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| − | '''Democratic Underground''' (often abbreviated "DU") is a far-[[leftist|left]] website with a large discussion forum (which is primarily what is referred to when people mention the website) founded on January 20, 2001, the day of U.S. President [[George W. Bush]]'s inauguration. DU has been described as "an online gathering place for people who hate the Bush administration."<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/03/international/worldspecial4/03bloggers.html?pagewanted=1&fta=y</ref> DU favors far-left opinions and often deletes posts and ban members that do not strictly adhere to them. This policy targets [[conservatives]], obviously, but also moderate [[Democrat]]s. As of | + | '''Democratic Underground''' (often abbreviated "DU") is a far-[[leftist|left]] website with a large discussion forum (which is primarily what is referred to when people mention the website) founded on January 20, 2001, the day of U.S. President [[George W. Bush]]'s inauguration. DU has been described as "an online gathering place for people who hate the Bush administration."<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/03/international/worldspecial4/03bloggers.html?pagewanted=1&fta=y</ref> DU favors far-left opinions and often deletes posts and ban members that do not strictly adhere to them. This policy targets [[conservatives]], obviously, but also moderate [[Democrat]]s. As of May 2008, DU claims over 120,00 member registrations,<ref>http://www.democraticunderground.com/ (current figure at top right)</ref> but this number includes accounts that have never been used, multiple accounts belonging to individual users, accounts that have been long inactive and accounts which have been permanently banned. It is unclear exactly how many accounts are actually active and it is unlikely DU's administration will ever divulge that information, but amateur attempts to discover how many have resulted in estimates between 4,000 and 5,500 accounts.<ref>http://conservativeunderground.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108256</ref><ref>http://www.conservativescave.com/index.php?topic=3135.0</ref> |
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Revision as of 03:47, May 24, 2008
Democratic Underground (often abbreviated "DU") is a far-left website with a large discussion forum (which is primarily what is referred to when people mention the website) founded on January 20, 2001, the day of U.S. President George W. Bush's inauguration. DU has been described as "an online gathering place for people who hate the Bush administration."[1] DU favors far-left opinions and often deletes posts and ban members that do not strictly adhere to them. This policy targets conservatives, obviously, but also moderate Democrats. As of May 2008, DU claims over 120,00 member registrations,[2] but this number includes accounts that have never been used, multiple accounts belonging to individual users, accounts that have been long inactive and accounts which have been permanently banned. It is unclear exactly how many accounts are actually active and it is unlikely DU's administration will ever divulge that information, but amateur attempts to discover how many have resulted in estimates between 4,000 and 5,500 accounts.[3][4]