How long have you been part of DU? Who are the "old-timers"?

[INTELBYTES]

I'm relatively new. Lurked for awhile, then started posting about 3 months ago.

[wtmusic]

1. I've been here for about a year

and a lot of the true old-timers have bailed.

The board has changed quite a bit. There used to be a lot more long posts with analysis. And the internecine warfare was minimal.

Once the primaries are over we should (hopefully) see a return to a more unified DU.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

2. i signed up for DU during the lead up to the Iraq invasion.

[meegbear]

3. Around May 2001 ...

found the Top Ten Conservative Idiots column and never looked back.

[trumad]

7. I joined in 1998

There was just a few of us back then but it was peaceful... The board started just around the impeachemnent debacle and it was truly a nice place to visit during that period. I think skinner was about 14 at the time...

[meegbear]

16. LOL ...

it was nice back when I joined. I find it amazing how some people joined within the last year and have 3000+ posts under their belt.

[FlaGranny]

4. Hi, Intelbytes,

I've been here since very near the beginning (about three years), but under another username for the first part of my membership. I don't post a lot, but I lurk just about every day. So I'm an old timer. :-)

[INTELBYTES]

30. HI FlaGranny!

:hi:

[INTELBYTES]

47. kick

[VelmaD]

5. Essentially here since day one...

I saw the sign on the tv coverage of the inauguration back in January of 2001. I lurked for a while then finally got het up enough to make my first post in the late Spring of 2001. I posted for a while then left the board then came back then left then came back again - apparently to stay this time. :-)

[bearfan454]

106. Damn right to stay

You're here Velma.

[JCMach1]

6. Been here since Spring 2001!

:)

[trumad]

8. And boy have you been here...

:evilgrin:

[JCMach1]

96. Way too much!!!!!!!!!!!!1

:)

[Squeech]

18. I remember JCMach1's run for congress

I was rooting for ya! But I was too broke to contribute :-(

I don't remember quite when I joined, but it was shortly after I got my current job, in 2001. I remember that I followed the link from Bartcop, and it looked like a congenial place.

Now I'm old and cranky, and I only come here for the ZombyCoffee.

[salin]

104. It was great to follow JC's run for the Fla state house!

Both incredibly encouraging and sadly disheartening.

[displacedtexan]

9. pretty much since the beginning

i was too chicken to post for quite a while, though.
and when i finally did start posting, i made truly stupid mistakes (dupes, wrong forum, etc.).

[NightTrain]

10. Found the "Conervative Idiots" page in early 2002...

...and finally registered and started posting about a year later.

[NWHarkness]

11. Since the installation of the coup

I saw the banner at the Bush installment and checked out the site. I registered, but drifted away after a few months before finding my way back. When I did, I couldn't remember my user name so I just made up a new one.

[lovedems]

12. I am new. Just signed up in October. Now I am here almost daily.

I love it!

[kmla]

13. I've been here since the late '50's...

... when Dave Letterman first started in showbiz.

Really, it was somwhere during the spring of 2001. Lurked for about a year, though...

[ikojo]

14. I don't know when I first started posting

but I think it was sometime in 2002. However, before I started posting, I used to read DU on my Palm Pilot. I was saddened to see them end the Palm version that was offered through Avantgo. My favorite thing to read on the bus ride to work was the Top Ten Conservative Idiots.

[OldEurope]

15. I´m here since

the threat of war made me really anxious last spring, searching for someone to give me back my trust in mankind. I´m posting here only sometimes, but it´s always helpful to see that many many Americans are NOT supportive of BushCo

[LuCifer]

17. Fall of 2002

was when I first hear of DU, thanks to Randi Rhodes, one of the FEW liberal radio shows ANYWHERE!!!!!! BOW DOWN TO THE GODDESS!!!

