How many formal mod warnings for deleted posts have you had since

[Wonk]

Poll question: How many formal mod warnings for deleted posts have you had since

the new system has been in place?

[JaySherman]

1. Zero

:smoke:

[TrueAmerican]

2. 5

Just served my 24 hour time out.

Hopefully, I will behave. ;)

[sendero]

3. I...

...intended to send an Alert, but got distracted and hit reply instead. After reviewing my comment, I thought it was ok, but the moderator thought different.

Frankly, the board would be a lot better if about 90% of the disruptors here were banned. But that is just my opinion :)

[Skittles]

7. if you are referring to those trolls

who tend to fly under the radar, I absolutely agree. I get sick of their nonsense.

[Robbien]

20. We are hearing a lot of the rabid right here lately

The initials WOT is a dead giveaway, as is the mass graves justification smokescreen. And they are always asking you for justification or documentation. Puke!

[spotbird]

51. There is a silver lining

The only good thing about all the disruptors and the mentions we get on the right media is that they must view us as a threat.

Not once has a disruptor even made a good point, much less moved me to rethink an issue. The reason they can't do it is that they don't have more than sound bites, no substance.

We must make them crazy because we know more than them.

Keep asking them for an example of honesty in government today. It always shuts them up.

[Vitruvius]

89. "...they are always asking you for documentation..." WHILE PROVIDING NONE

THEMSELVES.

I guess facts & documentation are for Democrats only; freepers are above all that...

And no matter how much documentation you provide, somehow it's never enough for these no-fact no-documentation trolls... Which is an ancient slime-ball debating trick -- the antidote is to refuse to let these opponents set themselves up as the debate judge.

I am always willing to provide enough reasoning & documentation for a reasonable person -- but I have better things to do with my time than write post-after-post-after-post for freeper trolls who have no interest in facts or reason.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

4. exactly what are the number of deleted post's allotted before banment?

[Minstrel Boy]

34. 30 strikes, and you're out

Though if I understand the rules correctly, it's 30 deletes collected within a year, because after a year an offense gets wiped from your record.

And of course, as always, admin reserves the right to ban someone long before that.

[wanderingbear]

5. I lost my temper at a repub before he got banned.

[Skittles]

6. I got spanked twice on the same day

well deserved; yes, it has make me cool down a bit.

NOTE - I read through the entire rules and we are still in the "learning phase" - our slates get wiped clean Jan 1. I find this exceedingly fair. Both times I got spanked it was because I lost my temper. I am thinking much more now - I don't want to be known as a problem for the mods.

[aquart]

23. Me, too.

[AP]

26. Do you get a warning

for talking about getting warnings?

[wanderingbear]

29. Humm Sounds kinky...

[Minstrel Boy]

35. slates cleaned Jan 1? Whew!

I didn't know this, thanks. But can I resist the temptation to post 28 flames before midnight Dec 31? :)

And I too am inclined to think more about what I post now. That's not a bad thing at all.

[blondeatlast]

39. Maybe you should stop kicking ass

and kick bush instead!

[Big_Mike]

63. I beg your pardon blondeatlast...

but I can find no semantic difference between the two!

[KG]

8. zero.

O8)

[Skittles]

22. YOU'RE SUCH A GOODY TWO SHOES

I SHOULD KICK YOUR ASS :P

[Booberdawg]

9. None since the new rules and only a couple since I've been here.

[mmonk]

10. uno

[bain_sidhe]

11. one, but I don't understand why

I've asked, but so far no response.

[mitchum]

12. Only one, but I've been away

Really, I'm trying to be nicer.
Happy Holidays

[jonnyblitz]

13. zero. n/t

[kerry-is-my-prez]

14. None that I know of....

n/t

[Kathy in Cambridge]

15. Once

and it was during the Baseball Playoffs. Damn Yankee fans! ;-)

Actually, the one who I really lost my temper with is now banned.

[bicentennial_baby]

16. Zero

[SheilaT]

17. None.

If I'm feeling that irritated at someone I simply don't post.

[dweller]

18. ppfftt...

none, but shouldn't this be in the Ask the Admin forum?
ALERT!
:evilgrin:
dp

[sistersofmercy]

19. None, no deleted posts ever

the only posters I am totally guilty of insulting are the trolling freepers.

