So, how could the admins make DU even more chaotic and promote even more

[Redstone]

name-calling and backbiting? (Hey, I'm NOT disparaging DU here, just trying to compile a list of "upgrades" that the admins might want to think twice about doing if the thought ever occurs to them.)

Mine: A "recent tombstonees" list and associated forum where people could discuss the recently-Granite-Chikleted.

Wouldn't THAT one turn into a swamp right away with friends and enemies of the departed going at one another...

Redstone

[RetroLounge]

1. Oooh, I like that.

Or maybe before tombstoning, they can only access the purgatory forum where they have to defend their DU lives...

That could be fun...

RL

[Redstone]

17. You know what's the worst part? People would actually DO that.

The defending part, I mean. Instead of just taking their lumps and moving on the the next thing.

Redstone

[rug]

90. purgatory forum!

:rofl:

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

2. A nuclear ignore option!

oh wait. . .

While I understand it's purpose, seems like alot of people are gloating about it, and just using it to be assholes in general.

[Danger Mouse]

3. Steel cage matches to the death!

Arguments! Mudslinging! Flaming! Trolling! Let's see who wants it more!

[Xipe Totec]

4. We should have a cemetery board

Where we could leave flowers or... not flowers, on our departed whatevers.

[Redstone]

11. Hmmm...with a running total of flowers / (not flowers) next to each TS.

THAT would keep the tombstonees trying to come back, yes?

Admins: Let's not try this one, OK?

Redstone

[LeftyMom]

5. A poster reputation system

Where you can vote up the reputation of posters who say smart stuff kiss your ass. That always goes well.

[Redstone]

13. Cliques-O-Rama! Followed by implosion! Note to admins: I like the Lounge, so let's

cross this one off the "to-do" list also, OK?

Redstone

[LeftyMom]

15. Another board I'm on had a "secret admirer" system

It wasn't a clusterfuck there, but it would be here.

[Redstone]

18. How did that NOT cause an implosion? (People being the way they are,

and all that.)

I don't post in a whole bunch of places (two, actually), so I'm not that conversant with the whole discussion-board environment.

Redstone

[LeftyMom]

24. Flirting like mad is part of the established board culture

People played around with the feature for a few weeks and went back to posting nudies when they wanted to flirt.

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. Have I ever told you

that you're one of the most intelligent people I know?

[Redstone]

19. Yes, she is. Pretty, too. Nobody else on her level, actually.

Redstone

[LeftyMom]

26. Okay, both of you stop it.

:blush:

[Redstone]

28. See, that's what we meant! You're modest, too! What a woman!

Redstone

[Guaranteed]

55. Looks like Redstone's getting extra reputation points in the new system!

;)

[Patsy Stone]

53. It's called dKos

:rofl:

[S n o w b a l l]

63. Exactly...

I read the site but never had a desire to become a member of that community. The whole troll & rating system there really annoys me.

[Patsy Stone]

66. I went there first, but that got old real fast.

I found that I had to write a lot, and then I'd get yelled at. Here, I don't have to write that much to get yelled at. :)

[S n o w b a l l]

73. I know...

If you don't spend an afternoon writing a diary or say something profound, you're an interloper.

I like being able to make senseless comments, joke and play around. It's more real here. I love DU.

[Patsy Stone]

76. I heart DU

I've met the nicest people here who are so smart but also have a sense of humor about themselves. Also, when I arrived here, I found out I wasn't crazy thinking something wacky happened in Ohio. At dKos, I was told it was unattractive to ask questions about the election. What.Ever.

dKos: :boring:

[S n o w b a l l]

77. I think what took the cake for me was when

Kos started advertising Chevron on his site. About that same time, he made a very crass comment about Steve Irwin's death...that did it for me. Lost all respect. And you're right... election fraud was a taboo subject. What kind of progressive site won't address election fraud?? :shrug:

[Kurovski]

87. LOL!

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT!!!???!!

[Patsy Stone]

91. Blocking.

:hi:

[Kurovski]

96. Double block!

No call-backs.:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

102. Sticking my tongue out

Taunting you a second time.

[Kurovski]

103. Doubled over in a seething, rage-filled fury of stupendous proportions.

:mad::mad:
Spanking you until you learn your lesson. :spank::spank:

Now wondering why our block features aren't working as they should. :shrug::shrug:

Now thinking it was a bad idea, feeling shamed remorse at my decision to block. (Oh, and the physical abuse thing) Sobbing like a stinking drunk for forgiveness.:cry::cry:

[Patsy Stone]

105. Fear not, my dear misguided lad.

Although your decision to block was based in anger, the remorse and regret were based in love. (The spanking fell into a deep grey area I pay someone big bucks to help me wade through.)

