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" The interface is much better than DU.. and I think that this is one reason FR is more effective.. lol.. cheers.."

Actually, the reason FR is effective is the diversity of views and the ability to correct error. DU and other sites tend to reinforce error, rather than correct it. Which, BTW, I am all in favor of, since it is aiding in the decline and fall of the dem party- and I was once a proud member.

Yes, but part of why DU works the way it does is its interface. As lame as the Vanities are and the repetitions are, the moderators seem to decide what to do based on keeping the discussion moving. The structure is very flat and invites and celebrates new voices. Allowing deeper levels in the threads tends to hide ideas rather than exposing them so that perhaps post #47 might have been missed. I know.. I saw it when it hit.. and was stunned. If that had been hidden levels deep.. it might have been days before it bubbled up.

Also, around here.. we are already way on warning that folks are lurking to find fault. Its a maxim that folks should stay with the facts.. and not get caught in wild speculations. Its insane how fast folks around here get to the nub. DU is not used to having the press pick their ideas apart. If the document forgery story had been against the Reps.. it would have been.. front page news without all of our work to strain out fonts and proportional spacing and such.. the standard we have to live with is "Beyond Any Reasonable Doubt." DU lives in world where the standard is "It Might Be Reasonably Supposed."

This can't help but disburse energy in lots of false tangents. I am thinking of all of the effort they waisted on Bush's Unit Citation.. arrf.. what a load of crap.. if someone had brought that up around here.. they would be promptly told.. so what... and it would die.. but they went after this for weeks..