[pfitz59]

21. Got my first tonight.....

I dissed a creep defending Mikey the (Accused) Molester. I am thoroughly chastened.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

24. One...and IMHO, my post was pretty tame compared to the vast...

...majority of flames posted by other posters before and after the new rules.

[Skidmore]

44. Same here. nt

[Hippo_Tron]

25. One...

Got a little angry during a PETA thread.

[Kazak]

27. None...

Maybe I should be more contraversial.

[Minstrel Boy]

28. one, and as soon as I'd posted it I thought

damn - I bet I get nailed for that.

I knew I'd posted heatedly, and made it personal, and I regretted it. So I hope there's a chance for my rehabilitation. I miss decent society. :evilgrin:

[Spirochete]

30. Twice

One about a year ago, for making a joke about drowning Lieberman, or something - and one just the other day, for calling someone else a troublemaker. hehe

[Cleita]

31. Not yet, but I may get my first one tonight.

:-)

[TrogL]

32. too much gasoline on a flame war

[The Undertaker]

33. A few....

and they were all against trolls.

[Violet_Crumble]

36. Seeing I spend most of my time down in the I/P forum...

...I think getting none so far is a bit of an achievement...


Violet...

[blondeatlast]

40. Wow! Congratulations . . . you are a model of civility, then!

I lurk but never post.

[K-W]

37. Apparently warning other posters of a troll is against the rules

but now ive learned. You cant call a troll a troll. Though I see the logic, cant have everyone accusing poeple they disagree with of trolling.

[blondeatlast]

41. You must be very sneaky about it . . .

I ask them if they've chosen a candidate yet . . .

[Wapsie B]

47. But that just plays into

the hands of the disruptors sent here to wage their little war. There's such a thing as difference of opinion among Democrats, but quite another to post with all the reicht-wing code words.

[Robbien]

48. Yes, we lost a good long time poster yesterday

for calling a troll a troll. You cannot call a person a troll, but you can say their post sound trollish. You can say you wonder if anyone else has hit the alert button. You can say the poster's post sounds like republican propaganda. Just no direct labeling of the poster.

[Wapsie B]

49. Dare I ask

who met with an untimely demise, or is that against the rules also?

[Piperay]

38. None under the new rules

but I had one post removed just before the new rules started. I "implied" someone was a freeper (which they were, cause they got tombstoned) I didn't think I did anything wrong since I didn't come right out and say it, but I guess I did. :shrug: :-(

[KoKo]

60. I said a person had been invaded by the "Pods." One warning so far.

:shrug:

[blondeatlast]

42. Zilch, which surprises me, sice I'm often in the God and PETA wars.

[cowpie]

45. None

*making mental note to avoid the PETA and God threads.

[Tinoire]

56. Lol- But you went straight to jail without even passing go! Too funny

Good job mods :thumbsup:

[Padraig18]

62. OMG!

LOL! :P

[leftchick]

65. is it okay to dis a disrupter once they are

tombstoned? Because this particular one was....... I don't dare to continue!

[CatWoman]

76. bwahahahahahahaha

did she get to collect her $300?

[shanti]

90. oh i'm sure he'll make up another name

to disrupt with;-)

[BiggJawn]

80. GONE...in 67 posts!

Wow.....:7

[amazona]

43. as far as I know, none

I have a problem being tactful but I do try to make an effort. I don't check my email very often though so if it comes by email rather than PM I might not know about it.

My hope is that I am able to put out my sometimes whacky views without hurting anyone's feelings.

[SayitAintSo]

46. 2 --- my very first - yesterday ....

One I think I deserved - the other I don't think so ... I got irked at all the flame baiting yesterday with the flush of anti Clark threads posted by several highly zealous and prolific Dean supporters.

A little gun shy now ...

[Padraig18]

50. Two, and I deserved both.

In each case, I lost my temper, something it is never wise to do.

[buddhamama]

52. none

i control myself, for the most part. i've been at DU for over two yrs and have had only one post removed in that time.

[kaitykaity]

53. One--for calling a FReeper a FReeper.

I thought the mods would be kind since I sent an alert
on the post myself, but no, couldn't have that. So now
I don't go out of my way to get anybody's attention when
I spot a newbie FReeper.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

54. Zero

I've been good!

[AngryAmish]

55. None.

Would you guys respect me more if I did?

