*^&%$ Pottymouths Invade Argus Leader Forums
I received the following admonition from the Argus Leader's Forums' (http://www.argusleaderonline.com/forum/) honcho today:
This message is for all forum users.The profanity, name calling andgeneral discussion in our onlineforum is getting to the point wherepeople are going to get banned atan alarming rate.If you do not wish to have theforums locked and posts editedby Argus Leader staff, I wouldsuggest that all users thinkabout what they are typing.
If you want this to be an openforum with quality discussionwrite smart anddignified comments.I am happy to report that here at S.D.Watch, we have very little problemwith pottymouths. Officer Epp zapsthem with his mighty delete key.Plus, we just have a better class ofreaders and commenters! Thanks fornot being jerks, gentle readers!
Todd Epp
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Then there are those who post long articles from other publications. These are usually from left-of-center and are like an attempt to rewrite the Argus, convey information that is not otherwise in print. I, for one, can't deal with reading a long article on the screen and I'm not going to attempt to print them out. Too much time spent scrolling to find any readers/posters who use the board in a way as to encourage others to exchange ideas.
I've dropped in and quickly out of blogs and boards that have been engulfed by some fundamental mold and become all about individuals emotional reactions to another's emotional reactions to....