Are there cliques at DU? Is it too cliquey? Is cliquey even a word?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. Cliques? No. Factions? Yes.

Cliques sort of imply people are posting in groups on a personal basis. Factions are probably a better way to say it, because you do see the same people posting on the same types of topics frequently, but I don't think that it's so much of a personal thing.

[skooooo]

2. Cliquey? I dunno....

...but I am finding out there are people with relatively more radical views than my own. Hope we can respect everyone's views even if they aren't 100% in line with our own. Does the more radical = more progressive?? I'm not so sure.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

3. The problem there is the definition of 'progressive' and 'radical'

everyone's got their own definitions, don't they?

Welcome to DU, btw.

[skooooo]

5. True, well, the benefits of having an open mind...

...is that you can continue to learn. :-)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

7. Absolutely.

[scottcsmith]

4. I want a clique!

Or, a cult of persoanlity. Yes, I said it. KNEEL DOWN BEFORE ZOD! ER, I MEAN, SCOTT!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

6. We could form the 'We know who The Associates are and you don't' clique.

Very select membership, I imagine.

[daveskilt]

10. general zod is my worship object

[Lizz612]

8. There are cliques

But none of them are like 'NO! You aren't welcome!' There are just groups of people caue thats what people do.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

9. It would seem to be human nature.

You can only recognize so many names out of 42,000.

[felonious thunk]

11. You need some other options

Such as:

I am part of a DU clique, and there are too many other cliques

I am not part of a DU clique, and as such, I think it is too cliquey

I am part of a DU clique, and I don't believe there are DU cliques

I am not part of a DU clique, and would like to invite you to join my new DU clique

[Screaming Lord Byron]

13. Too many replies up to start changing now, wouldn't be fair on voters

but I think you should put up another poll with those options.

[Dead_Parrot]

12. I can't vote...

...I'm not in your gang...

[Az]

14. I am part of the "I know where SLB's screaming lady pic came from" clique

WOooo ooooo ooooooooooooooooooooo WOoooooooo oooooooo

Woo Woo Wooo Wooooooo WOooooooo Wooo Wooo.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

15. You know, I've had loads of PM's about that pic.

So, I guess I'll keep ol' Victoria up there.

[Az]

18. I'll give you a sonic screwdriver if

you can tell me where my Avatar came from.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

20. Is it French?

[Az]

21. Nope

:D

[Screaming Lord Byron]

24. Japanese, then?

[Az]

26. Ding Ding Ding

I don't think this one has made it to the states yet though. So its a testimony to your world awareness (or anime awareness) if you catch this one.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

28. I'm clueless. I'm without a clue.

[Az]

31. Luffy

Monkey D. Luffy. From the Anime One Peice. An energetic pirate(not the exact sort of pirate you think of when you think of a pirate .... that you are thinking of...er..yeah) that encourages others to pursue their dreams and never give up on oneself.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

32. Yeah, nothing says Pirate like a flouncy red dress and a straw hat.

[Az]

33. Don't be dissing the hat

You can rag on his shirt (yes its a shirt). But the hat is sacred to him. :D

[Screaming Lord Byron]

35. I meant no disrespect, lord.

[matcom]

16. we call multiple cliques

Cliqui :)

[GOPisEvil]

17. M.A.T.C.O.M. is not a clique, it's a way of life!

:D

[Zomby Woof]

22. it's a CULT

Kool-aid? :beer:

[GOPisEvil]

23. Oooh...grape!

:beer:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

19. What about the members of the Clique? Cliquers? Cliquizens?

[Exultant Democracy]

25. If you have multiple personalities

would that make you a one man clique?

[GOPisEvil]

27. If no man is an island...

...is no schizophrenic an archipelago?

[Exultant Democracy]

34. Or perhaps in some type of counterintuitive zen way

only a man with a MPD is an island?

[shanti]

29. yes

and i'm not part of one...but that's ok. i'm basically a loner and not part of one IRL either. :shrug:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

30. who is in my CLIQUE?

do i have once? i had a clique in HS...