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In reply to the discussion: Why is DU's popularity waning? (Title edited, explanation within.) [View all]KoKo
(84,711 posts)There are some great Groups who get little attention on the Home Page. But, GD and Greatest get the most HITS for eyeballs.
That was part of the problem...but, then the fault is that the "General Audience" of DU really doesn't care to participate in "Discussion" but would rather be "Out There" putting their stuff out "At the Moment," and I think even many of us are guilty of that.
Yet if DU was truly going to be "Underground"...then the "Groups" would have Grown and Thrived.
The other thing is that after Admins gave up "The DU Conservative Funnies" featured when us "Legacy DU'ers" gravitate over here and that meant that DU Site had no Admins who could "Set a Tone" for what the site was about. And, it devolved into warring factions amongst Civil Rights Groups, War and Peace Groups and the Endless Political Campaigns with Election Wars constantly splitting people apart.
The Admins never wanted this site not to be FUN....they've said this over and over..but....we aren't living in FUN TIMES...and the Stolen Election of 2000 which Founded DU is long past and Memories are short.
DU is now a Business Enterprise and has evolved into a "MESSAGE BOARD" with some Restrictions ....but with the addition of "Discussionist" it no longer has a true Political Agenda except to Elect More & Better Democrats as "More & Better Democrats become harder and harder to find.
I think the Admins here have done a great job of "Going With the Times" and the "Drift" of the Dem Party.
They have families now and they can't be in the Trenches throwing Bricks.
They have left it "UP to US" as to how it evolves while still trying to keep discussions somewhat civil with us Jurying each other.
I think DU is a sideline...which at this point for the "Owners" it should be. We have run our course and it's up to US to make DU what we want it to be going forward. The "Owners" are out of it.