grantcart has grabbed a broom and is cleaning house.

[NYC_SKP]

Last edited Thu Nov 21, 2013, 05:23 PM - Edit history (1)

Eight down...

Thanks, grantcart!



ETA explanation for non-hosts:

A lot of people who come to the Barack Obama Group get blocked from participating when they don't follow the Statement of Purpose, usually for nasty negative comments.

Every so often, a host will go through the list of blocked members to see if any have been banned entirely from DU, and then "unblock" them from this group to keep the list of blocked members accurate and manageable.

grantcart did this last night and unblocked about 14 members, or rather former members.

[Cha]

1. Noted..

That's what I said!

[BootinUp]

2. I need a list to dance over!

[Cha]

3. Lol.. just imagine it.

[sheshe2]

6. Okay~

Thanks for the info... deep breath sigh~feeling better by the minute.

Yikes 13 and counting, Cha!

[Cha]

8. The House of BOG is getting

way Clean, sheshe.. Spic and Span!

[sheshe2]

11. LOL,

I just posted grant the old Mr Clean Ad~

Spic and Span!

[grantcart]

4. lol for the non hosts, going through and unblocking all of those blocked DUers

who have been PPR'd.

[NYC_SKP]

7. 14 so far.

Wow! And not all were newbies.

[sheshe2]

10. Clean sweep, grant.

Good job!

You are hired for the Clean Sweep Chairman for the 2014 elections! We'll just call you Mr Clean!

Thank you~

[greatauntoftriplets]

13. That was quite a list!

Thanks, grantcart!

[treestar]

5. Saw that

Wondered what was going on!

[Cha]

9. And, I'm glad you saw

this to understand, treestar.

I should be helping out with PMs to Hosts.. but, I have to make supper now.

[stevenleser]

12. Wow, that was something.

It almost seems like an uncontrollable desire to disrupt this group is an indicator of being an unsuitable participant on DU in general.

Quelle surprise.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

15. That would seem to be a strong correlation

[Jim Lane]

20. No, actually, it's a very weak correlation

As of this writing the BOG block list includes 105 members. If grantcart deleted 14 people who'd been PPR'd, then, before he wielded his broom, there were 119 people blocked from the BOG, of whom 105 had not been PPR'd. In other words, of the DUers who were on the BOG blocked list as of yesterday, more than 88% were still welcome to participate fully elsewhere on DU.

This calculation doesn't take into account PPR'd posters who were unblocked in earlier cleanups.

If we had all the data needed for a full statistical analysis, I'm sure we'd find a positive correlation. To do a really meaningful test, however, we'd need to exclude the people who'd been PPR'd solely or primarily because of the same post(s) that got them blocked here, because in those cases there's a correlation but it's tautologous rather than proving anything.

What we know for sure is that more than 100 DUers have been blocked here without also getting into any major trouble anywhere else on the site.

[Cha]

22. Still they were blocked from the

BOG for not adhering to the Mission Statement of this Group. So glad they can follow the rules on DU if not the BOG's.

[Cha]

21. And, here I thought it was just

us

[JustAnotherGen]

14. Thank heaven!

I've been hesitant to post back here lately.

[Isoldeblue]

16. I am sooooo confused....

I don't have a clue to what you're talking about here... Would some kind soul, please explain what's this all about? Thanks.

[NYC_SKP]

17. Sorry. I'll explain:

And then I'll update the OP.

A lot of people who come to the Barack Obama Group get blocked from participating when they don't follow the Statement of Purpose, usually for nasty negative comments.

Every so often, a host will go through the list of blocked members to see if any have been banned entirely from DU, and then "unblock" them from this group to keep the list of blocked members accurate and manageable.

grantcart did this last night and unblocked about 14 members, or rather former members.

[Isoldeblue]

18. Thank you, NYC!

I'm only a year old here at DU and still have lots to learn. Thanks for clearing it up for me

[IrishAyes]

19. You have a lot to share with us too, don't forget.