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essme

(1,207 posts)
12. oh, I want to go to their FB page
Sat May 16, 2020, 08:05 PM
May 2020

if they have one, just to watch them freak out over the graduation speech. Should be freaking hilarious-

demmiblue

(36,906 posts)
4. I remember when one couldn't even mention the name on DU...
Sat May 16, 2020, 07:54 PM
May 2020

so people wouldn't drive traffic there.

Then, eventually, The Discussionist was born.

Hekate

(90,896 posts)
8. The admins meant well, but the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
Sat May 16, 2020, 07:58 PM
May 2020

I remain forever grateful I used another name for the brief time I tried it out.

Hekate

(90,896 posts)
5. I think FR still exists, but always did have trouble affording enough pellets to keep the hamster...
Sat May 16, 2020, 07:55 PM
May 2020

...spinning the wheel that ran their server. They think we're DUmmies. We think they're irrelevant.

Arkansas Granny

(31,536 posts)
7. Do you know, I actually discovered DU after reading some FR posts.
Sat May 16, 2020, 07:56 PM
May 2020

I followed a link from a post over there and realized that this was much better place to be.

rurallib

(62,465 posts)
13. Not to be confused with freep.com which is the Detroit Free Press
Sat May 16, 2020, 08:25 PM
May 2020

website. I used to make that mistake often back in the day.

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