I've used the "alert" button many times today.

[Christof]

It was my first time ever using that option. I'm glad we're able to have something like that.

I hope I helped point out highly questionable posts (which I'm sure I did).

Anyone else find that you're using the alert button a lot lately?

[TryingToWarnYou]

1. Use common sense please.

Thats all I ask.

If someone merely disagrees with your position, I hope you arent "running to the mod". It happens all the time here.

Most honest to God bums are easy to spot here and are taken care of post haste.

[Christof]

3. I know.

I don't alert on someone just because of differing opinions. I alert someone when I suspect (and quite certain it's true) when there is a disruptor running amok.

[skooooo]

9. yep i just used it myself

When someone on their 4th post is involved in a flame war, it's a dead giveaway.

[Kierkegaard]

2. I have not yet used the alert button.

I'm still relatively new here and am not so confident about pointing a finger at someone's post without being pretty certain they deserve the attention.

[Ducks In A Row]

4. Nope.

[Kimber Scott]

5. I used it for the first time yesterday.

Seems we were all being called ugly, monkey-faces, or something to that effect. It was the poster's 7th post.

[RodneyCK2]

6. I did it once when it was clearly a freeper. The problem though...

is that a lot of people get trigger happy just because someone believes the opposite. You have to be very careful.

Most of the time, from what I can tell, the moderator ends up locking the thread, thus shutting out everyone.

[johnnie]

7. Used it for the first time on Friday

Been here for close to two years and close to 2000 posts, and I used the alert for the first time on Friday. I followed the guy around for a few posts and knew he was here to start some shit after 4 posts.

[Lefty48197]

8. I use it all the time. Those Jr. High idiots are so easy to spot.

You could write an entire book about their tactics for getting their right wing talking points posted on this site. Use the button, and use it freely. The administrators/moderators can sort out who is an actual freeper, from those who are merely having disagreements. Alert and alert often.

[batcivic]

10. Bored or looking for trouble?

This happens on both sides. Masochists? I understand reading opposing opinion or maybe asking questions as part of the democratic process.
The fun part now is the hackers.

[skooooo]

11. Wow your first post..

...and you gravitate to this thread. That's interesting!

Welcome to DU! Tell us all about yourself.

:hi:

[batcivic]

12. It's crazy

I whitewater kayak, awesome sport everyone must try it, and you cannot search boards for water levels, who's going where, when the next festival is without scrolling pages of Bush is an idiot Kerry is a commie. Are these people bored because by now minds are made up and everythings been said? I really do want people to debate the issues but we need a website for that alone because it's getting hard to do anything on specific sites. Notice how the arguements are all the same. Nobody is listening to the other side. We may as well put two tape recorders together and let them debate. The hurricane will bring water levels up and I have to scroll three pages to find a water message (Don't get me wrong I tryly feel for Floridians and the effects of the hurricane)

[Shananigans]

13. I don't get it...

Have you been drinking this morning?

Welcome to DU!

[batcivic]

14. My point

When on other specific sites you may as well not even try. You know their arguements they know yours, but still these threads will run for hours it like watching a brother/sister fight. All I want to know is where the water is, or here everyone wants to talk Kerry beating Bush and an original post may degenerate away from it's intended point.

BTW the name is not political I drive a 91 civic hatchback and we affectionately call it that as a joke (batmobile)