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23. November 2, 2003, in fact there are several DU'ers in this thread who joined in November 2003.

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 07:55 PM

Nov 1

Bush was elected in 2000 with a 2nd election win in 2004. Not sure what made me finally decide to sign up as I had been following DU since it started in January 2001. It was probably that in his 2nd term run Bush was challenged by John Kerry a Senator from Massachusetts my home state and I wanted to follow his run.

DU was also becoming my place to go for election and most other news, so I finally decided to make it official. DU had been operational a little less than 3 years when I joined. Don't know how many DU'ers were on board then. Never regretted it. Still my "go to site" for almost any information.

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How many of the 1st thousand DUers are still active? [View all] Kaleva Nov 1 OP

I have been here off and on since 2004 but I have no idea.. yourout Nov 1 #1

I starting following DU in Jan or Feb of 2001 bif Nov 1 #2

Goodness! Delphinus Nov 1 #3

2003 kcoates Nov 1 #4

November 2003. murielm99 Nov 1 #13

I don't know if qualify but I signed up in the first 6 months or so. Grey5 Nov 1 #5

Nov 4 2003 but lurked a year before joining Shellback Squid Nov 1 #6

August 2001, Here ProfessorGAC Nov 1 #7

105109 Here. Also August 2001. Guess you beat me here by a few days ;) unblock Nov 2 #28

According To The System Time Stamp... ProfessorGAC Nov 2 #31

I imagine there are quite a few 2001 registrants (like me) who came to DU 01/20/01 only to lurk initially... hlthe2b Nov 1 #8

I miss Kephra a lot. davsand Nov 1 #15

I remember them! Elessar Zappa Nov 1 #19

What ever happened to johnkleeb bottomofthehill Nov 2 #32

Among many who just disappeared. I always wondered about Matcom and his purple dancing hippo hlthe2b Nov 2 #37

Probably quite a few. Solly Mack Nov 1 #9

July 2002 montanacowboy Nov 1 #10

i came in after the gore v bush gaffe under a different username . AllaN01Bear Nov 1 #11

I joined in 2001 Marthe48 Nov 1 #12

June 2001 for me. davsand Nov 1 #14

I wonder if EarlG could do a search on sign up dates rurallib Nov 1 #16

I agree Kaleva Nov 1 #22

Finally joined DU in September, 2003. democrank Nov 1 #17

I signed up in May 2001. comradebillyboy Nov 1 #18

2003 for me. Elessar Zappa Nov 1 #20

I lurked after PlaidAdder brought me in but signed up in 2004 catrose Nov 1 #21

November 2, 2003, in fact there are several DU'ers in this thread who joined in November 2003. Fla Dem Nov 1 #23

tkmorris joined in June of 2001 Kaleva Nov 2 #24

An archived thread discussing early members Kaleva Nov 2 #25

I was a smirkingchimper looong time ago. Found this site after BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 2 #26

Bo Zarts, formerly DemoTex, joined in May 2001 Kaleva Nov 2 #27

2005 for me. So just over 20 years. applegrove Nov 2 #29

I found DU by accident while on a 24/7 Internet Cafe sometime in '01/'02 But w/o easy... electric_blue68 Nov 2 #30

Member since: Fri Sep 28, 2001, 05:00 AM underpants Nov 2 #33

Came a wee bit later than that. GPV Nov 2 #34

I was on a different Democratic site that went away right not long after 1/01. lark Nov 2 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author lark Nov 2 #36

7-24-2001. (nt) Paladin Nov 2 #38

Not the first 1000 LearnedHand Nov 2 #39

2002. Did not know about it before that. Almost left because there was way too much antifeminist. efhmc Nov 3 #40

I signed up in August 2001. :-) Raven Nov 3 #41

Joined October 18th, 2001. Aristus Nov 3 #42

I've been here 17 years Kaleva Nov 3 #44

June 2001 AuntieKatie Nov 3 #43