Re: 242 - Good post.
There certainly is a bit of the hive mind for some issues, but that comes from both sides of the issues. The Russia-Ukraine War threads are a site to behold.
I believe part of the problem is that a greater percentage of posters lack discernment vs. 20 years ago. Looking through some older threads a couple of weeks ago was pretty interesting.
It also seems like more posters threaten and make comments about family members, make blatantly racist comments, etc the last 4-5 years. I use a FireFox extension a college student built for me to gray-list (their posts are literally grayed out by the extension) posters who threaten other posters, etc.
It is sad that more than a few older posters stopped contributing for a variety of reasons. I miss their insights.
Site management gets high marks for maintaining order.
“It is sad that more than a few older posters stopped contributing for a variety of reasons. I miss their insights.
Site management gets high marks for maintaining order.”
TOTAL AGREEMENT :)
I lurked for awhile before I registering to the site 23+ years ago. I have had PM’s from time to time from older Freepers & do miss their insights on threads. I learned a lot!