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I tried to go there, and I was sent to blacklivesmatter.com.
herding cats
(19,564 posts)Thank you, Skinner, EarlG and Elad! Well played!
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)A just ending to a site that became dominated by confederate flag loving, trump worshipping, worthless gun-humpers.
sheshe2
(83,770 posts)herding cats
(19,564 posts)Which no doubt took place under the direction of Skinner and EarlG.
It's a dash of salt to their hate filled wound at the now defunct Discussionist.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)sheshe2
(83,770 posts)Skinner has a great sense of humor for redirecting DI to Black Lives Matter.
Bravo Admin. You did good.
Thank You.
herding cats
(19,564 posts)I'm eating it up!
sheshe2
(83,770 posts)Hot dayum!
herding cats
(19,564 posts)wnylib
(21,466 posts)November 3, 2020.
Or the demise of the orange fascist, whichever comes first.
sheshe2
(83,770 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Probably go viral and get them fired.
sheshe2
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MerryBlooms
(11,769 posts)It was a platform for the dredge of humanity. I'm hoping it was shut down for moral reasons, and not for income reasons. The filth that was allowed to be posted there, including the c word without removal... It was a hate speech forum. No idea why the admins let it continue for so long. Disappointing.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)I dont think the DU admin was in anyway endorsing the losers who took over the site to express their love for hatred and trump.
MerryBlooms
(11,769 posts)the dregs of society, and could have banned the worst offenders and cleaned it up. At one point, I saw it listed as a hate forum, but was lobbied against that label, because some nonsense of a user regulated forum. Really, no excuse for what it was allowed to turn into. So, I guess, respectfully I disagree. If you own a site and let it turn into rw propaganda and hate speech, and let it continue to worsen month after month, in a way you are condoning it.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)I blame the ignorant white wingers.
obamanut2012
(26,076 posts)It became 8chan years ago. It was a hate site.
Not too surprised you are handwaving some of this tbh.
Gothmog
(145,242 posts)Skinner posted this yesterday morning
Shutting down Discussionist
When I started this website, I did so because I believed there is value in having places where people with differing points of view could actually talk to each another.
I still believe that. But unfortunately I stopped believing in the value of this particular community a while ago.
You should expect the site to be shut down fairly soon.
David Allen
Discussionist Admin
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Gothmog
(145,242 posts)There were some upset conservatives
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)So members were given some time to visit and find out. Decent, although I appreciated it just disappearing also.
MontanaMama
(23,314 posts)Was sent directly to Black Lives Matter....did not pass go and did not collect $200. Im laughing!
Locutusofborg
(525 posts)I was one of the lefty regulars there fighting the good fight for years: jh4freedom over there.
Ohio Joe
(21,756 posts)Well done
Leith
(7,809 posts)Until the hack on election day 2016, I posted there as CityKitty. When DU & DI were shut down temporarily, I missed DU and I came to the conclusion that DI wasn't worth the effort any more - and that bunch never were.
Gothmog
(145,242 posts)Tom Yossarian Joad
(19,229 posts)In accordance with Section 25(a) of the ProBoards Terms of Service, this forum has been taken offline.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,242 posts)rufus dog
(8,419 posts)Gothmog
(145,242 posts)It was pretty crazy. The idiots on that site are convinced that trump is going to win (500 votes in the electoral college) and trump was going to get 40% of the African American vote based on one Rassie poll. These idiots were fun to laugh at
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)attack and permanently eliminate those not in their gang triggered the final decision?
Gothmog
(145,242 posts)Last edited Thu Jun 11, 2020, 10:57 PM - Edit history (1)
I started reposting on that board after taking a break for a couple of years due to some hides including a bogus hide for commercial spam. Upon return, I was immediately targeted by the idiots on that board and drew three hides for commercial spam for posting articles from the Washington Post, the NYT, the WSJ, Politico and other publications. The morons on DI were abusing the commercial spam alert to alert articles that they disagreed with or articles that had too many big words. Commercial Spam was defined in the terms of service to be material in which one had an interest and I do not have in interest in the publications that were the subject to these hides. I was also on two or three juries for commercial spam alerts for posts that were clearly not commercial spam. Again the idiots on DI used this objection for any article that they disagreed with or which had too many big words.
I appealed these hides and sent an email to the admins on the abuse of the commercial spam alert. After I learned that that DI was closing I made a few more posts and drew a 5th hide and saw that my account was suspended pending review. Rachel Maddow was coming on and so I watched Rachel before appealing. After watching Rachel and playing with my puppy, I came back to see that I was to be on a jury for a post on a thread that was gloating that my account was suspended. All three of my appeals on commercial spam hides were granted. In addition I was doxed on that thread and the admins had hidden that post and PPR the poster while I was watching the Maddow show. I never saw the post in question but the conservatives gloated about it and I drew some sad but amusing posts accruing me of being responsible for the PPR of that poster.
The conservatives on DI were out of control and I am glad that the admins ended that board. There were idiots on that board who were convinced that trump was going to get 500 electoral votes in the electoral college and that trump was going to get 40% of the African American vote. There were a ton of posts on Obamagate (which they claim was the biggest thing since Watergate) and Anti-fa (despite the fact that there was no evidence in the real world that there was any organization to Anti-Fa). There were a ton of posts about James O'Keefe and some video on Antifa that was clearly faked (a closed Seattle bookstore was evidently the world wide headquarters of Antifa according to O'Keefe) The idiots on that board were convinced that no tear gas was used for trump's photo op and there were some amusing threads before these posters finally gave up after the Washington Post's great video time line that showed police putting on gas masks and being warned about the use of tear gas. There were some truly amusing posters who were clueless about the real world. I also loved the concept that it was not trump's job to unify the country because trump was only the president of his base.
I suspect that the abuse of the commercial spam alert may have played a role in the admins decision to close DI. The idiots who abused the commercial spam alert may have caused the Admins to look at that board and decide to close it. Again commercial spam does not mean articles that a poster disagree with or articles that contains too many big words.
brer cat
(24,565 posts)MineralMan
(146,308 posts)I joined it as soon as it started. I can't remember if I ever posted on it, though. It very quickly proved to be a failed experiment of administration trying to use community moderation on a platform without a solidly identified political philosophy. The right took it over and quashed liberal viewpoints very quickly.
So, after visiting it for a while, I left that site and never returned. Before I did, I scrambled my password so I could not log in.
It was an experiment that failed pretty universally.
It did attract right-wingers and may have helped keep them off DU, but other than that, I never saw any redeeming value in the site itself. Apparently our Admins have recognized that and have discontinued the site.
I like the redirection to Black Lives Matter.