So Long, and Thanks for All the (Swedish) Fish

[highplainsdem]

355. Thank you, David, for all that you've done for DU, and good luck with all you choose to do

in the future.

I want to congratulate you, too, for something I'm not sure anyone else here has mentioned (not sure -- I haven't read very many replies, was in shock when I saw this topic this morning, checking DU for the first time since a couple of hours before you posted this yesterday).

I want to congratulate you -- and your fellow admins -- for keeping Democratic Underground going, and growing, IN SPITE OF FACEBOOK.

I saw Facebook do massive damage to a lot of other online forums, completely shutting down many of them as people were lured away from interacting with wider groups into Facebook cliques. I saw this happen even in forums where people were posting with aliases because sensitive subjects were being discussed, subjects that could likely cause rifts with relatives, friends, coworkers and even employers if those people were honest about their feelings on Facebook. I've known many people who realized later that being lured into spending most if not all of their online time on Facebook was a huge mistake (and this was even before we knew about the privacy problems there, the foreign meddling, the platform's apparent bias, etc.), but that was too late for a lot of forums.

DU withstood the virtual maelstrom of Facebook.

I am so thankful to you (and to EarlG and Elad) for that.

For continuing to provide this sanctuary and debate forum and amazing information source for all of us.

I wish you all possible blessings and luck, with everything you do.