Ideology aside, I'm consistently impressed with how superior FR is to DU. The format is just better. We allow everyone to do searches. Every single relevant story gets posted within minutes if not seconds. The DUers clog their threads with ridiculous animations. They never post full articles only excerpts. Hours or days pass without major stories being posted, especially if it's negative to their side.
They never post full articles only excerpts.
Board rules to avoid copywrite complaints like the one FR got embroiled in.
Hours or days pass without major stories being posted, especially if it's negative to their side.
Or they never get posted.
One of their most inane board rules is that if you post a story from a "conservative source" you have to defend your using that source, and then tell why you agree with the article or why you disagree with it!
Also, when they have a fundraiser they set a goal for number of donations, not a dollar amount. I wonder how much they actually raise.