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Giving him the headlines for saying shit like this is, exactly what he desires. Because it works.
That's why I like the rule you put up in your politics community about only posting things he's done or actually doing.
Thanks Sir Patrick. :) Unfortunately, I had to lock it and have me as the only one posting. It was really hard to get people to understand what that meant.
Oh, I didn't realize that (Just though you were the most active).
I always appreciated that it was smaller and was a bit of a hidden gem. This community gets...charged a little too often (that's an intentional understatement lol). The only other one I kind-of liked was Beehaw's, but lately it's just a lot of knee-jerk comments of little substance.
If you ever decide to re-open it, I'm not interested in modding, but I can be sure to report things.
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind and I appreciate the kind words. I set it up to kind of keep track and share if people were interested. It was getting where people didn't understand the vibe. It seemed they were well intentioned, but it just got too hard to keep saying the same things. I don't want to ban people who are doing what they think is helpful either. It'll probably stay locked.
But please, if you see people shit stirring or trolling, report it. I only ban for a few days for the non-serial or non-serious stuff anyway. It seems to keep the professional trolls away.
Thanks again.