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Posted on 06/15/2006 10:07:52 AM PDT by xpertskir
I have recently joined "The Daily Kos". I have done so to pursue honest, reasonable, and rational debate. I have started posting on the site and became aware of an interesting and disgusting policy on. The troll policy is described as follows in the FAQ:
"Dealing with trolls Trolling is a sad reality of internet life. Most trolls tend to be blatant, posting comments or diaries that are clearly intended to provoke an angry response. Other trollish messages are posted simply to disrupt the conversation in a diary. Directly replying to the content of a trollish message is usually a waste of time; trolls tend not to be interested in actual debate. There are two methods in wide use to help keep the community as troll-free as possible. The first is troll-rating comments. Trusted Users (see above) can give comments a rating of troll. If a comment has been rated by two or more users, and there are more troll ratings than recommends, then that comment (and all replies to it) are automatically hidden. Hidden comments and their responses can only be seen by Trusted Users. Unfortunately, there is no similar mechanism for hiding trollish diaries. Instead of writing detailed rebuttals of whatever claims or argument the troll is making, the standard response to a troll diary is to post comments containing recipes for tasty dishes. Plenty of examples can be found in the Troll Diary tag. An entire cookbook of recipes has been collected and is being sold as a fundraiser."
I have been given this "troll rating" even though I have not used swear words or attacked other users peronally. I suppose it should not surprise me that these moonbats would want to censor and control the "content" that they read. I forgot that they only like the 1st ammendment when it protects their speech. I have emailed "Kos" and asked him about the policy. I find this policy absolutely ridiculous and am happy that Free Republic does not have a policy such as this, NO MATTER how unpopular the post may be.
FYI my name on The Kos is "clintonliedandpeopledied"
WOW I have just realized that Free Republic does have a similar policy. In trying to post they would not let me use www.dailykos.com which is why I used aol.com.
Want butter with that popcorn?
Can't be worse than those skeeters that breed out of the mississippi wetlands...that's nasty too...
Your cat knows where to bite...
Maybe her name is Monica...
Yikes! that's scary, I'm surprised they live long enough to breed.
I'm on the banks of it right in the middle of town. It actually looks quite pleasant and docile.
But you wouldn't believe what sometimes washes up on the shores by us. We're right at one of its bends.
Let's just say that our security detail calls summer "floater season." And "floaters" were once live human beings.
Errr....ummmm....wanna take that one, TS?
I have a feeling I am going to be sorry I asked.
I haven't been on FR as much as I was in the past, so I probably missed whatever you're talking about!
I checked out your posts on dailykos. Maybe true, but not diplomatic. When on a liberal site, either go full troll and don't try to hide it or be very careful. Insulting dems, supporting reps, bashing other users, bashing Clinton, (rep. favouring) conspiracy theories, ... not a good idea on a liberal website.
I'll give you an example of what I do. On DU I choose mostly Israel related stuff (they have big divisions on that. I can take my real views and still not seem like a troll), stuff that I can proove is wrong, or say (paraprashed) "I saw this STUPID thing on a conservative website. What do you all think?" It doesn't hurt either to make fun of Republicans too. And then I can procede to safely make a point against the Dems. I have yet to get called a troll, found out how they think, and made a few good points. And if you are a rep on a dem board, don't complain when you get taken off. We do it too.
IBFTZ
The festivities really began about 400 posts in.
Good Lord, what a train wreck!
I don't know how I missed that. Thanks, I guess. LOL
It was quite the adventure.
You have to like the Kitties....
Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my Viking Kitty/ZOT ping list!. . . don't be shy.
How much longer are you going to be there? This is your second time around right?
I'm halfway through my third year here now.
I've always said I'd leave when it stopped bing fascinating.
It's pretty fascinating right now. :-)
(Re: your tagline...)
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