Magically moot, however, because this evening all is well in the forest. The Block feature has vanished; sequestered in the vault with so many other bad ideas. The shame of being ostracized is back where it belongs: in the petty bickering and massive disagreements in every forum on DU. We are back to our old self.

So, I guess that leaves me no other choice. I'll just have to be satisfied with putting you on ignore.

Come by the KOEB some night soon and kibbitz. :hi:

[Kurovski]

106. My psychological traumas can once again be buried in a shady thicket!

My ability to openly act-out is renewed as though it were tender leaves of Skunk Cabbage emerging in a darkly joyous, vaguely shameful Spring.

Madness and angst and battering coercion now freed,
shall come Summer all gallop apace midst the towering oaks of my dithering screed.

These wildly bridled steeds
shall again trample and trod and pound the earth
with their terrible, cumbersome, unyielding girth.

*Whew!* What a relief!

:hi: Y'know, I don't get MSNBC, or I'm sure I'd stop onto the KOEB more often. But it would be rude and foolish to ignore an invitation from such a gracious and delightful woman.

(Don't tell the others, but did I ever tell you you're my favorite?);-)

[Pithlet]

60. Yeah, doesn't it?

Way back in my parenting board days, I briefly belonged to one where you could rate a poster, and the more positive ratings you'd get, the more stars you'd have, 1 through 5, like hotels or restaurants. It was so ridiculous that many of us started considering it a badge of honor to have fewer stars. That board was a mess to begin with, though. It was amusing to watch someone post something controversial, and see their starts start disappearing one by one, to be replaced in a fury by the other side, then dwindle back again.

[LeftyMom]

64. Oh god, parenting boards

:scared:

I'm a veteran of AmityMama and Mothering Dot Commune myself, so I know how scary the fights there can be. Makes GD in the primaries look like a lovefest.

[Pithlet]

69. Storknet, Breastfeeding.com, and Sybermoms here.

We do sound like war vets, don't we? Yep, Olivegardengate 2006 was nothing...

[Critters2]

72. Olivegardengate?!

I shudder to think! :scared:

[LeftyMom]

75. Got into a nasty fight in, of all places, the carseat board on parentsplace.com

And this scar here? That one's from the religion wars at AmityMama. Made R&T look like a UU discussion group, that did. Which was funny, because the board owner's a Quaker or something.

[hfojvt]

83. when I first joined

I thought the people with stars were really eloquent writers or something, like the teacher gave them a star :blush:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. List of who got alerted...

and who did the alerting.

[Redstone]

7. Whoof. Now, THAT would be an even worse idea than mine. You win some kind of prize.

Let's say a beer if we ever meet.

Admins: Make this one number one on your "don't do" list, OK? It's positively fiendish in its destructive capability.

Redstone

[Gormy Cuss]

8. Simple.

Dump the moderators.

[otherlander]

38. But without deleted messages and IBTL,

what would be the point of yelling? :shrug:

[Gormy Cuss]

39. We'd all be a bunch of Yahoos. n/t

[Ptah]

9. Random PM listed.

[Redstone]

10. With sender and recipient? How many divorces would THAT cause?

Redstone

[Ptah]

12. The flames that would ensue!

Get your fire extinguishers ready

Ptah

[Redstone]

14. Not to mention Nomex suits. I still have mine from when I used to race cars.

But I'd have to get someone to let it out a bit in the gut area.

Redstone

[Guaranteed]

56. HA HA HA!! nt

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. There's only one thing left to do:

A "Rate-A-Rack" forum.

:evilgrin:

[Redstone]

21. I'd win (by proxy, through Mrs R):

So that one's a non-starter.

Redstone

[RetroLounge]

You win...

:wow:

Of course, a rate-a-rack forum could lead to man-boobs being posted too.

Anarchy would ensue.

:rofl:

RL

[Redstone]

42. And the man-boobs posts would lead to mass vomiting...

So let's not, to use an overworked phrase that I HAVE to use anyway, go there, OK?

Admins take note. This one is truly horrifying in its implications.

Redstone

[kmla]

92. When I started reading this thread, I never imagined I would read the phrase...

... "man-boobs" before I got to the bottom. I've heard the expression plenty of times, but never imagined this thread would cross link to it.

That's what I like about DU. You never know what you are gonna experience. Even if it's "man-boobs".

:D

[ForrestGump]

41. I'm going to kill my browser

for not letting me see the lovely and talented Mrs Redstone the first time I perused this thread. :loveya:

You, sir, are blessed. :D

[Redstone]

44. I am, without the slightest doubt, the luckiest son of a bitch on the planet. And I remind

myself of that every day. And not just for her looks.

