Anyone Wanna See What DU Was Like In 2001? Google Has Their 10 Year Archives Up

[THUNDER HANDS]

http://web.archive.org/web/20020904225006/www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/duboard.cgi?az=lobby

[BrklynLiberal]

1. cooool.

[Grey]

2. I loved that place,

I signed in when their were only 32000 members.
i don't talk much but I'm a good listener.

[spinbaby]

21. I remember when we hit 10,000

DU was how I kept up with what was going on on 9/11. I didn't have a TV and all the other sites were locked up.

[Lyric]

3. Oh god. Look at the Lounge page from there.

Post from oneighty right on the front. Damn.

:cry:

[carlyhippy]

4. in GD there was a thread called "HOLY HELL WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO GAS PRICES?!"

If they only knew what was coming down the pipe........

[UTUSN]

5. Gawsh. I'm on Page FIVE with (only) 7 replies. Things have not changed except for the

decrease in replies.


But, wow, the familiar names: texasleo, khephra, starpass, jiacinto, valierie5555. blm was more proflific then than now. texasleo has been around lately.

[SarahB]

6. Back when sex threads were sex threads....

And when my darling husband knew not of my existence and posted outside of the economic forum. :rofl:

http://web.archive.org/web/20050814152940/www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/duboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=20979&forum=DCForumID59&archive=yes

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. Ah, NewYawker99, Khephra, DS1, matcom, ZombyWoof, me -those were the days

Before all the newbies that came in 2003 ruined the fucking place.

:grr:

[DarkTirade]

14. Good thing I didn't come around until '05 then...

:P

[realisticphish]

18. ditto for 04

;)

[curse10]

26. Ah... Khephra

An impeccable DUer and human. ;(

[leeroysphitz]

28. Hey!

[progressivebydesign]

8. oh shit! Glad I changed my name here during Amnesty! I might be embarrassed!! n/t

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

20. me too

lol

[flvegan]

9. Ask the Administrators.

a/k/a the best forum on the site

http://web.archive.org/web/20040803124134/www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=120

[SarahB]

10. With "The Meeting Room" trailing as a close second.

:rofl:

[realisticphish]

19. i do miss AA

made for some good tombstones :D

[Lucian]

22. I loved Ask The Administrators.

There was some fucked up posts in there.

[JitterbugPerfume]

11. that was so cool!

I loved DU then, and I love it now

It was bittersweet seeing Kefs posts. He was a huge part of DU back then

He will always be missed

[curse10]

12. That might have been during my first term as a mod!

I had to mod the gun club...:scared:

[argyl]

13. I remember everyone waiting on the number of users to hit 11,111,the "picket fence."

That's been a while.

[bigwillq]

15. My miss NY99!

:( :hug:

[RFKHumphreyObama]

16. Brings back some wonderful and cherished memories

The golden era of DU. I miss those days and I miss so many of the posters who were there at the time. I think 2002 was my favorite year by a long shot on DU with 2003 a close second

[ScreamingMeemie]

17. I had forgotten when mods could write a little bit about themselves.

[PVnRT]

23. ZombyWoof and rbnyc - missed

[liberaltrucker]

24. I joined DU in '04.

Thanks for revealing what our site was like in the early days.
Link saved. :)

[XemaSab]

25. Hilarious!

:rofl:

[liberaltrucker]

27. Amazing how DU has updated

And made the site more useful for the members.

F*** R*******, on the other hand, is still the same.

Skinner, et al, used our donations wisely. RimJob apparently
pocketed theirs.

[Fleshdancer]

29. "aw SHIT!! all HELL is breaking loose in GD!!!" -- Matcom

Some things never change. :rofl: