That's way different than when I joined a few years ago. Originally, it was created for people who were looking for support after the founder (Lars?) lost a good friend, I think to cancer or some other disease. But then they sold out to the folks who created what you posted, NDY.

taowalker
Now THAT is interesting ! IYO ? Do you like what they have done with it compared to how it was & WHAT is the difference? What year did you join?


NDY

Did you know there is literally more peach tree streets in Atlanta than peach trees? Atlanta must have 100 peach tree streets.

He's an interview from Doug Hirsh who founded DS with Lars in mid 2006. I joined in Feb of 2007. There were no ads and if there was a problem you went to Doug himself.This interview was from 2006.

What inspired you to start DailyStrength? Did something happen in your own life or the life of a loved one that led you to the concept?

"DailyStrength was, in a way, born from the pain of my cousin’s death from liver cancer 15 years ago. It happened before the Internet existed, and I, as a teenager, had neither the resources nor the communication tools to be able to understand both his illness and his emotional state, and I feel that I failed as his friend and relative.

Some years later, I found that I had a passion for online communities, and I began to design and build social tools, first for Yahoo, then for Facebook. Finally, when I decided to strike out on my own, I had the chance to interweave my passion with the experiences of my own life. Everyone has issues – let’s face it – and our quest is to help people overcome their challenges with the support and help of others. It seems so obvious, and yet hadn’t been done in a simple, easy way that everyone could grasp."

I see that there are no ads on your site, which is quite refreshing. But how is it funded? Do you get a lot of inquiries from companies hoping to reach your communities? How do you respond?

"I wish we could run forever without ads, but, unfortunately, that won’t be the case. A subscription model would prevent us from serving as many people as possible, so we’re left with paying the bills with ads.

We have the luxury of being able to run for quite a long time without turning on ads, and when we do so, ads will be clearly identified. We’re also planning to return a good portion of our ad revenue to non-profit organizations…more to come on that soon."

I would like to pass on another link that was given to me by one of our distinguished admins (ty, ty, ty!). This is a private group that I also joined today & recommend you do the same or at least Book Mark it for future reference. I just wish I would have had it long ago!

http://www.dailystrength.org/groups/new-to-ds/discussions

Hope it helps!

NDY

Thank you so much Lesa for your informative and interesting Reply! What gracious men to have the compassion to go to this extent to originate dailystrength.org . It has been a true "God-send" to myself & I am sure ~ thousands of others!

It has most certainly changed my life's direction!


NDY

( new members - new bump )

( New Neighbors ~ new bump )

read your post =)

Thanks for the Information.

Thank you Ndy it looks like a good spot I can't wait to read all the posts. luv you much ,Bunch

Hey I b go to web MD quite often I had no idea! I had heard what Lesa wrote, thought it was still that way

a family member joined in like 2006-2007 I think ?? or possibly sooner? I can't remember