Idiot Briggs won't let go of Skippy

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026920432

Oh my.

In case one's not aware, Idiot Briggs started a monster--a monstrous--thread on Skins's island right after Skippy, the NYC_SKP primitive, was banned for using unnecessarily rough language.

IdaBriggs (8,560 posts)   Mon Jun 29, 2015, 10:53 AM

Can someone explain this hidden post to me?
 
This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by petronius (a host of the General Discussion forum).

Apparently four members of our community found it outrageous enough to be hidden and I don't get it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6913982

For those who don't want to click the link, let me share the context, because this one is a DUzy:

.............

That's it. A bunch of PERIODS. Apparently, similar posts weren't offensive because they were allowed to stay, but this one: HIDDEN.

Yes, a DUer just got a HIDE for what appears to be the crime of "gratuitous kicking" of a thread I wrote on June 5, 2015 that received (as of now) 355 RECS, 680 REPLIES, and nearly 20,000 VIEWS.

Apparently, the fact that at least ONE DUer did not want the discussion about NYC_SKP, Internet reputation and the value posters bring to a forum to end meant the jury system had to be abused.

Or maybe these are the community standards? After all, just because the poster who provided the catalyst for my post had been here for years, donated money to this site, and posted tens of thousands of times, is really no reason to keep POSTING about it, right? It was, like, THREE WEEKS AGO so let's all just MOVE ON and throw a jury hide on anyone who thinks the issues I raised in my post The latest "banning" (NYC_SKP) is an interesting lesson on REPUTATION.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6783883 were worthy of further discussion.

Look! SQUIRREL!

Walk me through it, please. I think I get it, but I really want to be wrong. 

And for those who don't want to click the original link, this was the DUmpster's take on it:

"The latest "banning" (NYC_SKP)... IdaBriggs" (CC27, June 5, 2015)
http://conservativecave.com/index.php?topic=102666.0

Phentex (10,971 posts)   Mon Jun 29, 2015, 10:56 AM

1. Was not on that jury but in my opinion people may be tired
 
of the person kicking the thread or drawing attention to it. If the person has an issue with the banning, he or she should direct questions to the admin who did the banning. They are the only ones who have the answers. The rest of us can only offer opinions.

Recursion (39,310 posts)    Mon Jun 29, 2015, 10:56 AM

2. I would have voted "hide" -- 18 empty kicks is spam
 
It's disruptive to the rest of the forum.

Nye Bevan (20,440 posts)    Mon Jun 29, 2015, 11:01 AM

4. The jury decided that the multiple repeated kickings were a violation of community standards.
 
I have no problem with that decision. An occasional kick is fine but this was getting unreasonable. And since a hidden post prevents the poster from posting again in that thread this was quite a neat way of putting a stop to it.

Gormy Cuss (29,785 posts)    Mon Jun 29, 2015, 11:06 AM

8. Cool! This OP is whining about whining about whining about DU.
 
Trifecta! 

Bluenorthwest (36,402 posts)   Mon Jun 29, 2015, 11:08 AM
response to Idiot Briggs

10. I asked you questions in that creepy thread which you simply ignored.
 
To be blunt Ida, because of that I assume you did not really want to discuss anything.

demmiblue (6,533 posts)    Mon Jun 29, 2015, 11:13 AM
response to Idiot Briggs

14. You are well aware of the SoP rules... stop posting meta.
 
Drama queen.

P.S. NYC_SKP was a controlling, passive-aggressive stalkerpath.

Sheldon Cooper (3,612 posts)    Mon Jun 29, 2015, 11:22 AM

16. The problem, Ida, is that the discussion *had* ended.
 
The horse was beaten and life moved on. Except for one person, who seemed to want to get more agitation going by kicking it in a way that was, frankly, bizarre. New York Skip was banned for good reason, it's time people got over that and moved forward.

petronius (23,856 posts)    Mon Jun 29, 2015, 11:46 AM

21. Locking. Sorry, but this thread does not fit the GD SoP
 
Specifically:

Threads complaining about Democratic Underground or its members; threads complaining about jury decisions, locked threads, suspensions, bannings, or the like; and threads intended to disrupt or negatively influence the normal workings of Democratic Underground and its community moderating system are not permitted.

See this post for details.

[SVPete]

  Is some one campaigning to get the ban-hammer? Or does she really imagine DU has principles that stand above the party-line-of-the-moment?

[obumazombie]

Recursion (39,310 posts)    Mon Jun 29, 2015, 10:56 AM

2. I would have voted "hide" -- 18 empty kicks is spam
 
It's disruptive to the rest of the forum.

If a worker bee comes back to the honeycomb, and does the dance, but no honey is found...the hive is going to be upset.

[franksolich]

If a worker bee comes back to the honeycomb, and does the dance, but no honey is found...the hive is going to be upset.

The culprit "kicking" the thread with "........" was the flying squirrel primitive.

<<<knows nothing about the flying squirrel primitive, not even a shred of data.

Also, SidDithers did the same, but not near as much.

For whatever that's all worth.