Datalounge... how does it survive?

From the monthly dues

Muriel has always depended on the kindness of strangers.

By pure spite... And $2 a year from RealJock.

Mediapolis originally used Datalounge to show off and market its snazzy, 70s-era Iowa software.

New Web Site Brings Worldwide Access to People with Spinal Cord Injury

LifeWire Builds Spinal Cord Community with Site Engineered for Easy Access

Wednesday February 16, 7:45 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Mediapolis

NEW YORK, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Mediapolis and LifeWire, Inc. announced today the launch of SpineWire, a groundbreaking new website that offers online services, resources and community features to individuals with disabling conditions related to spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, post polio and other chronic ailments. SpineWire is a feature-rich web destination that includes robust databases, interactive community forums, and search tools for consumers, caregivers, physicians and advocacy groups.

LifeWire Inc. was founded by CEO Mark Pinney, who has been living with a spinal cord injury for more than 10 years and is also a co-founder of Internet advertising firm Real Media. Another LifeWire founder is world-renowned neurological scientist Dr. Wise Young, who runs the W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neurosciences at Rutgers University. Both founders see SpineWire as an integral first step toward leveraging the Internet's power to improve the lives of people with chronic disabling conditions and their caregivers.

SpineWire's user interface (with minimal scrolling, fewer necessary keystrokes and larger, strategically-placed buttons) is designed to be more accessible to web surfers with various special needs. For example, site visitors who do not have full use of their hands and may operate their keyboard and mouse with their mouths will find SpineWire's innovative interface easier to navigate than conventional websites. SpineWire is engineered by Silicon Alley-based Mediapolis using its exclusive Iowa(TM) software technology.

"We feel that our objective, to make SpineWire the deepest Internet resource available to our market, has been maximized by working with Mediapolis,' relates LifeWire CEO, Mark Pinney. "They understand that our audience has very unique Internet needs with respect to website functionality, navigation and design, and Mediapolis has worked with us every step to guarantee we deliver on our customer promise.'

At the heart of SpineWire is the Iowa(TM) software suite. Iowa(TM) enables SpineWire editors to publish up-to-the-minute news and medical breakthroughs directly to the site, from anywhere in the world, using a standard Web browser. They can also change button size, button placement and other user interface elements with no HTML or programming experience. Further, Iowa(TM) integrates the open source power of Apache and PERL with exclusive Iowa(TM) feature modules making SpineWire easy to maintain and completely scaleable without any architectural limitations.

"To produce SpineWire, Mediapolis has drawn on years of experience building community websites and building the Web's most respected health and medical sites,' said Carl Pritzkat, co-founder of Mediapolis, Inc. "SpineWire creates community by giving people with spinal cord injury a place where they can learn and communicate about issues that matter.'

LifeWire's General Manager David Keefe adds, "By leveraging the Iowa software suite, LifeWire now has the ability to scale our editorial features and service offerings, which benefit both our growing audience and business partners going forward. This in turn makes us better positioned for growth.'

Mediapolis creates technology that simplifies the production of high profile, high performance websites. Iowa(TM) by Mediapolis combines customized open code software with industry-standard hardware to create tools and feature modules easily deployed for any project. Since 1994, Mediapolis has used the Iowa(TM) software suite to build more than 100 sites for clients ranging from Fortune 50s to bootstrap startups.

LifeWire Inc., founded in 1998, is a leading provider of Internet-based resources for individuals who have experienced life-changing or disabling conditions, and their support communities. The firm's first website serves the needs of individuals who live with spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, post polio and other conditions. The company is based in the Silicon Alley district of New York City.

SOURCE: Mediapolis

"high performance websites" I nearly spat my drink out when I read that

Can we just have an edit button?

Where is the “Blackmail” option, OP?

Funded by La Cosa Nostra.

Putin’s troll farm keeps it in biz

Truvada, Rose.

3 things-To R7, I agree with you. I almost spit out my double Lemon drop on that comment(extra Finnish Vodka).

2-I have not received my 2 XL sweatshirts "Die in a Grease Fire" that I ordered last Christmas

3-I figured OP and Muriel were fucking Larry Ellison and Peter Thiel. They were their side pieces!!

Me! Goddamn it.

I pay for it. I foot the bill for EVERYTHING.

To be fair, R7 and R13, they claimed to create “technology that simplifies the production of high profile, high performance websites” not to actually have any such websites themselves.

SOOOOOOOO, I'm not receiving 2 XL sweatshirts. Can you mail back my check?

I think operating costs are low. Visually, this is a very basic website. Even when there are ads, it's not a crazy amount. Plus, it's one of the few websites, IME, that charges a monthly fee.

I am so glad there's a monthly charge. For many of us, we're here most days and DL provides so much entertainment, news, gay community, etc.

I hope the 2 bucks makes Muriel and Co enough coin to keep this going for a lot longer.

The other thing that keeps costs low: not much moderation at all. Every so often, someone will be labeled a "troll" or an entire thread will disappear. But those things don't happen that often.

I expect this thread to disappear.

dues gerate approximativen 20 million a year.

Proceeds from estate sales of earrings, caftans, hard to find old VHS porn, Lladro art and Madame Alexander dolls.

Let's have a bake sale!

[quote]Mediapolis has drawn on years of experience building community websites and building the Web's most respected health and medical sites,' said Carl Pritzkat, co-founder of Mediapolis, Inc

DL cured my cancer.

DL is the cure, not the disease!

My friend Julie keeps it going. I hate her.

The DL national anthem.

I was posting on an interesting thread on Reddit and then the person deleted their comments because they got embarrassed so I am glad we don't have an Edit function here.

"dues gerate approximativen"

Oh, dear..

This is probably going to sound sad, but I've been on DL for over 20 years. It's how I start my day, even before I check out the news. And I sort of keep it in the background throughout the day to see what you dizzy queens are talking about. I've often wondered what's plan b when Muriel decides to retire to a condo in Boca and shuts this all down. I've tried Reddit and other message boards, but DL has ruined me for the rest. Is someone working on a backup plan?

[quote]Muriel has always depended on the kindness of strangers.

As if.

I turn tricks during lunch. Lunch can last a long, long time.

Drain Bamage