system is broken. Community Standards are too vauge. There needs to be specific
still_one
Feb 2016
#26
Just to show you how weird it is these days... I have caught flack for defending Hillary, but I was
world wide wally
Feb 2016
#31
There's a famous quote that I can't remember… Something about loving Jesus, but save me from
world wide wally
Feb 2016
#38
I've been here since 2001 and the left/right disputes have been here all the time.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2016
#39