Are there Ops that you don't even click on anymore?

[trumad]

Simply because its the same old shit.

Anything Ted Nugent... pass....

I barely click on Fox News shit....

Their act bores the shit out of me.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. Lately, Trash this thread has become my favorite feature.

[petronius]

9. +1! That button is really useful in decluttering the forum listings

Once it becomes clear that a thread has no hope of providing any value, interest, or entertainment - off to the round file!

As I think about it, though, when I trash an unneeded piece of paper in my office I get to wad it up and play a little recycle-bin basket-ball. DU would be much improved if a game of skill was incorporated into the 'Trash Thread' button; maybe a little mouse-click mash-a-mole, or a mini-golf game, or something...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. It would be neat if it had the sound effect of crinkling paper and the slight thud of hitting the

trash can

[Tuesday Afternoon]

16. it makes the thread disappear and go bye- bye from your list -

I do it with a lot flamebait/editorial/crap OPs ... it is really a wonderful way to streamline your DU experience.

Welcome to DU sat nam

[Tuesday Afternoon]

20. No, just the ones that do not interest me or have turned nasty for whatever reason.

Some of the topics that DU is still hashing out are just retreads with the same thing being said by the same people ad nauseaum.

It gets old to me. YMMV.

You see the icon in the bottom left hand corner of the OP, right?

Also on the page each OP has a little x at the end. That accomplishes the same thing.

Enjoy!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

33. Awwww, maaaaannnn-- when did we get the "Auto Trash by Keyword" feature???

[tammywammy]

36. A few months ago at least

Go to "My Account" and then the "Trash Can" tab and you can add by keyword!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. I disregard anything relating to guns.

Those always turn into insane flame wars.
Also, threads relating to Snowden, Greenwald or Assange.
And threads about who should run for President in 2016.

There are also certain posters whose OPs I don't read.

[Skittles]

4. I have gotten rid of the swooners

DU is back to the way it used to be now

[RobertEarl]

5. How many will not see this post?

Either because they are ignoring me, or you?

33 that I know of will not see this. Just 33.

[LonePirate]

6. I now ignore anything with Snowden or Greenwald in the title

[The Straight Story]

7. Yeah, usually my own

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. You mean other than the thousands (well, that may be an exaggeration) that I hide?

Yes.

[wandy]

11. If I wanted to filter out information I didn't like ............

or I might be afraid of I'd be a republican.
Yes some things annoy me.
Yes I'm tired of hearing about Snowden.
Can we just gift Russia with Zimmerman and be done with him?
Thing is, it's like the real world, you don't know what's gonna happen till you open the door. You don't know what it is until you open the OP.
And if it's something that just isn't well........
That's why they put that little x on the tab.

[RudynJack]

12. Oh, lots of 'em.

I hid anything to do with George Zimmerman for months before and during the trial. Almost all gun threads, most Snowden/Greenwald threads.

There are some posters whose threads I ignore, unless I click on them without first noticing who started it. And my favorites to trash are the ones where somebody is commenting about what's happening on MSNBC right now, but don't give any real info ... "OMFG! Tweety is seriously pissing me off!!!@!!". Similarly, a provoking title, that when clicked on, just contains a link to some other site, without a word of explanation. Those all get trashed asap.

[pinboy3niner]

13. You mean besides ones by trumad?

I kid, I kid.

[Rex]

14. Yes, some I never open or read.

No reason to, it will be the same thing I've seen a million times in a thread. So I skip a lot now. Nobody wants to read the National Review here or by now people should be sick of the people that do imo.

[tammywammy]

17. Trash Thread and trash by key word.

Best features of DU.

[quinnox]

18. besides yours, you mean?

Yea, tons. I'm picky about what threads interest me. I agree about Nugent though. Most gun threads I'll skip. Most "what a cute animal" threads I'll skip.

[Cleita]

21. Yep, but mine are those from certain posters who are

just trying to stir shit. Leaving them alone will make their posts disappear quickly if everyone does it.

[treestar]

22. I'd say marijuana

OK legalize it, but if not, I'm just not that interested. Don't use the stuff and don't care whether it's legal or not. I get there are medicinal uses and that will likely lead to it becoming illegal, but not with right wingers in power.

Ted Nugent is a train wreck, so his latest shenanigans can be interesting.

[steve2470]

23. The gun ones are just repetitive mostly

The other ones I do my best to ignore until they get to 200 posts or so lol, then my curiosity gets the best of me.

[justiceischeap]

24. Anytime I see Ted Nugent in a title, I immediately trash that thread

there is nothing he does that is worth discussing IMO.

I also used to immediately trash anything from grahamanything (I think that was the username) but he's since been tombstoned (if I messed up the username, I apologize).

[hrmjustin]

25. There are those I don't want to but I have to see them at times.

[Jim Lane]

26. The low-information titles bug me.

RudynJack (#12) mentioned the ones like "Tweety is seriously pissing me off right now." Some are even worse, like "You have to read this" -- absolutely no clue about whether the subject is one that I want to spend time on. I almost never click on those.

Other than that, it's somewhat dependent on my mood. Sometimes, criticizing Fox seems like shooting fish in a barrel, and there's no point. Other times, maybe I'm depressed and want to feel superior to someone, I'll click on those threads eagerly.

Overall, I'd say I click on about 10% of the posts on Greatest, and I very rarely venture off Greatest.

[Nay]

27. Yes. Israel/Palestine. Zimmerman. Pat Robertson and other idiot preachers. nt

Edit: add Nugent to the list, and 99% of gun threads. I generally don't do videos either, unless they are short ones of cute kittehs or the like.

[Le Taz Hot]

28. Anything Zimmerman

Anything condemning Snowden or Assange

Most "outrage" posts (there must be 20 of these a day -- I don't have that kind of energy).

Anything shoving Hillary Clinton down our throats (though lately I have responded to one or two).

[tularetom]

29. Israel, Zimmerman, Hillary Clinton

And anything posted by some of the more rabid Obama fanboys and girls.

[Gormy Cuss]

30. Yeah, any OP by trumad.

Oh wait.

[freshwest]

31. Still want a multiple trash threads option. Looks like it's never going to happen, though.

Auto-trash by Keyword is your friend.

[taterguy]

32. Any where the OP is from FLorida

All those folks have their head up their ass

[trumad]

39. DA

[DainBramaged]

34. Anything about pets......dog rescue, cat rescue......adoptions and events.....

Just kidding.


I'm not posting or reading much current newsy news anymore, oddball stuff, stream of consciousness, my friends in dog and cat rescue, little else.

[mick063]

37. There is one in particular

That I don't trash or ignore.

I do, however, make it a point to counter often.

The gun stuff.....sheesh. Been beaten to death.

The only place I will become greatly invested to it now is at the ballot box.

[Posteritatis]

38. I mostly ignore OPs that are in all caps or have lots of bracketed editorializing. (nt)