This diary in some ways is a diary of exactly what this diary is speaking 'against'. But I guess its needed. You will see what I mean in a second.
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO DAILYKOS? The largest and most popular liberal blog in the nation, where as recently as just a few weeks ago we had great discussions etc., suddenly has turned into a flame field! Suddenly instead of having great discussions, one side that disagrees will be trolled and retalitory troll rating attacks will inevitably follow.
I am writing this just to try and make the point that the troll system is RUINING dkos. jump..
It is not just comments that we have a troll problem with. These comments are troll rated and then diaries pop up that are written about troll rating, including sometimes mentioning specific incidents in the diaries. It is ridiculous already. There are so many diaries of "I was troll rated"... "why the troll system sucks!"... "how to use the troll system"... and then.. instead of these diaries passing by and getting the little attention they deserve... THEY GET 200 COMMENTS. Half of them make it onto the recommended list! Ironically, there are usually comments from these threads that will make it onto the hidden comment list...
The troll system, in reality, is not important. A few annoying users will be banned, but that is pretty much it.
Kos, the entire troll rating system needs to be abolished or drastically overdone. People are going to start leaving if this keeps up. Regular people that have a differing opinion are being down rated. And not a difering opinion like "Democrats SUCK" or "The Holocause never happened", "Iranian President is a good man". Those are legitimate trolls. But when there are difering opinions like "John Kerry ran a horrible campaign, Hillary Would be better", and these are trolled, it reaches a point when we need to see what is happening!
When many diaries a day are forced to be used discussing or ranting or complaining about the system, there is obviously a major problem.
I have been on dailykos for years-- I have a relatively low UID. But I have never seen it like this. If we are to gain credibility and standing as a community, something needs to be done.