Liberal discussion groups- comparison with Dailykos -- Personal Observations

The Dailykos essays are called "diaries" actually an appropriate word, except the personal thoughts associated with the"diaries"are shared with readers, sometimes a handful to many hundreds.  Since actual names aren't used, the worst that can happen is you will get ridiculed, or if you were writing the wrong thing at the wrong time--  Kabamm-  you're banned for life. 

At least DailyKos is explicit on it's being a website to advance the Democratic Party, while most of the media, almost all except CSpan, which is not a profit making entity, do attempt, to various degrees, to support the values of their audience. Such bias is promoted by the profit motive, the more a medium caters to the bias of a defined audience, the greater the advertising revenue.  

 I describe my opposition to this when this new format  was posted by the owner.  I realized that this would narrow the range of discourse that would limit opposition to the Democratic Party, thus more likely to lead to banishment from the web site.  It turned out to be prescient, as this is what occurred. 

Here are  three Dailykos Diaries that I append, to get the flavor of the target market of users that I'm aiming for. 

There was a change in structure, from Version 3 to V-4.0 at Dailykos exactly ten  years ago.  

I append a few of my Dailykos diaries that show the range of tone.   This one that garnered hundreds of recommends by knowledgeable people. By clarifying exact dialog among the parties, it explicated what many knew, that Bush breached our treaty with the U.N. by invading Iraq without the unanimous approval of the security council.  Not Just a Lie, a "Big Lie"

And this one, a bit of politics, but also of irony that the praise of Nancy Reagan showed the contrast with one who really earned her praise.  How a visit to the Reagan Museum led to rumination on Eleanor Roosevelt 

What I really missed sharing moments such as this, having nothing to do with partisan politics. 

Aunt Lena, As She Is Leaving Us

Dailykos had subgroups, one major one being promoting humanism, or other terms for atheism.  I had started one where the assumption of this identity provided a sense of belonging common goals that I would hope to find on this site.