I don't think the number of clicks DU gets in a day is very important. What is important ...

[NanceGreggs]

37. And I would argue ...

... that the most useless Democratic website is the one that spews anti-Democratic memes 24/7, day in/day out ...

... a "Democratic website" that welcomes posts that state "both parties are the same", a site that greets every move forward of a progressive agenda as "too little, too late", "not enough", or "a crumb thrown to the liberals", a site that is full of posters who are "more politically informed than the average citizen" who are incredibly ill-informed as to how the government actually works, a site where the most prolific and "rec'd" posters are those who post non-stop about the failings of Democrats - but, at the same time, never, ever, EVER have anything negative to say about Republicans - a site where group-think is revered and any divergence from what the "group thinks" is unacceptable, a site where RW talking points are regurgitated ad nauseam, a site where black-and-white thinking prevails and absolutely NO shades of gray exist on ANY issue, a site where being a Democrat is not sufficient - one has to be the "right" kind of Democrat, with the "right" kind of opinions, the "right" kind of mindset, the "right" kind of thinking.

When I joined DU, we were all Democrats. Now one has to be the "right" kind of Democrat - not a centrist, not a moderate, not a left-leaner, not a middle-of-the-roader, not a Dem who is conservative on some issues but wildly liberal on others, not a Dem who thinks compromise isn't a dirty word, not a Dem who thinks Warren and/or Sanders can't win a presidential election in view of the facts, not a Dem who doesn't think Snowden/Greenwald are the best thing since sliced bread, not a Dem who isn't running around with their hair on fire every time Obama opens his mouth, not a Dem who doesn't believe that the NSA is reading all of their emails, not a Dem who doesn't think the PTB (as yet to be identified) are running things and have decided who will win elected office long before elections are even held.

DU was once reflective of Democrats. As has been proven over the past few years, DU is no longer reflective of Democrats - at all. While surveys/polls have shown that self-identified liberal/progressive Democrats give Obama high favourability ratings, DU continues to insist that IT is the be-all-and-end-all when it comes to what Democrats are thinking. And DU's declining numbers are reflective of the fact that the whiners/complainers are the minority of the party.

Now you can continue to convince yourself that DU's falling numbers are a matter of "more selective" Democratic posters participating here as a good thing. But the truth is that a "Democratic" site that no longer reflects the thinking of Democrats is no longer viable as a "Democratic" site.