It has returned to its "roots" and the new format has relegated DR1 to be a mirror of Dominican Today (but at least DT has photos on its homepage to attract readers).
Closing of OT (which had many other informative threads............not just politics) was most unfortunate.........and what set it apart from DT. Now it is merely a clone.
In a prior thread, I described the new software as Old Coke versus New Coke and that opinion still stands.
Now disagreements have spilled into the regular threads, as predicted, and instead of posters being removed..........issues in threads involving the Dominican Republic are merely closed.
As a long time poster, my observation is that for a number of reasons the site has now lost its mojo............but perhaps that was the intent........................and If that was the intent..........it has succeeded.
Respectfully,
Playacaribe2