In June 2010, Daily Kos terminated the relationship after finding their data showed statistical anomalies consistent with deliberate falsification and announced its intention to sue the polling firm. Less than 0.01% of comments are hidden.ĭaily Kos had previously partnered with Research 2000 to produce nonpartisan polling for presidential, congressional and gubernatorial races across the country. 'Trusted users' have the ability to recommend or hide responses posted by ordinary members whose comments they deem solely disruptive. One of the versions of these open threads is 'live threads' of commentary on important events happening in real time, such as debates or elections.Īdministrators may delete diaries, though this is done very rarely. Some front page entries are called 'open threads', which encourage people to post comments on any issue. Sometimes these stories contain a request for action from other members of the community, such as to get involved with a particular campaign, give money to a candidate or contact an elected official about an issue. Comments for popular or controversial diaries or front-page articles can run into the thousands.įront page entries and diaries often take the form of a news story from an outside source interspersed with commentary from the author of the diary or post. The other major source of content is the comments posted in response to front page entries and diaries. Moulitsas and a small group of select contributors post directly to the front page other users can post 'diaries', the titles of which appear on the front page in reverse chronological order, with special attention and longer display time for those diaries highly recommended by other users. In 20 The Trump presidency brought out huge support for the blog, with over half a million in direct donations being received from their email campaigns. The website ran on the Scoop content management system until 2011 when it moved to its own custom content management system referred to as 'DK 4.0'. But in 2009, Time listed Daily Kos in its 'Most Overrated Blogs' section due to the loss of its mission fighting the 'oppressive and war-crazed' Republican administration during Democrat Barack Obama's presidency. In 2008, Time magazine readers named Daily Kos the second best blog. The site also offers an ad-free subscription to members.Īs of September 2014, Daily Kos had an average weekday traffic of hundreds of thousands of visits.

The ads focus mostly on activist causes, media, and political candidates. It is financially sustained by advertising, with Google AdSense and Blogads.

About a dozen contributing editors provide content for the site, with three to four new editors being chosen from the Daily Kos community every year. In 2007, its parent company, Kos Media, LLC, began a fellowship program to help fund a new generation of progressive activists. Organization overview Funding and personnel

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