re: #338 Flyers1974

Hello, Ice Weasel. So what’s the story with DU? I never heard of them until the past couple weeks. Are they big compared to Kos, etc…

Hey Flyers!

DU looks harmless if you just go to the main page and check out the columns. The problem is the forums— just gigantic message boards. They’ve been around since 2001, the day after Bush was inaugurated, and it’s much more active than—well, any political site I can think of. The boards seem to be hardly moderated. You can find lots of normal conversation there, (which will still probably irk many people here, as it is Democratic Underground, after all) — but you can find pits of complete insanity. 9/11 troofers, Bush and Cheney caused 9-11, everything. Given the timing of its founding, it immediately became a go-to site for people who believed that the 2000 election was stolen.
Like FR, the nature of the site allows it to be a home for the unhinged.

The forums are also way too big to navigate properly or easily.