Every single post sharing a personal thought must be looked at through the Mount Palomar Telescope to find that ONE THING that makes the post disastrous for being, I don’t know, a post, to make this an uncomfortable site for posters.

Prithee tell me why.

The proper way to have a successful thread is to post four pertinent paragraphs and provide a link to draw people in.

Simple, no?

Goid God.

Give them a wiki link or something.

My God.

I just give up…

Sounds like you have a low frustration tolerance.

That is all

And if it appeals to many, maybe a repost in a specific group.

I post a bunch of calls to action. In the "Activist Headquarters" forum, the informative and timely post gets far fewer views than in General Discussion. So, I post in both. The former is much easier to find due the smaller traffic numbers and the latter helps get an important message across. It's purposeful and nobody complains. (1)


I post purely opinion and timely home-made memes in GD. I spend too much time here and have to ignore some groups that would eat up the rest of my time. It happens.

(1) If this helps, some people are just trolls. Put them on ignore.
If it's serious, it goes to a jury. Otherwise, ignore them.
And if some title's topic is toooo depressing, I trash it.

Now and then I read the "home page" where all such trashing is turned off by design.

I've also read the forum descriptions. That was an easy read and eliminated any need to be terrified of posting.

Things are tense right now with what is going on in our country and people's nerves may be frayed from time to time. Don't let that dissuade you from posting. You came to DU for a reason, and I am glad you're here. Honestly, you're among great people here.

Stay strong, friend.

The 1619 Project sounds like an appropriate topic for General Discussion. I wouldn't give up though. I don't think it is all that common.

Ok, more than once. A few zonked me, but I was told to forget about it by the Higher Up.

Just stick around for us.

Click the "about forum" tab, and read the Statement of Purpose rules before posting.

See OP, that's the kind of thing we were looking for from you.

Of course, you don't have to post a link and excerpts to something you are trying to get others to read, but that will make it more likely they will. Also, it's kind of a common courtesy.

Welcome to DU, Tom Dyer!

We're on the same side.

states have banned it. They are ashamed of their history and would rather frame history in a more positive way. I can only speak for Texas, but our education system is run by a right-wing SBOE (State Board of Education) which frame American and Texas history as they wish it was rather than the reality of what it is.

It is just another form of censorship. Fight Back!

I've never understood it but there are certain posters who seem to look for "mistakes" or shortcomings in others' posts. They have no qualms about pointing whatever they deem to be a flaw out so I have no qualms in ignoring them. Don't let them ruin your experience at DU!

kidding
(I blame the Mike's Harder Cranberry for my post)