"This is how things run". "Back in my time". "Before you all came and...". "It used to be like this." All wrong and revisionist history, sorry. This place sucks. This place will continue to suck and this place has most certainly ALWAYS sucked.
The big one.
From the time I first came here, and even before that. The "old timers" were too pompous. The newbies were lowering the level of discourse. Links weren’t provided to support positions or allegations. Links that were provided were to unreliable sources. The unreliable sources were used for other diaries to support the allegation or position. Mainstream media sucked. But look at what was reported about Cheney in the mainstream media!!!
The front pagers didn’t cover [TOPIC X] nearly enough. The front pagers didn’t stop talking about [TOPIC X] – and TOPICS Y, Z and A were being ignored. Markos was suppressing dissent. Markos wasn’t paying enough attention to the dissent. Criticism of Obama would ruin his chance of being elected. Support of Obama was blind and naïve. There was a secret cabal that sunk Clinton’s candidacy. The PUMAs were taking over the site.
Diaries were too short. Diaries are too long. Pootie pics are minimizing the seriousness of [ISSUE X] and [DIARY Y]. Everyone takes themselves too seriously. There aren’t enough diaries about the next special election. There are too many diaries about the next special election and people should be phonebanking instead.
Trolls and sockpuppets were ruining the site. Trolls and sockpuppets are ruining the site. Troll and sockpuppet hunters are conspiring to ruin the site. Improper tagging is ruining the site. The ads on the front page are sexist, racist and corporatist. Candidates, celebrities and elected Democrats don’t post enough here. Candidates, celebrities and elected Democrats take up space on the rec list with crappy diaries just because they written by candidates, celebrities and elected Democrats.
The rec list is too short. The rec list is too long. The rec list has 8 diaries about Edwards or Obama. The rec list has nothing on [ISSUE X]. The diary at the top of the rec list is factually incorrect. The diary on the rec list calling out the diary at the top of the rec list is not only factually incorrect but calls out the diarist. The diary on the rec list that calls out the second diary on the rec list for calling out the first diary is overkill.
Why do I even bother?