2016 Postmortem

MineralMan

(146,317 posts) Tue Aug 2, 2016, 10:41 AM Aug 2016

Forget about spin-off sites from DU. They don't matter. [View all]

A few disgruntled souls have moved elsewhere and are posting there. Who cares, really. Bringing up a spin-off site here and finding fault with it accomplished nothing other than giving publicity to that other site.

I've been over there a few times, and have recognized some names of posters who used to be here. There have been several such spin-off sites started in the past, too. Most are no longer online at all. Such sites never actually grow much beyond the original posters from here who started them. They don't matter, really.

DU, on the other hand, is still the most active Democratic discussion website on the Internet. It still has the most news, the most discussions, and the most activity. DU is where Democratic discussion happens.

Is someone on another site saying stupid things? OK. That doesn't matter. Has someone on another site shown their true colors after leaving here? OK. That doesn't matter, either.

Real discussion continues to go on right here on DU. That matters.

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Forget about spin-off sites from DU. They don't matter. [View all] MineralMan Aug 2016 OP

You are correct on so many levels and maybe I'll get there eventually. Just not quite ready yet. Sheepshank Aug 2016 #1

Keep saying the same thing.... giftedgirl77 Aug 2016 #2

I agree. nt auntpurl Aug 2016 #3

I dont visit them.... Uben Aug 2016 #4

But they were rightwingers posing as lefty's here on DU. JaneyVee Aug 2016 #5

Tue Nov 9, 2004, 05:03 PM Number of posts, all time: 64,377 Omaha Steve Aug 2016 #19

Thanks Steve. JPR isn't the only "spin-off" site. panader0 Aug 2016 #21

I never noticed your affliction... IthinkThereforeIAM Aug 2016 #40

I'm in no way the DUer I was when I joined, ask any old timer Omaha Steve Aug 2016 #42

No matter what the docs say you are one class act rurallib Aug 2016 #55

Steve, you're a treasure and we all know it nt geek tragedy Aug 2016 #49

Not all rightwingers....many are simply woman haters. nt LexVegas Aug 2016 #22

This ^^^ treestar Aug 2016 #27

No way. That site is getting trolled. Probably by DUers imo Arazi Aug 2016 #65

I check it out about once a week lapucelle Aug 2016 #6

The problem is the folks with the same usernames there as here. They're using access to DU to push BobbyDrake Aug 2016 #7

Go there and grab your username before others clone it bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #15

I'd rather they not have any of my contact information in their database, TBH. BobbyDrake Aug 2016 #18

You're right bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #28

+1000 to keeping toxic posts and sites away from DU. Hortensis Aug 2016 #8

Says the guy posting about the site whose name can't be typed. cherokeeprogressive Aug 2016 #9

Says the guy posting about showing "true colors." Hissyspit Aug 2016 #23

After the GE zipplewrath Aug 2016 #10

watching the Republicans go from squabbling to cannibalism after Trump geek tragedy Aug 2016 #17

Actually zipplewrath Aug 2016 #20

complaining how third parties get the shaft is an evergreen subject matter geek tragedy Aug 2016 #25

"The monoculture here has gotten a tad narrow and echoey." David__77 Aug 2016 #38

I see no difference than 2008. Demsrule86 Aug 2016 #53

OK. David__77 Aug 2016 #58

I hear you and when your candidate loses Demsrule86 Aug 2016 #71

DU rocks. Thanks admins and thanks to all you posters. FSogol Aug 2016 #11

This is the best website on the internetz SheriffBob Aug 2016 #12

By "real" you mean "acceptable" Android3.14 Aug 2016 #13

The type of discussions people have at Free Republic should not be discussions had at DU. nt geek tragedy Aug 2016 #16

I agree 100 percent! BlueMTexpat Aug 2016 #14

The spin off sites are boring in the way Fox News and Politicub Aug 2016 #24

exactly. nt retrowire Aug 2016 #26

Finally agree with you on something. closeupready Aug 2016 #29

Who cares? Clearly, you do demwing Aug 2016 #30

Nope. He's just sick of the constant "Have you read what they're saying over there?" posts. GoCubsGo Aug 2016 #39

So let's create a thread demwing Aug 2016 #41

If starting a thread that points out how childish all the fingerpointing is, GoCubsGo Aug 2016 #45

So complaining is ok demwing Aug 2016 #47

So, shit-stirring is okay GoCubsGo Aug 2016 #50

This isn't shit stirring, it's calling out hypocrisy demwing Aug 2016 #57

We should always keep abreast of events, since the Reps will obfuscate or co-opt using false info. TheBlackAdder Aug 2016 #46

Kick and heartily Rec Hekate Aug 2016 #31

K&R! DemonGoddess Aug 2016 #32

Well, I have active accounts on both DU and JPR. redgreenandblue Aug 2016 #33

There was a period during the primaries that I worried that DU was in trouble liberal N proud Aug 2016 #34

The usenet threading style with branching is simply superior to single branch threading. redgreenandblue Aug 2016 #35

From what I've seen, anyone feeling the need to spin-off from here.. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #36

I'm very grateful for DU. lark Aug 2016 #37

I'm a Poster in Good Standing Here and 2 Other Sites Leith Aug 2016 #43

Nope. Now, any new ones might just be a Republican ruse. TheBlackAdder Aug 2016 #44

I've been here about 5 or 6 years now and it's become........... socialist_n_TN Aug 2016 #48

They matter if you want to get any information on what OUR candidate for the POTUS is doing... StraightRazor Aug 2016 #51

Nah. I read the other one. I find it fascinating to watch them post here and then go there Squinch Aug 2016 #52

Me too. Demsrule86 Aug 2016 #54

So do I. But when members went and formed pro-HRC sites, they didn't change at all. betsuni Aug 2016 #62

It is kind of amazing. You see a poster over there talking about how Hillary can, pardon Squinch Aug 2016 #66

Yes, I noticed the "She" thing! betsuni Aug 2016 #68

Lol. Yeah I'm waiting a week or two for that poster to change his mind again. I think they use seaglass Aug 2016 #69

They use "she" also as in "I am not voting for SHE." Squinch Aug 2016 #70

I am thankful that many of the DUers who made this site miserable for the past year are now seaglass Aug 2016 #56

I really don't care what another site says, unless I am an active poster on that site. Rex Aug 2016 #59

There are a plethora of naysayers about the Democratic Party & the multiple growing movements Person 2713 Aug 2016 #60

I think it matters quite a bit ... NanceGreggs Aug 2016 #61

+1 bravenak Aug 2016 #63

+2 betsuni Aug 2016 #64

Exactly! It has been a real eye opener for me. Squinch Aug 2016 #67