HAIL DU!
HAIL RANDI!!!!
Lu

[nannygoat]

19. I think I stood next to the first official DUers at the inaugural protest.

There were some folks there with a banner advertising DU (they actually started inching me off the wall I was standing on). I was holding a "Re-Elect Gore in 2004" sign and a friend was holding a sign with a trash can labeled "Ballot box" on it. I'll never forget the rage directed at * and Cheated that day. It was wonderful to be part of such a mass loathing. I didn't start frequenting DU until early 2002 after my mom, a life-long Dem died in December 2001 and I desperately missed my weekly conversation with her about * and the state of our country. My username is in honor of her.

[arwalden]

20. I'm New... Just Getting The Hang Of Things

[thebaghwan]

21. I was here prior to 911, drifted away for awhile then came back.

Didn't post much at first. Lately here most everyday. Looking for something that takes direct and concrete action to get rid of Bush.

[AlGore-08.com]

22. Yes, I'm an oldtimer. I joined in early spring, 2001.

And you know, when I was your age, we didn't have remote controls. If we wanted to change the channel on the TV, we had to get up off our backsides and turn the d*mn knob! By hand! And we liked it that way!

:+

[Richardo]

23. Linked to "Top 10 Conservative Idiots" in September-ish of 2002...

Right about the time they were really introducing the Iraq war "product launch". :eyes:

[XNASA]

24. Schay dare, shunny boy.....

I guess I'm an old-timer. I've been lurking since week 1, and have been a member since 2001.

I don't usually post in the evenings or on the weekends anymore though. I'm basically a 9-5 DUer.

[trof]

25. A year? 2?

10,000 posts ago anyway.
I really can't remember. I've tried to search the archives for my first post, but no success.

[bif]

26. November or December 2000

So I guess I'm an old timer.

[Ramsey]

63. Probably not

I think they launched on Inauguration Day, January 2001.

But yes, you've been around from the get-go.

[sybylla]

27. Came to DU very early

My hubby found it within a month or so of inauguration in 2000. Been here on a regular basis ever since.

But I only lurked in the forums for the first year. I really should stay away all together. The forums consume far too much of my time - but I enjoy so much some of the discussions that take place here.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

28. Sometime in February 2001, I think

I wrote an essay for the front page that appeared in March of that year.

Of the early crowd, Crewleader, Indiana Green, Ferretherder, the moosedogs, Astarho, dmr, and maybe half a dozen others are still around.

We used to have two "regular" disrupters. One by the name of Lonster was so clueless that he was almost cute. The other was OSD, which stood for Old School Democrat, and he was constantly taunting us about being a tiny fringe group. "All twelve of you" was one of his favorite phrases.

There used to be a woman named Kali, who single-handedly ran a forum called The Dirt, which was all about political and corporate scandals. However, she got into a dispute with the admins and left.

Who would have thought that DU would still be around today with 38,000 members, and that it would have inspired so many people to activism?

[geniph]

66. Hey! JohnYawl and I are still around!

John came here in February of 2001 also, and I came the month after.

[SoCalDem]

29. July 2001

:)

[populistmom]

31. Since November 2002

But I lurked for a long time. I didn't get past 100 posts until August I think. Now I can't shut up.

[sbj405]

32. Lurking for a few months

just started posting and hope to post more.

[newyawker99]

94. Hi sbj405!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[youngred]

33. I've been here since April 12, 2002

and 18,000 posts later I'm still giving off my ill informed, silly, simplistic view of things :P

[ElsewheresDaughter]

34. how do we check what date we joined...i'm not sure but it's about 2 years

more or less :shrug:

[youngred]

37. if its before the changeover you can't

sorry

[soleft]

35. Since Oct 2001

Prior to that I was lurking Buzzflash, Smirking Chimp and Media Whores Online.

[last_texas_dem]

92. October '01 for me

I guess that actually makes me a bit of an old-timer, though it's not reflected by my post count. I'm more of a lurker who goes on an occasional posting spree. Several years back I posted occasionally on the now-defunct TurnLeft website. I had also come across RackJite which led me to Bartcop. During the whole 2000 travesty I discovered Bushwatch and Buzzflash, from which I found the "Top Ten Conservative Idiots" list; I finally registered to post here at DU several months later. Awesome, highly addictive site!

