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In reply to the discussion: Have you checked out Skinner's new toy? [View all]KoKo
(84,711 posts)Seems to me that if it evolves so that people can find their own "Interest Groups" the site might work out the way "DU Original" has evolved. It's just that there could be freer discussions in the "Interest Groups" which wouldn't be protected.
It's too early to tell how it could work out. But, it would be good to see a Weather Tag for those of us who are interested in Weather events across the Globe (sort of like Jeff Masters did at "Weather Underground" which was bought by NBC.)
Unfortunately such a group might devolve into battles over whether Climate Change is Real ...Or Not. So, there's the problem. And, maybe the problem with the site is that there's no "Group Protection" where topics posted can be confined to the subject of the Tagged "Interest Group." If you make the Group Interests "Protected" though...you end up with the battles that have gone on here on Original DU.
But, maybe people will find a way to work around it as the site evolves.