Reply #105: I found DU sometime in June or July of 2001.

[davsand]

Registered the day I found it and started posting.

I cut my eyeteeth on the political boards at ABC news and Salon so I had zero qualms about diving in here. I left Salon when it went pay to post and had been hanging out at a place called Bare Knuckles Politics started by a refugee from Salon named Fergeson Foont (wonder where he went to? I always liked that guy!) Anyhow there was a link there to DU and once I poked around here for a few minutes I had a new home.

DU was special, not only because of its rare focus on progressive issues during those dark days right after the selection, but also because of the sense of community. Salon had something akin to it at one time, but DU invited actual connection (relationships, maybe?) between people. I had never seen anything like it. It was a low signal to noise ratio--you could come here and NOT have to wade thru a few hundred posts from the local fundies--and it was easy to navigate.

The site has pretty much held that standard over time.

I have seen an awful lot of good writing on here and I have met some AMAZING people--both in person and online. Some are gone now, and much missed, others have moved on to other things, and many, happily, are still here. I came for the politics and stayed for the people.


I love you guys, and I don't expect your Bud Light.

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Laura