[PVnRT]

36. April 2001

Yup, sonny boy, things was diff'rent back then....Green/Dem flame wars, no Lounge, had to access DU uphill in the snow...

[proud patriot]

38. Late Febuary or Early March of 2001

I think anyway . all I know is I didn't sleep from
November 2000 until I found DU and read a New posters
thread titled "The Long Kiss Goodnight" the newbie
was named William Pitt . The thought of ghosts of the founding
fathers and all the past Presidents haunting bush in
the halls of the White House gave me the best night sleep .
In fact if I ever have a Hard time falling asleep this
visualization is all I need to get a good nights rest.

Yes I'm coming up on my three year anniversary .

I've taken less vacation days than bush too,
so you know he's in trouble .

[curse10]

39. July of 2001

I think that might qualify me as an old timer :-)

[ploppy]

40. Spring 2001

It doesn't seem like it's been so long!

[greendog]

41. Since September 11, 2001

I found DU on 911 after the Smirking Chimp server went down. First posted on 12/28/01. Left for a while to travel the west and live off the grid in rural Montana. I Have recently moved back to civilization and log on almost every day now.

[Pithlet]

108. Same here.

I'd been lurking for a couple months before that; my husband, KCR, was a mod here at the time.

[catmandu57]

42. October 2001

See what happens when you type bush sucks into your search engine.

[greatauntoftriplets]

43. Found Top 10 Conservative Idiots in February of 2001.

Joined 10/8/01.

[LosinIt]

44. Early 2002 when it became clear the world had gone mad.

Great refuge, before the disruptors showed up. x(

[Insider]

45. October 2001

finally found a home

[SOteric]

46. I'm just a young upstart!

December '02.

[bobthedrummer]

48. Summer of 2002

I joined in August, a refugee from another website.
There were several other refugees like 9215 and seventhson.

[tkulesa]

49. two and a half years

I think I started poking around DU about two and a half years ago.

As you can see from my post count, I'm not the most prolific one here. I mostly read and nod my head.

[terrya]

50. I'm new here. Still getting used to this place. eom

[dmr]

51. January 20, 2001

I go through posting spurts, but I'm here every day. I voted for Gore in Broward County, and was sick at heart over the SOTU appointment of Bush*. I felt alone. I couldn't understand why no one else in my real life was as heartbroken as me. Sure there were people who seemed to be unhappy, but I was honestly near being a basket case. When I found DU that day, it became my lifeline, a crisis center of sorts. Finally, I found that I really wasn't alone, that there were others who were as devastated as me. DU then became my educator, I cannot tell you how much I have learned and have grown as a human being. DU changed my life forever in too many ways to explain. DU helps me keep politics and news events in perspective. I have a tremendous amount of respect for DU and our DU community. Thank you to each and every one of you.
:)

[WilliamPitt]

52. Two years, eight months and two days here

[Edge]

53. Oh, for about three days.

Been reading for nearly two years.

[sangh0]

54. Shortly after 9/11

I found out about this place while posting on a Freeper board. I was accused of being a DUer.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

55. Since September/October 2001

[Hell Hath No Fury]

56. Inauguration 2001

I can't remember exactly HOW I got here, but thank heavens I did. :)

[Butterflies]

57. Early 2002, I think.

Early on I read on here about when Will Pitt and Matcom went out in Boston and handed out leaflets that they had copied at Kinkos (telling the truth about Bush). Someone posted pictures of them. That was near the beginning on my time here, and I think it was spring 2002?

[name not needed]

58. sep 13 2k3

[Khephra]

59. June of 2001 here

I should still be in second place next to Newyawker with the most posts.

[citizen snips]

60. Dec 6, 2003.

I guess you can say I am new here.

