Anonymous
Post 04/06/2021 19:38     Subject: What would you change about DCUM?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Some kind of indication as to where people are posting from. Even just the country would be helpful. At the beginning of Covid I really feel that the political and health forums were both taken over by foreign trolls and it really hurt the character of both forums.


If they are trolls enough they can override that. I think.


Most people are too stupid to realize how to use VPNs.

The other issue is that DC, and therefore DCUM, is the largest hub of international families outside of NYC in U.S. simply by our sheer diplomatic presence. All of them are fluent in English.

Its not so much psy-ops as people being assholes I think. But also yeah - there are a lot of foreign trolls on these boards. Especially in politics.


I’m the OP. I’m Italian-American and reasonable in Italian. I spends few minutes every day on Italian-speaking corners of the Internet just reading some to improve my fluency. I am like 99% certain that at the beginning of Covid, there were a TON of Italians coming on here to berate us ignorant Americans. I just know how they type by now. And now that the Covid situation has evolved, they’re pretty much all gone. Funny how that works.


Meh. Us middle easterners do just fine berating Americans.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2021 19:37     Subject: What would you change about DCUM?
Anonymous wrote:Many good ideas!

-I want to block some topics from MY recent page (cars, beauty/fashion, VA schools because I live in MD), customizable would be great

-Covid gets its own thread that does NOT appear in amy recent topics

-no quoting/requoting long posts! I scroll on my phone and it is annoying

-lock every thread after one year, but keep threads searchable (it's been at least a few weeks since someone posted about plantar fasciitis)

-no more "is this classy/tacky?"

-no more can I afford xx (house, private school, amount for vacation), because we cannot answer that one for you

-no more "can I eat _______ after I left it on the counter, in the garage, wherever"

-keep it anonymous, or I, and I'm sure many others, will leave

- no more "you are insufferable" and the like. It's not helpful and does not contribute anything of value


+1

Everything under the guise of "class" should be eliminated. We get it, you moved here from podunk and think you have to assimilate/impress (whom, exactly??) - but you don't! You do you, seriously - you will be much (MUCH) happier.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2021 19:27     Subject: What would you change about DCUM?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Some kind of indication as to where people are posting from. Even just the country would be helpful. At the beginning of Covid I really feel that the political and health forums were both taken over by foreign trolls and it really hurt the character of both forums.


If they are trolls enough they can override that. I think.


Most people are too stupid to realize how to use VPNs.

The other issue is that DC, and therefore DCUM, is the largest hub of international families outside of NYC in U.S. simply by our sheer diplomatic presence. All of them are fluent in English.

Its not so much psy-ops as people being assholes I think. But also yeah - there are a lot of foreign trolls on these boards. Especially in politics.


I’m the OP. I’m Italian-American and reasonable in Italian. I spends few minutes every day on Italian-speaking corners of the Internet just reading some to improve my fluency. I am like 99% certain that at the beginning of Covid, there were a TON of Italians coming on here to berate us ignorant Americans. I just know how they type by now. And now that the Covid situation has evolved, they’re pretty much all gone. Funny how that works.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2021 19:24     Subject: Re:What would you change about DCUM?
Anonymous wrote:I enjoy and appreciate this forum for the most part. Here are a few things I would change:

1) I would like posts from people who, if not trolls, post the same thing, using the same language, in every thread, even if the posts aren't relevant, to be removed when reported.
2) I wouldn't mind a forum that was just for support, where no judging is allowed. Every time I vow to quit this forum, it is after reading a post from a struggling person who clearly is looking for empathy get judged and torn apart by vicious DCUMers.




+1

Long overdue. Moms need support.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2021 19:20     Subject: Re:What would you change about DCUM?
Ban public school parents who troll the private school forum every single day. Their shtick is so obvious and pathetic.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2021 19:17     Subject: What would you change about DCUM?
Anonymous wrote:Allow swearing. Swears are usually for emphasis, and not necessarily an insult or "bad."


You must be the person who swears “for emphasis” while also insulting people in the VA schools forum. I report a lot of your posts. LOL.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2021 19:13     Subject: What would you change about DCUM?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Better search


+1! Why is the search function so terrible??


It really is. I never get the scolds who say “do a search!!” Have they tried to use that? It is only helpful for rarer topics where you can sift through the 2-5 pages of results efficiently. Anything more and it is a needle in a haystack full of repetition.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2021 18:47     Subject: What would you change about DCUM?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I would add a coronavirus forum so I could skip all the posts about it. They are all the same 4-5 questions.

I would ban my IP address because I don't understand why I keep wasting my time by coming back.


+1 to a feature that we could use to ban ourselves.


You kind of can! I use the parental controls on my phone to block myself when I feel like the site is just extra awful.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2021 18:47     Subject: Re:What would you change about DCUM?
Racists be permanently blocked.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2021 18:47     Subject: What would you change about DCUM?
Easier to post photos, better search for phrases, and locking old private school threads.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2021 18:44     Subject: What would you change about DCUM?
Anonymous wrote:Better search


+1! Why is the search function so terrible??
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2021 18:31     Subject: What would you change about DCUM?
Better search
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2021 18:31     Subject: What would you change about DCUM?
Calling people trolls or names because you don't agree and Jeff removing the posts.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2021 18:30     Subject: Re:What would you change about DCUM?
+1 for signing in but posting anonymously. I'd like to be able to have a personal dashboard or set of bookmarked threads I'm following.

I also like the idea of a temporary automatic ban on someone who is flagged a certain number of times in a day.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2021 18:30     Subject: What would you change about DCUM?
Locks after 1 year is a great idea

I wish there was a way to filter just the ops posts. So in a 10 page thread you could click a button and see only the original post plus any updates or added info.