As a Non Star Member

[Bluetus]

23. Even without any changes, this site increases in importance daily

... because of the rapid disintegration of what purports to be the "major media". Most of that, especially the biggest corporate-owned sites (Comcast, Disney, Bezos, et al), is really little more than continuous click-baiting to try to maximize advertising rates. The cable networks all are in competition to see how many minutes per hour can be filled with the most disgusting trash that Trump is offering that day. Love him or hate him, they see Trump as their gravy train.

There is much more to the world than whatever senility makes it past Trump's lips today, and you will get none of that from the major channels. This site is one of the best at curating the 99.9% of the important information that the corporate outlets have no interest in covering.

As a person who has benefited from this for years without having an account, I humbly suggest it is in everyone's interest that this site be funded adequately. I have complete confidence that was the farthest thing from the minds of the site owners/custodians as they were dealing with this technical situation. But I do believe this event has shown just how essential DU has become. So I suggest that there should be a new attitude toward making DU financially sustainable because it truly is what Homeland Security might refer to as "Critical Infrastructure".