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grasswire (35,380 posts) Resolved: DU should not allow new members posting privileges ........in the six weeks prior to a presidential election. The trollism is currently insufferable. Why allow these paid trolls to clutter up the site we have invested our time and resources in? Yes, some good new members might be temporarily stymied. That would be the price of a peaceful, useful site. Or perhaps there should be a higher membership fee for joining in the last six weeks prior to a presidential election. Fifty bucks might work.
LiberalEsto (14,410 posts) Response to grasswire (Original post)1. I agree with you nt
uppityperson (66,180 posts)Response to grasswire (Original post)2. Seems more like a meta post. I think they stop allowing new signups a week or 2 before election.
Why allow these paid trolls to clutter up the site we have invested our time and resources in?
grasswire (35,383 posts)Response to uppityperson (Reply #2)4. meta threads only reach a small # of DU-ers. nt
enlightenment (5,555 posts)Response to grasswire (Original post)3. Given that you do not have to pay for a membershipthat allows posting privileges, your second scenario is unworkable. Personally, I find the first rather authoritarian. Also, the word you want to use is "proposed" - "resolved" is used after a decision has been made. Since you are in no position to unilaterally make the decision, it is not the appropriate term. I am assuming you are not being satirical, although I suspect you may claim that out when you start getting your arse handed to you in this thread.
grasswire (35,383 posts) Response to enlightenment (Reply #3)6. thanks, nanny. nt
sufrommich (12,345 posts) Response to sufrommich (Reply #5)What is the worst that happens if youencounter a troll,a temporary annoyance? That's worth silencing new members? No thanks, it's an internet forum not life and death.
grasswire (35,383 posts)Response to sufrommich (Reply #5)7. no, the worst that happens is that they often introduce disinformation......and even propaganda. We're seeing multiple instances of this. It could be called the Glip model of Internet posting. It's not "a troll, a temporary annoyance". It's many trolls in a day. Trolls who leave disinformation. Disinformation requires that another member must bother to refute it, because not everyone reading DU is totally savvy about every topic.
HooptieWagon (4,549 posts)Response to grasswire (Original post)8. That's ridiculous.The trolls are smoked out pretty quickly, and their temporary visits are often quite entertaining, in a village idiot sort of way. If you want to rid DU of annoying posters, start with the puritans, the serial alerters, and the (allegedly nonexistant) astroturfers.
UCmeNdc (218 posts)Response to grasswire (Original post)9. I was a little confused since,it did seem to me that some posts were being submitted by Romney supporters. This confirmed my suspicions. Thanks!
UCmeNdc (218 posts)Response to grasswire (Original post)9. I was a little confused since,it did seem to me that some posts were being submitted by Romney supporters.This confirmed my suspicions. Thanks!
But then what does the DUmp do with those of us who have been "trolls" & posting/gently poking at the hive from within for years? :D
Okay, why am I not gettin' my check from the VRWC?? I'm pissed! Guess I better take it up with the shop steward! Hey BlueState!!!!!
MADem (78,496 posts)Response to grasswire (Original post)17. Please post this kind of thing in META. It has NO PLACE in POLITICS-12. Thank you.
Where do I sign up to get paid to troll. DU like a fool I've been doing it for free for the past decade. I demand back pay dammit!!!!!
Resubmit your vouchers. You know what a hard-ass Betty in Accounting is on paperwork.
