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LisaM

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38. It's a decent-sized site, and I always see things here ahead of Facebook.

Tue Jul 17, 2018, 08:59 PM

Jul 2018

Sometimes things come here via Twitter, but I don't love Twitter; would far rather read a whole article. I don't care for Reddit. But I almost always see things here first.

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Knowing what we know now, about the Russian hacking, does that shed any new light on the DU [View all] Meadowoak Jul 2018 OP

Highly unlikely. Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2018 #1

It was on someone's radar. That is for sure. We did get russian trolls all over applegrove Jul 2018 #3

That's because DI is a RW cesspool. Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2018 #5

Could easily have been Russia. A good intelligence operation would look juvenile as cover. applegrove Jul 2018 #6

Meh, we're a community of a couple thousand. Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2018 #8

We get much busier when there is news or an election. No doubt the growth of applegrove Jul 2018 #10

I've been here awhile. Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2018 #11

Stop saying that. We are statistically significant group of democrats applegrove Jul 2018 #12

Saying what? That DU has no real world impact? Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2018 #14

Well you are wrong. applegrove Jul 2018 #15

Ok. nt Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2018 #16

I have to agree with Dr here. bearsfootball516 Jul 2018 #19

Well we are ahead of the curb on the news. We'll have to disagree. applegrove Jul 2018 #32

DU is generally ahead of the curve. LisaM Jul 2018 #26

Ahead of what curve? Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2018 #36

It's a decent-sized site, and I always see things here ahead of Facebook. LisaM Jul 2018 #38

No,it's a VERY small site that skews to an older demographic. Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2018 #39

I get it, you find it irrelevant. LisaM Jul 2018 #41

I don't find it irrelevant, it IS irrelevant. Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2018 #42

Not sure about Russia, but definitely someone with the intent to disrupt Democrats. Hoyt Jul 2018 #27

4-chan script kiddies... Raster Jul 2018 #30

Indeed there was... Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2018 #37

What I find interesting is that somebody cared enough to vandalize a well-constructed site... Hekate Jul 2018 #17

CSPAN flipping to RT happened right when Maxine Waters was warning about Russia wishstar Jul 2018 #33

Thanks for refreshing my memory. That was what made me believe DU's pain wasn't just mischief... Hekate Jul 2018 #34

it absolutely is on putin's radar AlexSFCA Jul 2018 #2

What DU wiki hack? Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2018 #4

The russians were here. They could have done it. DU is obviously an important applegrove Jul 2018 #9

me too -- same gut feeling. fierywoman Jul 2018 #7

It wasn't a hack... anyone can change a wikipedia page. demmiblue Jul 2018 #21

I would definitely say that Russian intelligence used DU to find Meadowoak Jul 2018 #13

I should have responded to you directly -- see my post #17 Hekate Jul 2018 #18

No, DU doesn't really have that much website traffic in order to be considered a good target. n/t demmiblue Jul 2018 #20

Who cares? PJMcK Jul 2018 #22

DU is. Certainly a good resource, if you wanted to learn about Democrats, get inside their heads Meadowoak Jul 2018 #23

Exactly. It is an insightful incubator of Democratic thinking. Otherwise why would it have applegrove Jul 2018 #24

+ 1 red dog 1 Jul 2018 #25

Anything's possible. red dog 1 Jul 2018 #28

DU was NOT a Russian hack... Raster Jul 2018 #29

You never know MFM008 Jul 2018 #31

To my knowledge, the admins have never commented on it. jpak Jul 2018 #35

We were micro-targeted Generic Brad Jul 2018 #40