DK has been my blog of choice since 2004. I don't diary that much, don't comment as much as many, but I've clicked on this site once or more pretty much every day since the spring of 2004. I've read, learned and witnessed lots of great, good and awful writing.
This is NOT a good-bye, but I have slowly but surely been coming here less since August. I have no idea what happened in August, but it seemed like DK switched tracks. There definitely seems to be more spite, less reason, and way more purity mandaters. I'm going to TPM more for primary sourcing. I'm not comfortable reading many of the diaries, they seem to be manipulative and I have a feeling that there are a lot more paid diarists than the ones who I admire for being honest about it.
I've also noticed that some of my favorite diarists are writing less and I'm wondering where else 'old Kos folks' go?
TPM and Atrios are favorite sites, but don't really have any give-and-take. Is there a site that I'm missing that has any of the flavor, talent and Democratic values that were DK at it's best.
Again, this is not a GBCW diary, I would just like recommendations about where else I should be looking. And please-no snark or sarcasm if you choose to reply