Yesterday's Popular Topics in the DCUM Forum

In this series of posts I'm going to try to look at a thread or threads from the previous day that gained a lot of traction. Human nature being what it is, we are drawn to controversy and, as such, it is not the mundane topics that receive kind and helpful responses that generate replies and views. Rather, it is those topics that generate differences of opinion and/or emotional reactions. One such thread from yesterday was titled, "White teacher reading 'white savior' type book to mostly AA students".

This is the type of thread that makes you wonder why all DCUM posters are not bald from having pulled out all of their hair in frustration. The gist of the original post is that a teacher at a small Christian private school is reading a "white savior" book to her students. The original poster doesn't name the book and is vague in all regards. The thread was originally posted in the "Elementary School-Aged Kids" forum, but since it is about a school topic, should have been posted in an education forum. I moved it to "Schools and Education General Discussion". The thread gets sidetracked frequently by discussions of "To Kill a Mockingbird" and there are an inordinate number of requests for more information and complaints about the lack of detail. Nevertheless, the thread generated six pages of replies in less than 24 hours.

Once again a thread from the Political forum was one of the most active threads, this one titled, "NY AG making major announcement today". After Attorney General of New York Letitia James announced her lawsuit against former president Donald J. Trump and three of his children, the thread took off.

Another very active thread yesterday was another non-parenting topic: "Fed Chair: Housing Market needs to go through a Correction to get to the levels that are sustainable". This thread was created by a poster who has repeatedly started threads that reflect negatively on the current housing market. These constant posts have themselves provoked a thread in "Website Feedback" due to concerns that the poster is attempting to create a particular narrative. Whether DCUM can be used to provoke a housing crash is an interesting theory, but personally I have my doubts.