jsteele
Post 03/20/2025 10:48     Subject: Global watchdog post
Anonymous wrote:OP here. I honestly don’t know how you keep your cool, Jeff. I respect you more and a millions times over for keeping this site together.


I think I have learned to live with being constantly on the verge of losing my mind.
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2025 22:15     Subject: Global watchdog post
OP here. I honestly don’t know how you keep your cool, Jeff. I respect you more and a millions times over for keeping this site together.
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2025 20:26     Subject: Global watchdog post
I just posted again. I hope I followed the rules
jsteele
Post 03/19/2025 17:12     Subject: Re:Global watchdog post
Anonymous wrote:
jsteele wrote:It is interesting that your post here is about 5 times longer than the post I deleted. I have decided to declare war on what I am calling "tweet posts" which are posts that consist of one short, vague sentence and a link. DCUM is a discussion forum. Post something that we can discuss. If someone has to click on a link to a third party website just to know what the hell you are talking about, I'm going to delete the thread.

There has been a rash of these threads, especially at night. I wake up every morning and immediately remove about a half-dozen of them. I am not sure what is causing this trend, but I am very tired of it.


The rule is that you can't post just a link. So, adding one random sentence meets the minimum requirement for posting the link; the letter not the spirit.


I changed the rule. Posters come in and start thread after thread that completely lack substance. These threads push other threads off the front page. Then posters don't bother to look and start new threads on the same topic of threads on the second page. I want substantive threads. If I wanted tweets, I would shutdown DCUM and tell everyone to use X.

Anonymous
Post 03/19/2025 15:40     Subject: Re:Global watchdog post
jsteele wrote:It is interesting that your post here is about 5 times longer than the post I deleted. I have decided to declare war on what I am calling "tweet posts" which are posts that consist of one short, vague sentence and a link. DCUM is a discussion forum. Post something that we can discuss. If someone has to click on a link to a third party website just to know what the hell you are talking about, I'm going to delete the thread.

There has been a rash of these threads, especially at night. I wake up every morning and immediately remove about a half-dozen of them. I am not sure what is causing this trend, but I am very tired of it.


The rule is that you can't post just a link. So, adding one random sentence meets the minimum requirement for posting the link; the letter not the spirit.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2025 22:29     Subject: Global watchdog post
I appreciate the post and look forward to the Why
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2025 21:34     Subject: Global watchdog post
Thank you for your response, Jeff. I actually drove back from Ottawa to where I live right now for work, and was tired. I did not add a thoughtful reason as to why I posted the link. I will tomorrow.
jsteele
Post 03/18/2025 21:28     Subject: Re:Global watchdog post
It is interesting that your post here is about 5 times longer than the post I deleted. I have decided to declare war on what I am calling "tweet posts" which are posts that consist of one short, vague sentence and a link. DCUM is a discussion forum. Post something that we can discuss. If someone has to click on a link to a third party website just to know what the hell you are talking about, I'm going to delete the thread.

There has been a rash of these threads, especially at night. I wake up every morning and immediately remove about a half-dozen of them. I am not sure what is causing this trend, but I am very tired of it.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2025 21:24     Subject: Global watchdog post
I posted a couple of times in the political forum about a global watchdog report that states how the US can lose its status as a democracy. I am Canadian and posted from our Canadian Broadcast Corporation. I just wanted to share news from Canada that might not otherwise be shared in the US. Just curious to know why my posts were deleted. Here is the news link. Maybe you can’t access it in the US?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-democracy-report-1.7486317