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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhen did DU begin? I've been a member since 2003 - just wondered how long it had been around
before I found it - lucky day for me
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,688 posts)patricia92243
(12,598 posts)join DU, I still believe the membership was way below 1m. Oh, the good ol' days.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,688 posts)My husband did, and he would email our daughter...it scared me, lol!
struggle4progress
(118,332 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,688 posts)I remember Skinner talking about having a DU banner up facing the Inaugural parade, and a lot of folks saw it on TV.
That would have been the 20th...
sakabatou
(42,172 posts)DU probably looks a lot different now than back in 2001. However, I do miss the Top 10.
Tobin S.
(10,418 posts)Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,588 posts)there were about 13,000 people then.........
denbot
(9,901 posts)There were 3020 people already here.
OmahaBlueDog
(10,000 posts)I was more or less thrown out by democrats.com because they don't tolerate much deviance from their beliefs. I found a much more welcoming environment at DU.
Boomerproud
(7,964 posts)in response to Bush stealing the election.
Summer Hathaway
(2,770 posts)or the evolutionary version?
patricia92243
(12,598 posts)members yet, who would they have been posting to, in other words who did they expect to read it.
I bet just at first, Skinner, etc were the only ones posting.
denbot
(9,901 posts)This is not verbatim but pretty close;
"This is boring, nobody's here"
I'm guessing the grammar nazi's then poured out of the woodwork and began to flame each other until suitable victims arrived.