MYDD (MALAYSIA DEVELOPERS' DAY)
MyDD was the first large collaprotive politically progressive American politics blog. It was established by Jerome armstrong in 2001. Its name was originally short for "My due Diligence." In 2005, MyDD was profiled in Campaigns and Elections magazine, crediting the site with being "the first major liberal blog." In January 2006, the name was changed to "My Direct Democracy" as part of a site redesign, with the new tagline "Direct Democracy for Peopl Powered Politics."
Several early contributors to MyDD became prominent in politics on the Internet.Markos Moulitlas Zuniga, founder of the most-visited political blog in the world, Daily kos, began commenting on MyDD before starting his own blog in May 2002, and refers to Armstrong as his "blogfather"
MyDD has been largely dormant since 2010. Its founder, Jerome Armstrong explained that he “had to get out to save from becoming hardened, cynical, and without peace,” citing the negativity in American politics
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