Maybe swear at the mods. Any hints?

[salin]

57. I would be interested in seeing a corresponding poll:

have you altered your DU behavior (what you post or how you write it) since the new system has been in place.

Not sure what I would put as the poll selections (not at all - to some editing - to ?) - but since the rules were geared at increasing civil posting behavior (hard on a passionate board such as this)... have folks worked to try to improve their posting demeanor?

[SayitAintSo]

68. As well as : " how have new rules reduced/reformed the disruptors ?"

Or have they just improved the civility and discourse of those addressing the disruptors?

such as....

" pardon me, but could you kindly provide some semblance of attribution for the faint smell of fecal matter I detect in your post?"

[VOX]

58. No formal warnings received, but I have had a post yanked...

Made the mistake of going after a freeper. I did hit the "alert" button, and he did finally get tombstoned, but I was so steamed that I couldn't resist giving him a brief broadside before that.

Mea culpa.

[Dr Fate]

59. The rules are very simple and fair. My stats: ZERO. n/t

n/t

[1songbird]

61. 1 warning that was well deserved for

absolutely losing it.

[JanMichael]

64. 4. One almost a full day after it was posted.

This one will prolly get deleted too. I seem to have a fan.

[CalebHayes]

66. I have been kicked off.

But I cried about it. So they let me back on.

[GreenPartyVoter]

67. Got spanked for accusing a person for being sent here

by Rush.

But said person was booted, so I guess I may have been right?

[Liberal Veteran]

69. I had my first one yesterday....

I knew I should have dropped out of that thread earlier, but someone bashing the 12 million people who marched for peace just rubbed me the wrong way.

Oh well. I guess can take some comfort in the fact that the person I was aiming that uncivil post at was tombstoned.

[11 Bravo]

70. One. I called Ann Coulter a ...

particularly offensive word which begins with c and ends with t. I meant it sincerely and have actually been fortunate enough to say it to her face, but I promised not to do so again in this forum.

[retread]

84. You said she was a cyst?

*

[Name removed]

71. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Robb]

73. Comparing the mods

to the FReepers? Hey, now that's not disruptive. ;)

Glad you don't support Bush, sorry you had a rough ride, welcome (again) to DU!

(Edited to respond to topic) None. Which is frankly amazing, actually.

[Liberal Veteran]

85. Bwah-ha-ha....That's ironic.

Getting a message deleted in a thread about how many deleted messages you have had.

[Selwynn]

72. Not counting the first day, where posts from days ago were modded...

None.

That first day however, I got nailed for posts I made like three days before, which was totally lame. Three times. And my grievance was that I said "shut up" to another DUer. Now, I'm sure that I deserved it, but honestly - that's not really bad enough in my mind to go back three days and dig up old crap to nail me with after new system goes in.

The other two also on the same day, were in the thread talking about the new system, hehehe - I guess they didn't like what I had to say about it much. (On Edit - I didn't mean to make that sound like I wasn't out of line. I did take it too far there)

And hey guess what... I was wrong, they were right - the new system is good. After that day, I've had no warnings since.

[Selwynn]

79. interestingly enough, whoever is responding to me is on my ignore list

...probably for the best

[Terwilliger]

74. none, but I'm always an angel

I'm above reproach

[CatWoman]

77. bah!!

humbug :D

[Terwilliger]

78. you're a mean one, Mrs. Grinch

;-) :loveya: :* :dunce: :smoke:

[Name removed]

75. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[salin]

82. and you don't think that announcing this

has anything to do with the repetitive cycle? :shrug:

[Terwilliger]

88. they have pills for serial disruptors

the blue pills

[BiggJawn]

81. 2... Both for being an "Angry Democrat"

I think both idiots I got gigged over went on to earn their stones. I know today's did....

Need to learn to hit that "Alert" button and keep my mouth shut.....

[Malva Zebrina]

87. and that is indeed something that needs to be "learned"

I hesitate so many times to "rat" on other people. I do not feel good when I do that. I was taught early on that "ratting" on others, such as my brothers and sisters, was an activity that was frowned upon.

[beyurslf]

83. None.

I would be interested to know how many some of those in the Primary Forum have. They are the ones that seem to flame up on every comment.

[Ksec]

86. I got two here lately

And one was because I called someone naieve. I think DU is overmoderating IMO.