[Spirochete]

61. Since on or about

the time of the Retard-in-Chief's inauguration. And I still have less than 2000 posts. I clicked on a link on Bartcop's site, and it brought me here. I learn a lot of things here, and this site is priceless.

[Ramsey]

62. Joined around May 2001

Guess that makes me an old-timer. ;-)

[nostamj]

64. 9/11 changed my relationship with DU

i don't remember exactly when I registered and began posting but... as of 9:30 EST on 9/11/01 I needed the immediacy of the DU forums.

i had been active on smirking chimp (under a different SN) but... while it's great for articles, i needed the speed of DU forums

[Toby109]

65. March or April 2002

Not long after I heard Trent Lott call Tom Daschle a traitor on live TV. I finally got my head outta my ass and started to pay attention. From RadioLeft reading a Will Pitt essay.

[UrbScotty]

67. August 13, 2002

[absolutezero]

68. almost 2 years

i just don't post much....

rather, i go months without posting, then 100 posts in 2 days....

[b-ballgurl]

69. who me?

Oh about a month

I sure am a old timer
:hurts:

[tinnyguy1777]

70. Only here since late 2003--------------

I'm still pretty "cherry".

[nini]

71. I 'think' it was before the 2002 elections

somewhere around there. Maybe earlier.

Wish I knew for sure :-(

[Jax]

72. Got my password Feb 5, 2001

First came to the website on "inagru-sham" day. Saw the banner.

Did ALOT of reading, learning...those were some hairy early days on these forums!!! Still do alot of reading and learning here daily.

Don't even have 400 posts yet but DSL comes in two weeks then look out.

I remember when khephra came. He did then and still does make a BIG difference to me on these boards. He is always a worthy read. I miss ewing2001 who did a great 9/11 timeline.

Jax

[Dees]

73. April, 2001.........................n/t

.

[goobergunch]

74. I registered April 21, 2003

I began lurking around mid-March of the same year.

[sweetladybug]

75. I've been here since January 2001 I just don't post alot

I come to read most of the time to see what others are thinking.
RE-ELECT A DEMOCRAT 2004!!!!

[JohnLocke]

76. Nov 16th 2003

[ulysses]

77. July, 2001.

[maxanne]

78. December 2001

or thereabouts

[TrogL]

79. About two years

maybe more.

[kaitykaity]

80. Almost from the beginning.

Probably Feb 2001.

[MrsMatt]

81. Although my posts don't reflect it

I've been a member since early 2003 (I don't spend a lot of time online, and when I do I tend to do more reading than posting)

[Lizz612]

90. Don't worry about it

I read more too, I think the ideas here are so good I don't have much more to say. Yay for the quiet posters!

[gate of the sun]

82. about 2 years

can you believe it I haven't hit a 1,000 yet. It took me 6 months to get like 200 posts.... and I had to compete with my husband for computer time once our child went to bed, Du was quite a bit different then and you felt like you knew so many of the poster's. Now it seems like I only recognize about a quarter of the names..

[hedgetrimmer]

91. hey you hot tamale... its been 2 for me 2

blah blah blah blah diddity blah... i am the husband, the keeper of the computer, the holder of ...well never mind... i'm not holding our son right now... now he is big, like real big but never mind that ...blah blah blah diddity blah!

[salin]

83. found DU nov/dec 2001... started posting early January 2002.

Wierd day I started posting... a slew of small planes crashed... we were all still a bit skitterish... did it mean anything? I think there were four crashes. But Duers are resourceful - found stats on small plane crashes and quickly learned that while not common - it was not statistically significant (abnormal). I think, but am not sure, that the final crash (after several others) was the teenager who flew a plane into a building in florida.

For some reason, the whole thing was so riveting - but eerie - that it sucked me into posting.. and I haven't quit since.

[Bombero1956]

84. Feb 2001

Still only have about 730 posts in that time. I use the board as a primary source of news and unfiltered info. The computer at work is unable to reach DU because of blocking software. I'd have more postings if it weren't for that.

