When did DU begin? I've been a member since 2003 - just wondered how long it had been around

[patricia92243]

before I found it - lucky day for me

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. 2001, January first...The day Bush was inaugurated.

[patricia92243]

3. I didn't even own a computer back then. I finally got WebTV for about a year. When I could finally

join DU, I still believe the membership was way below 1m. Oh, the good ol' days.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. I didn't have one then either!

My husband did, and he would email our daughter...it scared me, lol!

[struggle4progress]

7. Mebbe 20 January, not 1 January?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Oh, you're right, of course!

I remember Skinner talking about having a DU banner up facing the Inaugural parade, and a lot of folks saw it on TV.

That would have been the 20th...

[sakabatou]

11. Yup

DU probably looks a lot different now than back in 2001. However, I do miss the Top 10.

[Tobin S.]

2. January 2001, I do believe.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

5. I joined in 2002

there were about 13,000 people then.........

[denbot]

10. I joined in February or March of 2001

There were 3020 people already here.

[OmahaBlueDog]

6. 2006, IIRC

I was more or less thrown out by democrats.com because they don't tolerate much deviance from their beliefs. I found a much more welcoming environment at DU.

[Boomerproud]

8. Yes , it was January 2001

in response to Bush stealing the election.

[Summer Hathaway]

12. Do you want the creationist version

or the evolutionary version?

[patricia92243]

13. I wonder who was the very FIRST poster and what the post was about. If there had been no other

members yet, who would they have been posting to, in other words who did they expect to read it.

I bet just at first, Skinner, etc were the only ones posting.

[denbot]

14. I remember this coming up before. The very first post on DU went like this..

This is not verbatim but pretty close;

"This is boring, nobody's here"

I'm guessing the grammar nazi's then poured out of the woodwork and began to flame each other until suitable victims arrived.

[patricia92243]

15. lol - suitable victtims :)

[RedCloud]

16. Over 100,000 years ago started by NeanDUthals.