Trash this forum: Completely remove a particular forum or group, so you never see it again.

[Skinner]

Your DU Trash Can just got more powerful. Now you can Trash entire forums and groups so you won't see their posts anywhere on the discussion forums. To trash a particular forum or group, click the Trash button at the top of the page. It looks like this:



When you click the button, you will be presented with two different options:

Hide threads. Selecting this option only removes the forum or group's threads from the Latest page and the Greatest page. The forum or group will still be listed on the Forum & Groups page and in the navigation column on the left side of most pages.

Full trash. Selecting this option removes the forum or group's threads from the Latest page and the Greatest page and also removes the forum or group entirely from the the Forum & Groups page and from the navigation column on the left side of most pages.

If you change your mind after you have trashed a particular forum or group, you can bring it back. Click on "My Account," then click the "Trash Can" tab. This will take you to your Trash Can:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=myaccount&sub=trash

Then click the "Restore" link to show the forum or group again.


Now you have complete control over your Latest Threads page. Use the three drop-down menus on the Latest Threads page to make broad changes to what content appears, and then use the "Trash this forum/group" function to remove specific forums and groups from your Latest Page. Now you can see exactly what you want to see on Democratic Underground.

[tosh]

1. Thank you!!

[Ian David]

2. I can finally hide the Gardening Forum. Thanks! n/t

[beac]

27. You can't hide from us...

we have "plants" everywhere.....

Bwhahhaahhahahaaa!

[NRaleighLiberal]

35. Hey! Why would you want to do that? We tend to grow on people!

[Ian David]

3. You know what would be awesome? If we can avoid Jury Duty in forums that we've trashed.

I don't want to be called for Jury Duty on Gungeon threads anymore.

[Elad]

6. That's already been programmed. n/t

[Ian David]

8. You guys rock. n/t

[SidDithers]

37. Thank, Elad...

Sid

[kestrel91316]

4. Rushing off now to trash the Guns forum (just removal from the Latest page).

[kestrel91316]

7. God, that felt good.

[abelenkpe]

15. Me too :) nt

[barbtries]

17. i did the full trash on it

and yes it did feel good, and i am glad that i will not be adjudicating any more alerts from there.

[Cheap_Trick]

18. A-frikkin-men nt

[PADemD]

22. Me, too

[kickysnana]

39. Me six. n/t

[Make7]

5. Thank you! ( n/t )

[libodem]

9. Rockin'

You rule. Rock and rule, dude. Rock on! Love this new feature.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

10. Ohhh! Thank you Skinner! n/t

[ZombieHorde]

11. Finally! The Cooking & Baking Group can hurt us no more. nt

[OffWithTheirHeads]

12. My sanity and my blood pressure thank you!

[freshwest]

13. Thank you!

[siligut]

14. And it just keeps getting better, thank you

DU Admin rocks

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. That is amazing!

It's like magic.

Thank you!

[bluedigger]

19. Finally! Begone "Announcements"!

Thanks!

[TBF]

20. Presto - no more gungeon! Thanks Skinner :) nt

[uppityperson]

21. If a MIRT member trashes a forum, can they see the post when alert come in?

[EarlG]

28. Yes

The function either removes threads from Latest and Greatest or removes the forum/group from your view of the website's navigation. It doesn't prevent you from visiting forums that you have trashed. For example, if you trash GD but directly type in the URL for GD, you will go there no problem. Or if someone posts a link to a thread in a forum or group that you have trashed and you click on the link, you will go to the thread.

[uppityperson]

29. Thanks. I'll pass it on.

[dixiegrrrrl]

41. THAT was a brilliant touch!

Means hosts and MIRT can have the best of both worlds with no penalty.

Many many thanks!!!!!

[madrchsod]

23. cool no more gun forum

[sinkingfeeling]

24. Will you provide stats on which forums/groups are the most trashed?

[Skinner]

26. There is no single list.

But if you go to the "About this forum" page for a particular forum, it tells you how many people have trashed it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=about&forum=1172

Number of people trashing: 14

[sinkingfeeling]

34. Thanks.

[zeemike]

25. the amount of information and control in DU3 is simply awesome.

This place has become the role model for discussion boards everywhere...or it should be.
You guys rock!!!

[corkhead]

30. Looking for the forum that contains all the "Porntificating" so I can 86 it...

[AnotherMcIntosh]

47. x2

[TheCowsCameHome]

31. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[MADem]

32. You are a genius!!! nt

[laconicsax]

33. Can this be made part of the group blocking action?

[chknltl]

36. add me to growing list of DUers who gladly trashed gungeon

Because nothing I might say over there is food for thought to those guys, they are welcome to my belly button lint but nothing else. The mighty DU just got better for this DUer.

[SidDithers]

38. Thanks, Admins...

Sid

[valerief]

40. Wonderful!!!! No more guns or religion!!!!! You rock! nt

[MrTwister]

42. Good idea, but kinda sad . . .

Can't we all just get along?

Especially since we're really all on the same side.

[notadmblnd]

43. yeah, but will it exempt us from jury duty in that forum too?

Now that would be real power.

There are a couple here that seems like I am being called upon for jury duty almost daily. I will admit, one seems to have settled down recently, but the other is like the energizer bunny.. the petty-ness just keeps going and going and going.....

[EarlG]

44. Yes, see upthread

If you trash a forum/group (Hide Threads or Full Trash) you won't be asked to Jury a post in that forum/group.

[Bohunk68]

45. My problem is somewhat different

I have gone to share the link on fb and the "trash this thread" thingee comes along almost every single time. Getting to the place as to where I'm getting really leery about sharing something on fb.

[DCKit]

46. Sweet! And thanks for not making it "all-or-nothing".

I'm sure it was a pain to program, but your efforts are greatly appreciated.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

48. Awesome.

[valerief]

49. Kickapoo Joy Juice!

[Rhiannon12866]

50. K&R, but I do have one issue with this.

Since this tab is in the same place where About This Forum used to be, I've accidentally clicked on it more than once by mistake, including just now on a forum where I'm a host...

[bananas]

51. Yay! Goodbye to the Sophomoric Philosophy Forum!