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Fri Aug-20-10 05:17 PM
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Yo Skinner: extend the fund drive. |
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I can't donate because I'm moving in 11 days, and had to empty the piggy bank to pay first month/last month/security deposit for my new apartment. That and money is generally tight these days is forcing me to keep my checkbook in my pocket.
It's the 20th, and lots of folks (myself included) are not going to see another paycheck until the 1st of September.
As soon as I can, I'm going to donate. I think a lot of people here are feeling the same way.
Let it ride. We will catch up. This place means too much to us to let this slide.
Keep your chin up, Skinner. It isn't all hate and divisiveness here, not by a long chalk.
:toast: :hug: :toast:
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Fri Aug-20-10 05:19 PM
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I won't be able to donate until the end of the month. Please extend the drive!!!!
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Fri Aug-20-10 05:20 PM
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2. You can donate any time |
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they'll accept donations any time.
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Fri Aug-20-10 05:57 PM
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19. Absolutely correct /nt |
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Sat Aug-21-10 06:47 AM
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38. I plan to donate next month |
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if I get a ahead as expected. This has been a rough year but I will toss a few shinplasters into the DU kitty as soon as possible, count on it.
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Sat Aug-21-10 06:48 AM
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39. I plan to donate next month |
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if I get a ahead as expected. This has been a rough year but I will toss a few shinplasters into the DU kitty as soon as possible, count on it.
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Sat Aug-21-10 12:32 PM
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59. I gave my last $5.00 now and hope to donate more after the first. Many |
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of us are having trouble but still want to support DU.
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Fri Aug-20-10 05:21 PM
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Fri Aug-20-10 05:21 PM
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3. Wow. Unrec's on a thread to help maintain the site that allows you to Unrec. |
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Edited on Fri Aug-20-10 05:35 PM by WilliamPitt
Some of you people...well..."suck" is too light a word.
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Fri Aug-20-10 05:22 PM
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and at this point I am sure there are people with scrips... serious.
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Fri Aug-20-10 05:23 PM
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Some people are a cross between killer bees and 14 year old spoiled brats.
Recc'd.
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Fri Aug-20-10 06:05 PM
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21. Heh. Call 'em "Killer DUbees" |
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except they don't get you high, just mad.
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Fri Aug-20-10 05:25 PM
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9. There are too many repukes and teabaggers here |
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give them the boot! :mad:
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Sat Aug-21-10 09:57 AM
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54. well maybe we should find |
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them some business to attend to and they wouldn't be so busy trying to attend to ours. :applause:
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Fri Aug-20-10 05:28 PM
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12. There were unrec's on another donate thread as well. |
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I think some just like to click it here.
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Fri Aug-20-10 05:28 PM
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13. Maybe unrec is part of the problem? |
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And the response it creates in those who post. We can't do away with posting, but I'd happy to see unrec go just because of the sheer divisiveness and ill-feeling it's abuse causes.
You're People's Exhibit #1, Mr. Pitt. Let it go, and have a beer.
But, you're right, some people do suck.;) :+ :toast:
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Fri Aug-20-10 06:00 PM
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20. I unreccomended because I want to see us meet the original goal. |
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Even if some of us need until next week, I think there's enough people that can go this week.
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Fri Aug-20-10 07:27 PM
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28. We should make them pay by the unrec |
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Edited on Fri Aug-20-10 07:28 PM by grantcart
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Fri Aug-20-10 07:56 PM
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30. I was very vocal about hating the unrec feature and I never use it, |
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but I've seen in this last year or so that an unrec here or there doesn't keep a good thread down.
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Fri Aug-20-10 08:55 PM
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32. If I was a troll I'd be very wary of unreccing a thread designed to facilitate funding the site |
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One could get tombstoned for that, I would think.
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Fri Aug-20-10 08:57 PM
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33. That is one item to change ASAP. |
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Yes, it sucks. Some people love to ding threads by unreccing them without contributing anything meaningful.
I might rec your post but someone will unrec the same thread and take my vote away. My suggestion: only allow the unrec feature for those who have entered +1 first. DailyKos uses that system. It seems to work well.
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Sat Aug-21-10 08:54 AM
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Sat Aug-21-10 08:46 AM
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it was because you posted 'extend the donation drive', followed immediately by I cannot donate myself...
I just wished people would stop bitching about the unrec feature. Its so tiring.
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Sat Aug-21-10 12:51 PM
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61. Maybe there should be an unrec complaining lounge |
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Many people come onto a thread just to complain that someone unrecced. Sometimes the first comment is to complain about unrecs.
Jeez, just let it go. Why feed into it?
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Sat Aug-21-10 09:06 AM
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50. I have suggested to Skinner that persons |
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who are here less than two years who do not donate to keep the site running should not be allowed to rec or unrec.
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Sat Aug-21-10 11:48 AM
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57. I think Skinner might want to re-visit the unrec feature... |
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Edited on Sat Aug-21-10 11:48 AM by kentuck
It is not working as it was planned. Anonymous trolls can now come on make their comment (unrec) without having to expose themselves to a possible pizza party.
It would also be a morale booster for DU, imo.
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Sat Aug-21-10 07:55 PM
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I'll repeat what I said in #33. This feature allows people to take someone else's vote from them with no account as to why. It's an unreliable gauge of a thread's worth.
