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In reply to the discussion: How about it? [View all]NanceGreggs
(27,814 posts)... and "generating attention for Skinner's site" is laughable. I WAS popular here at one point - but that was years ago. In fact, I stopped posting here altogether for several years, because the tone of the site had changed, and I was usually at-odds with what was being posted on a regular basis.
My "personal tragedy" was not just personal. My late husband was a long-time DUer, and the creator of the DUzy Awards. The news of his passing generated several OPs by those who knew him via his participation on, and contributions to this site.
If you have a problem with Skinner being kind enough to allow me to post under those circumstances, in order to acknowledge the OPs honouring my husband's contribution to DU, I suggest you take it up with him.
"Why not be up front about it and just say that this person is allowed to insult and berate other posters as much as they want ..."
If that were the case, I wouldn't have been on a time-out in the first place, would I? Skinner could have easily "expunged" my hides from his end, as though they'd never happened - if that's the way he operates. But that's NOT the way he operates - and isn't that obvious by now?
I believe you owe Skinner an apology for even suggesting that he applies DU rules differently to some posters rather than others. But I doubt such an apology is forthcoming, now or ever.