 DataLounge derives its personality from a core community of predominantly anonymous posters who share news, opinions, gossip, personal histories, and political views from a gay and lesbian perspective.While forum guidelines nominally require posters to be respectful of others, much of the site's appeal revolves around its appreciation of wit, satire, and "pointless bitchery", as well as a 20-plus-year shared history and its resulting in-jokes.DataLounge was launched by Mediapolis, Inc. in May 1995.