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Related: About this forumAlexa, How popular is Democratic Underground?
I know DU / BBSs are Old Skool, but WTF?
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EDIT2: The Nation
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Alexa, How popular is Democratic Underground? (Original Post)
crazytown
Feb 2019
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Blue Owl
(54,656 posts)1. Alexa, who is skewing your data?
n/t
getagrip_already
(17,404 posts)2. why is the scale inverted?
The values at the top are lower than at the bottom. Is a lower number better?
crazytown
(7,277 posts)4. It's a site ranking
1 is the top website
26K os the 26,000th most popular website.
OhZone
(3,216 posts)3. Why is down more ? nt
crazytown
(7,277 posts)5. It's a site ranking
1 is the top website
26K os the 26,000th most popular website.
Salviati
(6,037 posts)6. Is it surprising that there's a falloff in the ranking of a political website after a major election
A longer timeframe may be more illuminating.
zipplewrath
(16,690 posts)7. Gee, what happened there?
What happened there about the first of November? Anything political in nature?
crazytown
(7,277 posts)8. Middterms Over
Amongst other things, DU is used for organising prior to elections.
Really the whole decline can probably be partially explained by primaries and local elections culminating in the general national election.