https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217425706Drum (7,739 posts)
Why I joined DU in 2005
(Edited for accuracy)
Yes, I know, that’s only 7000 or so posts from me in 17 years, overwhelming “replies.” 🤷🏻♂️
It was Hurricane Katrina. I was going nuts because I couldn’t find news on what was happening in New Orleans, a place dear to me from a serial work gig that took me there numerous times in the late 1980s.
I then happened on Democratic Underground and it was sense-at-first-sight: DU presented as (and is) a clearinghouse for a super-diverse band of news media sources, but also a source of news via witnesses, court and agency records, editorials, and of course emotion, wit, snark, and so much love.
Drum/Tom
I dont know why this moron felt the need to post, but hey, whatever.
So, the DUmp is supposedly made up of the most diverse new sources. Uh huh.
Emotion? Yeah, yeah. Theres plenty of emotion at the DUmp.
W_HAMILTON (5,987 posts)
11. I joined because I was becoming much more politically aware in my young life...
...and happened to be watching C-SPAN and a caller mentioned this website. I checked it out and it's been one of my go-to websites for almost two decades now...
You never know what little gesture may impact people and cause a butterfly effect.
What? I didnt know C-SPAN had call ins. Who in the hell is so bored they are willing to call into C-SPAN?
Greywing (1,113 posts)
48. I joined in 2011 because I was looking for like minded people
I mostly lurk as so many people have already expressed the views I hold by the time I read ... it's wonderful!
Like minded peeps? Eh? So youre a Crack-Pot-Dim-Witted-Conspiracy-Theorist-on-the-lunatic-fringe-of-The-Dems? If so, you have found Nirvana.
