Reply #389: I can only speak for why I don't donate any more.

[lumberjack_jeff]

I'm fine with the rough and tumble of vigorous debate. I'm fine with cheerleading Obama's successes AND bitching about his failures. A community which was designed to avoid that kind of conflict will naturally have a hard time straddling a fence.

Like I said, I can only speak for me. I have several bumperstickers, but I stopped donating when you made it clear that a men's forum was a bridge too far. Issues of concern to half of the population were too controversial because DU'ers just know what men will talk about when good progressives aren't around to ride herd on them.

And now, it's topic verboten. Every poster who ever spoke out in support of the issue is gone with the exception of one or two. Frankly, if I'm going to pay, it'll be to talk about what I want to talk about.

It'd be easy to hide behind my reduced financial means to explain my lack of a star, but it wouldn't be honest or fair to you. I do have a lot of respect for the admins, I'm a Democrat, come hell or high water, and I really liked the way DU was.

I think that people aren't frustrated at DU so much they're frustrated with the Democrats we elected. It's hard to stand behind people who aren't doing what they should.

The feedback survey is a good start.

edited to add:
IMHO, the admins spend too much time designing an infrastructure which precludes DU looking bad (unrec comes to mind) and too little designing an infrastructure which serves people's needs.