zippy890
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Tue Jun-13-06 12:08 PM
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attention newbies and other disaffected visitors to DU today |
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at the bottom of each post there are options that you can use to make your DU experience better.
One is 'Hide Thread' - which is a VERY nice option and comes in handy when there are multiple threads on the same topics .
thanks to the admins & mods for the great work you do here!
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Robbien
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Tue Jun-13-06 12:17 PM
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1. Another trick on days such as today |
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Sit yourself down in LBN or Editorials and stay away from discussion forums. The hide thread is a great feature, but on days such as today almost every thread would need to be clicked hide thread.
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Tue Jun-13-06 12:20 PM
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What is LBN?
Also, is it me or when the the website was restructured, did the number of new threads explode?
I've been getting pretty frustrated--too many threads. It does not lead to the best discourse, IMHO.
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Tue Jun-13-06 12:27 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/this is a page that shows several forums at the top GD - General Dis LBN - Latest Breaking News Dungeon - DU Lounge hope this helps;)
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HarukaTheTrophyWife
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Tue Jun-13-06 04:05 PM
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11. The Dungeon is the 9-11 forum not the Lounge. |
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The Lounge is where the cool kids hang out.
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Tue Jun-13-06 12:30 PM
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take a breath. This is a bad bad bad day. This is hand holding week. We have been fucked again and I'm filled with despair.
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Tue Jun-13-06 04:02 PM
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9. Land of Balls and Nobs |
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Its also called the MSM
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Tue Jun-13-06 12:18 PM
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Took me a while to figure out why I needed that!
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Tue Jun-13-06 12:37 PM
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Just gonna hang out and not post for awhile. :hi:
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zippy890
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Tue Jun-13-06 01:06 PM
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8. Hi back at you - and other newbies here! |
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and Welcome to DU!
this really is a fantastic forum, it saved my sanity after the 2004 election.
:hi:
there are a lot of neat groups, and the lounge is fun if you want to go light and fluffy
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Tue Jun-13-06 04:04 PM
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10. As a member, you should check out DU groups.. |
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There's good detailed discussions on nearly every topic under the sun. I think all groups would appreciate some new blood. Welcome to DU!
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sweetheart
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Tue Jun-13-06 12:43 PM
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7. For a short summary of all the posts |
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Bush is in iraq to celibrate rove's attorney's statement that ann coulter is in fact the leaker, while mary cheney signs photographs of the dead children her daddy killed when he ordered zarquawi 86'd. Yes, the truth is out, that people talk a lotta shit around here! :-)
That's it, back to your daytime programming.
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Asgaya Dihi
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Tue Jun-13-06 04:06 PM
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12. Good idea for a thread |
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Another tip is to pick your threads, it's easy to get into fights sometimes even when we know each other and easier still to assume worse of people we don't know. If a thread is especially controversial and fast moving it's often a better idea to just sit on the sidelines and watch the show, or ignore it as mentioned above. You can avoid a lot of problems by simply picking your threads and skipping ones that look heated.
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zippy890
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Tue Jun-13-06 05:13 PM
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14. good advice - skip the ones that are flaming away |
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with a lot of subthreads on days like this.
lot of people into settling old scores or something, gets tedious.
I remember when I was a newbie I jumped into a flamewar and offered my .05 cents ( I didn't really understand the background) - should have stayed out of that one.
I love this site. People care and we're all frustrated but in the end we are going to see this country through to a better day when the war criminals are marched off to the Hague!
Visualize justice. it will come.
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Tue Jun-13-06 04:27 PM
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13. We really are decent people |
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this is just not a good time to come visiting, but welcome anyway, my advise is to be polite and use your eyes more than your fingers right now.
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