Skippy gives the cave and CU a shout out....kinda

[txradioguy]

I have no idea if Skinner et al. ever visit Di or have any real admin authority (i.e., the listed admins),

Discussionist Mailing Address and Admins:

Postal Mail:
Discussionist
P.O. Box 339
Kensington, MD 20895-0339

Discussionist Administrators

David Allen
allen@discussionist.com
Forum username: Naveed

Dave Allsopp
allsopp@discussionist.com
Forum username: Dyna

Brian Leitner
leitner@discussionist.com
Forum username: Sal

DU Mailing address and Admins:

Postal Mail:
Democratic Underground
P.O. Box 339
Kensington, MD 20895-0339

The DU Administrators

David Allen
Forum username: Skinner
Co-founder, Forum Administrator
skinner@democraticunderground.com

Dave Allsopp
Forum username: EarlG
Co-founder, Forum Administrator
earlg@democraticunderground.com

Brian Leitner
Forum username: Elad
Lead Programmer, Forum Administrator
elad@democraticunderground.com

Notice something familiar there?  I think you did and you were just being purposely obtuse.

It's fairly typical for admins of a board with a specific purpose to create a spin-off board for conversations not welcome at the original. And, the admins of the original immediately hand over the reigns to someone else. The spin-off board is the ugly stepchild of the original that is neglected and left to find its own way.

Except it didn't happen that way with David Allen and company.  They control both forums...are hands on with both forums and reap the revenue generated by both websites.

The ONLY reason Allen and his crew created Discussionist was to try and stop his members from drawing so much attention to ConservativeUnderground.com and Conservativecave.com and our specific forums dedicated to laughing at...mocking and generally dissecting the pureed bullshit that flows from that cesspool on a daily basis. They were banning or handing out time outs to anyone who even mentioned CU or CC hence the reason the term "site that shall not be named" was hatched over there.

WE are the "site that shall not be named".

Discussionist only confirmed what the rest of us already knew...that Liberals can't take nor to they tolerate dissenting opinions and anyone who doesn't believe in their tryannical groupthink should be silenced and humiliated at all costs.

[SVPete]

They were banning or handing out time outs to anyone who even mentioned CU or CC hence the reason the term "site that shall not be named" was hatched over there.

WE are the "site that shall not be named".

I have to give them a Hi-2 1/2 - it's DU-folk, so only 2 1/2 - for that term! Denigrating us'ns while expressing rebellion toward their high-handed PTBs using a very recognizable pop-culture allusion!

I suppose it would be expecting too much of socialist-inclined Progs to think they might realize that the best way to overcome competition is to be better than one's competitors.

[miskie]

Thanks for the background info, Miskie. Besides some RYO forums, I think I've seen DCForums(+) on a couple sites long ago.

No problem - as for DCForums+, yeah - you probably have. The software was really popular during the late '90s to about 2000-2001. However, the software had numerous security issues and DCScripts were notoriously slow to update their product, so most users moved on to other products.

Forum conversion scripts were developed, and they almost always featured the ability to convert a vanilla DCF+ to their product with a few mouseclicks. But for whatever reason, DU kept with it, fixed the exploits themselves, and added their own extensions. -building some ancient code into a Frankenstein's Monster of sorts..

In short, DU2 was the V'GER of forum software.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxAaVqdz_Vk[/youtube]

[SVPete]

Good visuals, the movie clip and FrankenSoftware. Maybe Cyber-Steampunk?