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In reply to the discussion: are there a lot less posters here now? The site traffic.... when looking at replies seems [View all]RealityChik
(382 posts)By Jove! I think you nailed the problem! A meaningful forum discussion requires exactly that--time and thought. That kind of discussion seems to be in short supply here at DU these days.
Used to be that you could learn as much or more from contributions or insight from many posters in a thread than from the original poster's engaging analysis and sources (links) on a topic or article. The last couple of years, not so much. Perhaps the posters of ahead-of-the-curve news grew tired of devoting considerable time and thought to their content only to receive responses that were devoid of time and thought in return?
I don't do Facebook news because of the shallow, low value content, (in my opinion, of course). So what, do you suppose, is the reason most people here seem to prefer Facebook news over DU as a news source and forum for discussion of news?
Enquiring minds wanna know!