As I understand it, the policy of DR1.com is to provide an English language platform to discuss things Dominican.
They provide internet access for questions and answers regarding an extremely wide range of areas of interest, a range so wide, in fact, that it has literaly covered from A to Z.
There are other, much more "Dominican" sites that provide chat rooms and gossip forums as well as some information. But, generally speaking, they are in Spanish--often times a very very poorly written Spanish argot.
Since DR1.com is a free access site, everyone is free to come and go as they please...generally speaking the "cream rises to the top".
HB