If I told you, you'd never believe me.

(PS: She's 52 years old in that picture. Stone truth. See, we old folks DO get to have some fun.)

Redstone

[ForrestGump]

49. I think she's lied to you about her age

:D

Thirty-two, maybe...

But I do believe you're a lucky dude, for more substantive reasons than her external appearance, though I'd also argue that she is a fortunate woman.

It works out nicely that way. :-)

And it gives some of the rest of us a little hope, too...

[Danger Mouse]

22. Oh, and before I forget...IBTL!!

[ForrestGump]

23. Clothing-optional rule

Though I think, in the Lounge, we're already boldly forging these new frontiers... :D

[Ptah]

27. Redstone needs some help with his Nomex suit. n/t

[Redstone]

31. And not just in the gut area this time, either. What a concept.

Redstone

[ForrestGump]

34. His WHAT?!?

:D

[Redstone]

46. No, NOT "Gnomex." Nomex. No G.

Redstone

[ForrestGump]

50. I thought the 'G' was silent

You know, kinda like how the G-spot doesn't actually exist. :D

[Redstone]

33. Forget it, buddy. THOSE pictures of Mrs R are MINE. What you saw upthread is

the best you're gonna get.

Sorry about that.

Redstone

[ForrestGump]

36. Darn. He's on to me.

:-(

Still it was worth a try.

And you can't blame me, can ya? :D

[Redstone]

48. Can't blame a guy for trying. I would, in your place. In fact, I'd probably offer bribes.

Fortunately, I don't have to.

Did I mention what a fortunate son of bitch I am? That's why I drive VERY carefully, because I know I used up my lifetime supply of luck in finding her.

Redstone

[RevolutionaryActs]

25. OMG! That would be better than ATA ever was!

:bounce:

[Redstone]

29. ATA worked surprisingly well. I'm sure it ate up a lot of the admins' time, but

based on what I saw, it was by FAR the most civil forum on DU.

Lots of laughs there, too. I understand why the admins couldn't keep it up, but I did enjoy it a lot.

Redstone

[wildhorses]

67. what was ata

:shrug:


dayum, am i still a no0b?

[RevolutionaryActs]

68. Ask the Admin

Best thing ever!

[wildhorses]

71. oh -- i bet that kept them hopping--

hate i missed it *drat the luck*

[uppityperson]

30. A public list of why someone blocks someone else.

Then the blocked one is immediately blocked and cannot reply. That would be something.

[Redstone]

37. So, you can block someone, but you have to say why, and say so in public? Oh, yes,

recipe for disaster right there.

Admins: File this one at the number two or three "don't do" position, OK?

Redstone

[uppityperson]

43. AND the one you blocked doesn't get to respond. You need both parts.

Otherwise it just is not as much fun.

[Guaranteed]

58. Or, in the alternative, EVERYONE gets to respond. nt

[crispini]

32. Funniest! Thread! Ever!

:rofl:

[Little Wing]

35. User notes, you can edit notes on anyone buy yourself

all notes and changed tracked ala a typical wiki system

It'll be perfect

[RetroLounge]

40. A picture icon next to each user name

So we can forgoe picture threads and just post your pics in your profile.

If I wanna see what you look like, I just click the picture icon...

:shrug:

RL

[Redstone]

101. That wouldn't promote any chaos. I actually like it. with my bad memory, it would indeed be

a useful tool.

Redstone

[enigmatic]

45. DU-Approved Gangs of posters

They all have to wear Satin coats, snap their fingers in unison, and dance threateningly as they post!

[AlCzervik]

47. bwwwwwaaaa!

good stuff.

[Ptah]

51. I saw those guys.

O.M.G.

[enigmatic]

57. Yes!

:rofl:

[Rabrrrrrr]

52. Special "Posting By Clique" priveleges

[enigmatic]

59. Oh boy

What a bloodbath that would be..:rofl:

[Rabrrrrrr]

62. And "ignore by clique"!

:rofl:

[Porcupine]

104. DONE!! 9-11, Gungeon, I&P, Fems, Womyns, and....

Nukes and Freaks er..environment/energy. I'm sure there's a few closets I've missed. Post the wrong thing in one of these forums and prepare to be stomped hard.

[Skittles]

54. LOL

Redstone, you crack me up - you're a true hoot :hi:

[Patsy Stone]

61. A few suggestions

1) Next to each user name: their verified SAT scores.

2) Once a week, the mods PM you a random user's login and password. For 24 hours, you're them!

3) You can now UN-recommend for the Greatest Page. Look! The my thread has -27 votes! Why do you hate America?

