 In the summer of 2007, DataLounge also instituted a policy that only paying members could start threads.In May 2009, DataLounge launched another comprehensive redesign of the site, dubbed "V6," allowing users to embed photos and YouTube videos, as well as mark specific threads to watch.The new site was auto-refreshed in real-time as new posts were created, and nonpaying members were at first permitted to start threads, but that quickly changed.