[Rodney King]

I'm not sure what his point is. What is so stunning about it? Is he saying that The top Dem sites are all communities, but most of the top conservative sites are straight blogs? And this is stunning because FR is so important? OK. I just don't see what is stunning. There is a difference between the way the right and the left use the internet. Here are some possible explanations:

1. FR is such a good community, there is no need for any other to rival it.

2. Republicans have lives. We don't just hole up in our apartments with 10 cats and freak out about conspiracy theories. Therefore, we only need one "community" whereas the loser Dems are on the web precisely because they crave community since society has rejected them as the losers they are.

[Quilla]

Incidentally, the quote in the above excerpt is from liberal blogger Chris Bowers of MyDD.

[Always Right]

1. FR is such a good community, there is no need for any other to rival it.

Why blog when you can Freep!

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

There are other good conservative forums such as lucianne.com.

[Dr. Free Market]

I likewise am not sure what his point is, but the difference seems rather obvious:

Liberals prefer to insulate themselves, whereas conservatives prefer open discourse.

[CzarChasm]

FR is such a good community, there is no need for any other to rival it.

Absolutely right.

_{[pun intended, of course!]}