About the forums here at DU..just an observation...that is all..

[Stuart G]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Yonnie3 (a host of the The DU Lounge forum).

50 minutes after Mueller's statement, no comment about it in .."Latest News Forum" Only comments that the statement will be made. So here is the point: for fifty minutes after the statement itself, all the discussion about it took place in ...General Discussion....and ..NOT in ...Latest Breaking News.

[House of Roberts]

1. Some people here

have an aversion to using LBN, because, 'in the end, there can only be one' report on an item, and all others get locked.

[samnsara]

2. i never check out the Latest News forum..

..i find all i need in the Lounge or GD....it seems redundant.

[DonViejo]

3. May I suggest you read the SOP for the DU Lounge, the last four words in particular?

Our social forum. Relax with your friends and talk about off-topic stuff. The Lounge is supposed to be a friendly, welcoming place for everyone. No cliquish behavior. No drama. No political arguments. No whining about DU.

[jberryhill]

4. So?

LBN is for posting articles from reputable news sources.

How many articles were written in that time?

[Sherman A1]

5. I will not post to LBN

Did so a couple of years ago, the thread was locked. I appealed and was blown off and never looked at the forum again as one I would use.

[Stuart G]

6. It comes and goes for me. Sometimes in latest news, sometimes elsewhere.

For example. I saw a story about a rape in India, that was in the news section of CNN. Yes, it was late news, but I posted it in... Editorials and Other Articles with a warning. Who knows? I know.."The shadow knows."

....Once it was late news, but it was kind of .."Weird"...so, I put that one (don't remember which one) up in "Weird News"......Yes, the "shadow knows"

[Sherman A1]

7. I understand

My posting tends to stay to GD, Primaries, State and some of the more narrowly focused forums. I won’t use LBN under any circumstances.

[abqtommy]

8. I always call up the Latest Threads and select the timeframe I want.

Everything I want/need to see is there so I saw all the posts concerning the Mueller statement that were posted originally in the General Discussion forum. Do I have a magic computer? I don't think so.
The Latest/Latest Threads menu selection provides all posts from all forums in a selected timeframe, so what's the beef?

[Yonnie3]

9. Locking after a review by hosts

Statement of Purpose for The DU Lounge

Our social forum. Relax with your friends and talk about off-topic stuff. The Lounge is supposed to be a friendly, welcoming place for everyone. No cliquish behavior. No drama. No political arguments. No whining about DU.