4) You must choose your candidate today. Your user name will immediately change to Hillary1, Clark1, Kerry47, etc. Lower numbers are allowed to publicly berate the higher numbers for "waiting".

5) No talking to anyone whose name randomly appears in red today.

[BlueIris]

82. OMG, you are HILLARIOUS.

And I think we should seriously consider the SAT score thing. And throw in college GPA, whether that person is a member of Phi Beta Kappa or not, honors degree or not, the whole spiel. Why not put up criminal record while we're at it.

[hfojvt]

84. I prefer my GRE scores

I could make them part of my sigline or something
680-800-790.
College GPA is not really fair, since I flunked quantum physics which would lower my GPA compared to a mere business major :hide: I mean some people are going to easier schools, taking easier classes, taking lighter courseloads, and others are working jobs and going to school full time.

[BlueIris]

86. Yeah, well, obviously we'd need the name of each poster's alma mater,

each person's class rank, major, etc.

And how about income level? Now that would make things interesting around here.

[hfojvt]

89. I'm probably already too public about that

It's about $10,000, mostly because I am semi-retired at 44. I have argued fiercely with people making $100,000 who insisted they are not rich.
Without an application process though, it's way too easy for people to lie about their edjumacation. "Yeah, I went to Washington University, yeah, that's the ticket."

[bleever]

85. Okay, now we're talking.

1) As long as there's a system for notating things like "my dad said sure, he'd drop me off in Evanston and we'd have a nice breakfast at Denny's on the way, and the traffic on the Eisenhower Expressway was worse than he thought, so I tumbled into my SATs with a minute to spare still sleepy and unfed, and so, what if our PSATs were better?" Or, if no system, then the right to post threads about it, in a FAIRLY moderated forum.

2) If I'm them, how do I know they were them to make me into them?

3) Just cuz.

4) (Is it going to be okay to vote "Democratic" in the election if were not sure yet about the person?)

5)

[Generic Brad]

65. Maybe we could get beauty marks to go with our stars

I'm feeling especially lovely tonight, so why the hell not?

[Critters2]

70. A forum where those being considered for TS'ing get to explain

why they shouldn't be banned.

I'd read that!!

[Midlodemocrat]

74. I want an hour by hour hottie list.

That means. I want hour by hour pics and updates of all the hot guys on DU, so I can lust vicariously and not risk my marriage vows.

:loveya: Redstone

[BlueStorm]

79. How about a looks rating system

Where DUers can rate on another user's appearance. It'll be kinda like American Idol.

Blue

[Redstone]

99. An hourly update on me? I don't know if I could...Oh, sorry. I just read your post again,

and I see that you only wanted the updates of the HOT guys.

Never mind.

Redstone

[northzax]

78. two connected ones

first, a list of instead of the number of posts you have, but the ratio between posts and replies.

second, everytime you reply to a post, you must assign a number between 1 and 5 to the post. anytime a poster gets a certain number of 1s, they are automatically tombstoned.

[bridgit]

80. Go Team Republican!!!

:shrug:

[BlueIris]

81. Hows about a little "Post-It" note feature somewhere under "Options,"

in which people can explain why they put someone on Ignore or Big Ignore. Hee.

[deucemagnet]

88. Let me inject a little love into this thread.

I realize that this is one of the best run and best moderated site on the internet today. I appreciate all of the effort that the administrators put into making this a great experience for all posters, and I realize that not all changes are going to be out-of-the-park home runs. I also realize that this site is populated by one of the very best online communities on the entire internet.

That being said, it's been a long time since I've read so many threads with 100+ posts on this site, and enjoyed every one of them. Nuclear ignore might not turn out to be the important tool that the admins initially envisioned, but it's been one hell of an entertaining social experiment. Hell, I'm ready to double my usual donation based on entertainment value alone.

I can laugh the same way I'd laugh when my best friend does something boneheaded, but let's not forget who our friends are.

Respectfully submitted,

deucemagnet

[Redstone]

95. And we even get to have ridiculous threads like this one! Boy, after reading

about some of those other places, I do appreciate this one even more.

Redstone

[mainegreen]

100. Good post. nt

[eyepaddle]

93. A journal that keeps track of tombstoned members

with links to their posts a la the search option--but that way you'd KNOW why they got piped.

Well, I'm not sure that'd make it more chaotic, but I definitely think it'd be more fun!

[cwydro]

94. This thread is a hoot!

Thanks for the laugh!:yourock:

[Evoman]

97. A "weakest link liberal" tombstoning button.

Whenever someone makes a post, there is a button beside their post.....if enough people press the button, that person is automatically tombstoned.

[Redstone]

98. Another one for the admins to put on their list. #4 or #5 on the "do not do"

list, I'd say.

Redstone