Survival depends on quality of ideas, intellectual honesty, and the ability to produce sources. Free Dominion can survive only in an environment where the security of its members' information is total. Most posters post under an alias, or screen name. This practice serves a couple of important functions. First, a screen name protects the user from harassment by the radical left.
Socialists are masters at harassing and abusing people who disagree with their views.
It's how they show their tolerance. Second, a screen name removes an important weapon from the arsenal of the left - the personal attack. Anonymous posters at Free Dominion cannot be attacked for who they are, or who they are not, so only their words can be validly challenged. The loss of the weapon of personal attack, and the unforgiving medium of text, combine to make the internet and this website an unfriendly environment for liberals. Too bad for them.