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the other one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-14-13 02:19 PM
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I miss you, Old DU
The new DU sucks.

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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-14-13 11:21 PM
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1. Old DU misses you, too!
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-15-13 02:17 AM
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2. We too
:hugs:
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-15-13 03:03 AM
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3. Glad you could drop by.
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Divine Discontent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-15-13 04:37 AM
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4. we miss you! :) next time, bring a friend.











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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-15-13 05:11 AM
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5. Ooooo. Love your graphic. You are so good at graphics!
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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-15-13 05:07 PM
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6. Yes Indeed
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-16-13 06:43 AM
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7. Were you really that attached to the old DU though? Don't recall seeing you here before.
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the other one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-16-13 02:53 PM
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8. Well I wasn't super active
But more than just a lurker anyway.

I spent years on DU mostly making throwaway comments here and there, I made the greatest page a couple of times...

But I wasn't called a troll, and my throwaway comments didn't end up before a jury.

Twice I have woken up to find that an innocent comment I had made the previous night on the new DU had been hidden by jury and my posting privelages suspended. When I checked the threads to find how I had offended, I found responses to my now-hidden comment that made me offended. But I couldn't defend myself or complain because of the nature of the system.

I finally quit.

Well I didn't quit. There are a lot of good people there still who do keep me informed like no other website. But I no longer log on and I no longer post because I am tired of being called a troll or worse.

The only reason I came back here is because I stumbled across on old link in an old browser in an old computer.

I'm glad I found it.

Its good to know there is life here.

I will try and post something interesting every once in awhile.
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-16-13 11:55 PM
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9. No hidden posts here, though I sometimes wish I could hide some of my own!
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Divine Discontent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-17-13 01:41 AM
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10. I've heard many over the years say they're lurkers mostly
Edited on Sun Feb-17-13 01:45 AM by Divine Discontent
there's lots of people that just read the stories. yeah, a group of bullies can make posting an aggravating situation there. I really enjoyed my tenure as a mod here back about 2 years ago, and it opened my eyes to plenty that I didn't pay attention to normally, as I was just a DUer who posted OPs normally, and stayed out of drama, but when I became a mod, and was immediately challenged as being unfit to be a mod by the bullies - well, needless to say, that cracks me up!

I'm super fair, and was as a mod, even with the true-believer crowd (I sided with their alerts many times, and ignored that the alert was from someone who was rather offensive imho! LOL) You get selected to be a mod by displaying open-mindedness even in disagreement with others who don't have the same views as you - and let's just say, I prefer it here at old DU. LOL The admins were nothing but kind to me, and I to them, and I hope they leave old DU up for us for as long as any of us wish to use it. I earned it! I spent hundreds of hours modding and in return I got to sit in the comfortable mod hot-tub as long as I wished! LOL... (Some of the mods I worked with were so very very sweet and cool).

Welcome back home! :hi:
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-17-13 11:00 AM
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11. Challenged your fitness to mod? Seems to me you would be an ideal mod.
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Divine Discontent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-17-13 04:24 PM
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12. well, when you're a true believer, an even-keeled, well-adjusted person is a threat to the
cult. I couldn't believe the petty things that were alerted upon. Seriously, you'd roll your eyes at the quantity of alerts on simple opinions or questioning about what or why the O Administration was doing what it was doing.
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Curmudgeoness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-17-13 06:53 PM
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13. I can believe the alert problems.
In fact, since the jury system at DU3, I am very much aware of the quantity---and quality---of alerts. That is probably the only positive side of the jury, we all get to see how offended people get over nothing.

I just stopped by to say :hi:

(I lie, I was just here looking for an old PM. Why did I lie?????)
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-17-13 08:56 PM
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14. I have no idea why you lied, but it was very honest of you to admit it.
You could just have re-worded your post and no one would ever have known.

You deserve an honesty award for that lie!
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Divine Discontent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-19-13 12:40 AM
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16. well! hello there!
:hi:

yes, that is true, it allows everyone to see the alerts people make.

and the saying hello, well, you typed what is essentially a standard comment to end the post, so that's why you probably did it. that, or you have dual personalities and your world's meshed! okay, that's a bit much... ha!
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-17-13 10:27 PM
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15. I can imagine.
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