[leftist_rebel1569]

85. Almost 8 months

It'll officially be 8 months on January 31st. I can't believe it's been that long! :)

[ConcernedCanuk]

86. Fall 2001, lurked then joined at the beginning of Junior's Invasions -

.
.
I mean, heck, I'm a Canuk, so why would I worry about Murikan Politics ?

Well, that ole Texacutioner's got the whole WORLD concerned, as DUer's well know, as they have a smattering of members from all over the WORLD.

That's a definite compliment to DU :thumbsup:, but GeeDubya should be ashamed that so many other people, countries, and continents are concerned about his behavior.

Thanx to DU 4 bein' U !

:toast:

[A-Schwarzenegger]

87. 4-18-03

Still not even to 1000 posts.

[kskiska]

88. I was here since Day One

I drifted away for a little while at first because of all the Freepers, then came back.

[Lizz612]

89. January or February 2001

Yeah thats right, post counts don't mean shit! (no, this is NOT a new name)
Auntie Pinko is a family friend, told my mother about it, mom told me. I was, goodness, 15 at the time. I had about 200 posts before I got to college (and a LAN cable) in September. I'm and "old" poster, but a quiet one.

[RandomKoolzip]

93. Lurker since June 2002, poster since March 2003.

The lead up to the IWR had me frantically searching for other lost souls with whom to commisserate. Found a link to DU through googling the words "liberal voice" at the library, June 2002. A bunch of Freeper posts popped up complaining about somethin called "DU."

In the time since I started posting, DU has made me late for work approximately 120 times; I can't tear myself away from the computer most days. Oh, and the lost hours of sleep, oy gevalt....

[newyawker99]

95. I joined 5/26/2001....started posting 7/9/2001.

I am thankful every day that this site exists. It is a home for all of us.

:-)

[JCMach1]

97. And hasn't looked back... the posts!!!

My God the posts!!!

[newyawker99]

103. LOL!! Hi JCMach!

:hi:

[INTELBYTES]

111. What year did DU start?

[dmr]

112. January 20, 2001

A miserable day for America.

[Piperay]

98. 2001, almost from the beginning

I don't have exact date but know it was only a few weeks after the chimp started squatting in the Whitehouse.

[onethatcares]

99. very new

got here thru buzzflash, pearly gates. sure am glad I found this place.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

100. In my case

I joined about March or April 2002

[buddhamama]

101. two and a half yrs

started lurking in March of 2001
finally took the plunge in June 2001

[Nlighten1]

102. Around February 2001 I think...

[tigereye]

105. was told about this site over the summer

by a nice person I met when I stated that I was over 40 and still a liberal. Finally got up the courage to post in November 2003. It is always enlightening and fun too. It is good to know there are so many people who are disturbed about the state of the country and working to make changes.

[Lars39]

107. I was lurking for 2-3 weeks before Paul Wellstone died.

Things got really hectic here, they wouldn't let you enter the forums unless you were a member. I joined. DU has been a real eye-opener for an (formerly)apolitical person.

[bigwillq]

109. I joined around the first of the month

I really enjoy this site. I find it helpful to get an insight on other people's views and consider it a great learning tool. I'm a newcomer to the whole political spectrum. While I've always voted, i never really was aware of politics, never watched it on TV and hated discussions on subject. Thanks in part to DU, I'm hooked on politics and I'm always watching the news or reading papers, blah blah.

One thing though is that 99.365 % of the people on here are great and supportive but I think some use the # of posts as a power trip. Just b/c someone has only 27 posts and one has 6348 doesn't mean much to me. I was just late in finding out about this site but it shouldn't be held against me or anyone else. The number of posts shouldn't make us less qualified to make a statement. Thanks for letting me babble and once again the site and all of you are great.

[Solly Mack]

110. Since the Selection-lurking then posting

I just take spats when I don't post for weeks....read though