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Basically, a troll with a busy keyboard can, within the space of a few days, have pretty much the same voice as a person who has been here for fifteen years. I think that's the problem, really. Jury duty, particularly, should be a thing that is earned over time. How can you judge your fellow DUers if you don't even know how to link an article, or post a pic, or if you don't even know what the culture is, here?

I've always thought that jury duty ought to kick in at six months or several hundred (at least) posts--whichever comes LAST. That way, you know that the person serving on that jury knows a little bit about the culture and the way people interact, here.

I'm not a prude, I can swear with the best of 'em on occasion, but I have NEVER in all my years here seen some of the crudeness, rudeness and really vulgar vitriol that I've seen in this current election season. It's really disgusting--and so much of it is allowed to stand.

I am hopeful these changes will help get the place correct. People who don't get the idea right now, will, soon enough, I suspect.

I go out of my way to NOT get personal, but I enjoy HIDES because I don't favor a particular candidate. That kind of reasoning is just wrong.