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Fri Aug-20-10 05:37 PM
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15. Great idea. I've seen several say the same thing. nt |
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Fri Aug-20-10 05:40 PM
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16. My OP has a banner that says I donated. I didn't. |
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:hug: !!!!!!!!!!! for my star!!!!!!!!
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Fri Aug-20-10 05:41 PM
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17. He won't have to. n/t |
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Fri Aug-20-10 05:52 PM
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18. What a great idea, it would surely help me out...n/t |
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Fri Aug-20-10 07:11 PM
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25. Yo pienso que vamos a hacerlo. I think we (me in there) will do it. |
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Fri Aug-20-10 07:55 PM
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29. Actually, I think people are determined to prove him wrong and bring it home |
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by Sunday. But he's right, there are some painful rifts in the family.
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Fri Aug-20-10 08:00 PM
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31. I'm In The Same Boat... Get Paid Once A Month, And... |
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won't be able to donate until after the 1st of September.
Which I will... and yeah... unrec is part of the problem here at DU.
Time to put that feature out to pasture.
K & R !!!
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Fri Aug-20-10 10:39 PM
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34. I wanted to donate, but this week's unemployment check is gone |
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and next week's is already allotted to utilities :-( I feel bad about it, but i will have to wait till next time.
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Sat Aug-21-10 02:13 AM
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36. Right at the bottom of the page, in red letters, of GD is 'donate'. One |
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can click on that any time.
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Sat Aug-21-10 06:48 AM
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Will donate next month, hopefully.
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Sat Aug-21-10 07:34 AM
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but not as much as usual. Guys, things are tight! It's not about not liking DU. It's about the money. We can't give what we don't gots.
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Sat Aug-21-10 07:58 AM
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43. mi no tengo dinero guey |
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Sat Aug-21-10 07:59 AM
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44. I'm forced to do it the hard way |
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I don't have a paypal account and the DU site rejects my credit card (no others do). I'll send a check, but how many others tried to contribute by credit card, got their card rejected and gave up?
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Sat Aug-21-10 08:22 AM
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45. Paypal still processes the payment, which is a problem |
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First off because paypal is a seriously right-wing company. Secondly because people lots of people like me and apparently you simply are locked out of Paypal forever for some reason that they won't tell us and we can't appeal.
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It is, from what I understand, an arm of eBay and therefore has ties to Meg Whitman. Plus they continually ask for updated account information, which I find unnerving. It is getting difficult to distinguish between their requests and spam from the Russian internet mafia. When in doubt, delete. I did.
Plus, I also understand it takes a healthy chunk out of what reaches the intended recipient. Mastercard just takes 3% or so.
To hell with it. I'll spend the money for a stamp and send a check. It takes longer, but DU gets 100% of the amount of the check. Sounds like a plan to me.
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Sat Aug-21-10 11:43 AM
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It's not easy for me to donate because I've been out of work nearly 2 years, and don't qualify for unemployment. I write checks and mail them to DU when I can.
DU was a lifeline for me during the 8-year nightmare of Dr. Evil and Mini-Bush, and that is why I donate.
At the moment, most of DU is a source of sadness and frustration to me, instead of a lifeline.
I don't like being trashed by people who jump to the defense of the Obama Administration, when all I ask is that the President and Democratic Party start directly addressing the unemployment crisis and pushing serious job creation programs. I fear that not tackling the jobs issue will cost us seats in the fall elections.
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Sat Aug-21-10 02:39 PM
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PayPal hates me, my card gets rejected, so I wind up buying a t-shirt or something.
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Sat Aug-21-10 03:41 PM
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64. With me, Paypal is a pact of mutual animosity |
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Living most of the year in Central Europe, I mostly ignore it anyway.
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Sat Aug-21-10 08:41 AM
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46. this is a historically tough drive for me |
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Edited on Sat Aug-21-10 08:42 AM by dsc
I get 10 pay checks a year, at the end of Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May so I go from 31 May to 31 Aug with no pay check. So this hits me at my lowest money point of a given year. Even if this drive isn't extended I would advise moving the drive to the beginning of Sept.
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Sat Aug-21-10 09:49 AM
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53. "you can donate any time you want, but you can never leave....". |
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Edited on Sat Aug-21-10 10:03 AM by aikoaiko
hehe. to borrow from the eagles.
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Sat Aug-21-10 10:19 AM
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55. Sadly, if the fund drive was at the beginning of the month when pension checks are issued, it would |
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be easier to chip in with a donation. The middle of the month is when all funds are usually depleted in these difficult times.
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Sat Aug-21-10 12:30 PM
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58. Unless I knock over a currency exchange, I'll still be too broke to donate. |
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Sat Aug-21-10 12:35 PM
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60. Boy, I relate to that. |
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Edited on Sat Aug-21-10 12:49 PM by Morning Dew
My donor status went on the 17th.
I'm moving and have to do security dep + rent on new place as well as another month on the old place. Then I had 800 bucks worth of car repair.
Sucks!
So, I gotta wait til payday or the next one to donate.
edit: speeling airors
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Sat Aug-21-10 02:26 PM
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62. same here--pay day isn't until the 25th |
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