There was a lot of dissatisfaction with the revamping of Answerbag in early December, 2009. Many AB’ers were burned out after the political battles in the run-up to the Obama election in 2008 as well, including myself. I and other liberals had created armies of sockpuppets to counter the armies of NeoCon sockpuppets that had invaded AB and were giving undue prominence to their assinine, racial, inane lies, statements and propaganda.
I was popped for creating my little army of twenty sockpuppets and banned from AB until the year 2034.
After the refit of AB, there were many defectors and a few had mentioned Fluther as a friendlier, more liberal site than what AB had become. After my banning, I made a visit and liked what I saw. I lurked for awhile. My first question concerned Hemingway’s relationship with his mother which got a poor response.
So, I lurked some more and about a month later I asked a question about the Supreme Court decision Citizen’s United v. FEC. It immediately got 12 GQ’s and 95 answers. I enjoyed reading the in-depth discussions and even the polite way the conservatives on this site argued their points. That is something that I definitely wasn’t used to seeing. This was also the thread that I met and established a long relationship with the Bostonian ETpro, whom I miss here dearly.
I was sold and have never looked back.