The General Discussion forum seems so much nicer now. The air is fresh, and folks of like minds can

[still_one]

actually discuss and debate issues civilly

[onehandle]

1. And people don't post the same story/link ten times over a few hours...

...like it was a brand new story/link.

A lot less 'LOOK AT ME' in good ol' standard GD.

[still_one]

2. absolutely

[Spazito]

3. I agree...

Primary posts (guaranteed to be contentious) were overtaking GD with good OPs being crowded out and often dropping off the first page before they could be seen and read.

I appreciate the Admins making the decision to move primary OPs to GDP, we can now check out both forums depending what we want to read, etc.

[still_one]

4. I do too

[femmocrat]

15. I agree.

Much better.

[Adrahil]

5. Yes... Thank you! GD was becoming unbearable! n/t

[still_one]

6. so nice... Thank you Earl G

[Nye Bevan]

7. This post was hidden by jury decision

[brer cat]

8. I was the swing voter.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. You did it to me again.

[Stardust]

9. When did this happen? I wasn't even aware that there was a GD:Primary forum! nt

[still_one]

11. I saw Earl G announce it a few days ago. I don't recall that happening before, but I personally

appreciate it

[pinboy3niner]

14. EarlG posted the announcement Thursday:

The General Discussion: Primaries forum is now open. Here's what you need to know.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10134641

[Stardust]

27. Thank you. Missed it somehow... nt

[HereSince1628]

24. at one point long ago I found GD:Politics threads so rancorous I put it on ignore

when it was renamed GD Primaries it stayed on ignore...

It was only when I saw threads being locked in GD I realized something had happened and I had to go back in to fix my ignores.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. I trashed GD Primaries/nt

[Phentex]

12. I like the variety of topics...

sure, there will be some breaking news that will lead to many threads on the same topic. But opening GD means fewer mud slinging posts on the same topic.

[still_one]

18. My exact sentiments

[madinmaryland]

25. Heh! GD:Pffth!! LOL!

[Spazito]

26. LOL, it seems there is still a glitch with putting a colon between GD and P...

when typing GD-P, it makes me laugh out loud because the smilie that's shown instead is so perfect in so many ways for GD .

[Omaha Steve]

13. I agree

[BumRushDaShow]

17. K&R

It's like a different place, although I expect the Obama bashing will make a return.

[winstars]

19. Much much better!!!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. I like to bash conservatives without distractions/nt

[winstars]

21. Yes, because IMHO, we are DU'ers first and whoever we vote for in the primaries second...

All the love/hate Hillary/Bernie posts were crowding out all the good ones about FauxNoise, Trump, intern killers etc.

Now if we can just have a pit bull hate/love forum I'd be really happy!!! LOL

[question everything]

22. And it came just in time for the events of last week

Friday was amazing. GD was full of happiness and hope and celebration.

[still_one]

23. yup. That adds frosting to the cake