The problem with Matt Taibbi's piece...

[NanceGreggs]

80. Check out the Alexa stats for yourself.

DU went from being just above the 6,000 mark in the last week of August to the 12,000 mark as of today. That's a loss of 6,000 points on the Global rank scale in eight weeks - and that's the eight weeks leading into a mid-term election, when most political websites are at their peak activity.

I don't see anything "impolite" about stating the obvious. The constant Dem-bashing on this site has obviously driven down its numbers - so I can only hope that the bashers are happy with the fact that DU is now less popular than it has been in its entire history as a website, other than the earliest of days, when it was just taking hold.

In July of 2003, DU was at a 4,322 ranking. By August of that same year, it had moved up to the 3,697 spot - and climbing. Since 2010, DU has had a steady decline in activity year over year. But it has never seen such a disastrous decline as it has in the past eight weeks. AGAIN, I repeat that the decline occurred during the MOST active time for all other political websites.

So please grimace as you will. The fact is that DU is a dying website. It's why I started posting here again after a long absence - just visiting a dying website that was once the centre of the universe for so many Democrats, myself included, that is now just a meeting place for the Perpetually Pissed-Off, the Constant Complainers Ad Naseuem, the RWers posing as disgruntled "Democrats", and the Totally Cool True Progressives (TM) who have absolutely no idea how the nation's government actually works.