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In reply to the discussion: On DU's population aging, and change to DU... [View all]mathematic
(1,434 posts)There was also an exodus of long time, extremely popular posters to the Jackpine Radicals message board in 2016. Those people that left hadn't changed. DU had, and for the better.
I remember more blog-style rant posts back in the day. The style of internet communications has changed over the years. It's not just a DU thing. Blogs are few and far between.
Commenting style back then was more or less the same as now, except there were more cutesy and incomprehensible pet names for conservative figures. Thank god that's mostly died down.
I think that if there's one rule that made DU what it is today it's "support democratic public officials". It didn't work quickly, and that's why I disagree with you about those early days of DU, but it DID work. It was what, 10 years ago that a popular DUer called Obama a POS? Halfway through the lifetime of DU and posters like that had been dominating the conversation here.