Read important announcements posted by the DU Administrators. http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 22 May 2013 00:40:08 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:40:08 The job of the Malicious Intruder Removal Team is to ban people who join DU with the intent to disrupt. MIR Team members are volunteers, and they serve for a three-month term. The members serving on the current team were selected on a [link:http://www.democraticunderground.com/10132523|first-come-fi... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10132615 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:50:47 Particularly with posting, previewing and editing with special characters (such as single and double quotes). Please report any problems to me here and I'll do my best to address them.

You should be careful with previewing/editing your posts that your content is present and how it should be.... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10132506 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:38:30 The job of the Malicious Intruder Removal Team is to ban people who join DU with the intent to disrupt. MIR Team members are volunteers, and they serve for a three-month term. The members serving on the current team were selected on a [link:http://www.democraticunderground.com/10132373|first-come-fi... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10132436 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:43:56 Happy New Year DU! At the end of 2012 we almost finished a number of updates and new features but didn't have time to implement them before the holiday break. Some of these changes are minor, some not so much.

This is part one -- there will be more coming (including "Subscribe to people") in ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10132310 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:36:34 In order to keep DU running during periods of extremely high traffic we have a system of levels in place. As traffic to the site increases, certain functions are removed at each level. When this happens a notification will appear on the Latest page indicating what level we're on. The effects of t... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10132252 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:20:36 At long last, Democratic Underground has an official Facebook page. If you're on Facebook we hope you'll stop by and Like our page.

http://www.facebook.com/democraticunderground

We'll be using it mostly to post our Pics Of The Moment -- share them with your friends!... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10132040 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:46:50 Late last year when we moved into our new software, we also changed the way people could become paid subscribers. For the first ten years of this website's existence we called it a donation and you could pay whatever you wanted. Starting in December of last year we stopped taking "donations" and ins... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10131833 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:40:05 Democratic Underground finally has a twitter account: @demunderground

If you are on twitter, we hope you will follow DU. We promise we won't spam you with redundant stuff you are already getting from all the other accounts you are following. For now, we only use it to tweet the daily Pic Of The M... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10131804 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:54:05 To save space when sharing links to DU, we have created a new URL shortener: [b]demu.gr[/b]

It works on any Democratic Underground URL. Just change "democraticunderground.com" to "demu.gr" and leave the rest of the URL the same. Whenever someone visits a demu.gr page, our software recognizes the ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10131784 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:27:40 We have just added a cool upgrade to the Latest Threads page, which we call "Milestones."

Whenever a discussion thread receives a certain number of posts -- 25, 50, 75, 100, or any other multiple of 25 -- it is re-posted at the top of the Latest Threads page so more people can see it.

The Mile... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10131630 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:59:55 Your DU Trash Can just got more powerful. Now you can Trash entire forums and groups so you won't see their posts anywhere on the discussion forums. To trash a particular forum or group, click the Trash button at the top of the page. It looks like this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/imgs/b... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10131560 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:51:05 In our efforts to make DU a more welcoming place for everyone, we have programmed some new functions to help you find new members so you can welcome them to DU.

[b]Five first posts are listed on the Latest Page[/b]
On the Latest Threads page, there is now a small section at the top of the right ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10131538 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:51:08 We've created a new top-level forum called "Welcome & Help." The purpose of this forum is to welcome new DU members, to let members get to know one another, and to provide DU-specific help and support.

The Welcome & Help forum can be found here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10131501 Tue, 22 May 2012 12:23:06 There are two ways to access the DU3 Advanced Search function:

1) Click the "Advanced search" link in the top right corner of any page -- below the Google Search function.

2) Click the "Search this forum/group" button at the top of any forum or group.

Or you can [link:http://www.democratic... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10131478 Tue, 15 May 2012 13:10:47 It is clear that the 2012 presidential election is going to be President Obama vs. Mitt Romney. So, for the purposes of enforcement of the [link:http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=termsofservice|DU Terms of Service], general election season has begun. Here is the relevant section:

[div cla... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10131399 Fri, 04 May 2012 11:04:08 Star Members now have the ability to create polls. To create a poll, look below the "Message text" box when posting a new thread and click the "Create poll" button. (If the button is not there, then polls cannot be created in that particular forum or group.)

[b]DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DU2 POLLS AND ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10131386 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:06:04 Just as they did on DU2, the three most recent videos posted in the Video & Multimedia forum now appear at the top of the right column of the Latest page.

More updates coming soon...

:hi:... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10131367 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:18:50 [b]History of Feminism[/b]

[link:http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1136|Gender & Orientation] > [link:http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1255|History of Feminism]

The History of Feminism group serves as a safe haven to discuss, and learn the history of feminism... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10131340 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:18:01 A number of people have asked that the "Cool" section be returned to the DU Homepage, and we have decided to bring it back!

The "Cool" section highlights interesting discussion threads from the DU Groups and the DU Lounge, selected by the DU Administrators. They are usually (but not always) non-... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10131331 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:27:34 It's been three months since we launched our comprehensive overhaul of the site. One of the things that we changed was our homepage. But over time the admins decided that we needed to revisit the homepage and make some changes in order to make it fresher and more compelling. The updated homepage is ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10131211 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:46:47 Thanks to the Latest Breaking News posting page upgrade Elad added yesterday, we have now been able to include sources in the LBN column that appears on the right-hand side of the Latest page.

More upgrades coming soon...... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10131197 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:16:12 Attention Latest Breaking News posters -- as part of various upgrades we are in the process of making, we have changed the LBN posting page so it now operates the same way that it did on DU2.

When starting a thread in the Latest Breaking News forum you will now be asked to enter a title, a link t... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10131171 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:16:37 [b]Feminism & Diversity[/b]

[link:http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1136|Gender & Orientation] > [link:http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1254|Feminism & Diversity]

Looking for a Group that expands on traditional definitions of feminism? We are seeking people i... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10131165 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:57:20 Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's Valentine Hearts Charity Drive, benefiting Planned Parenthood.

We raised a total of $7,214 from 435 donations, for an average donation of just under $17.

Your generous support will help Planned Parenthood in its mission to improve women’s ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10131126 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:01:53 We have added a member lookup function to your DU Mail inboxes. This will allow you to search for and find members. You can then either go to their profile, or send them a DU Mail message directly.

To use the function go to your DU mail inbox, enter a username in the "Send DU Mail to:" box, and... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10131105 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:47:43 When we we made the switch to DU3, we incorporated the list of Greatest threads into the Latest page. After living with it for a while we've decided that the Greatest threads should have their own page just as they did on DU2.

The new Greatest page is now no longer available as a button on the L... http://www.democraticunderground.com/10131056 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:26:37 DU was shut down for the SOPA protest today, but we didn't take the day off. Elad has been hard at work coding the Bookmarks functionality, and we are pleased to announce that it is now ready to use.

To bookmark a thread, simply click the "Bookmark this thread" button found at the bottom of any ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1013967 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:59:24 We have added post formatting buttons and smilies to the posting form, so you can more easily format your posts. Now, whenever you write a post on DU, you will see this list of buttons just above the area to type your message text.

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/imgs/html-smilies-lookup.... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1013765 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:21:17 We have just created a new main forum for the discussion of the 2012 elections, which can be found here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1251

The Statement of Purpose for the Politics 2012 forum is:

[div class="excerpt"]A forum for general discussion of United States poli... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1013745 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:44:23 If you're a Star member, you can now upload your own personal avatar to use on DU. Just go to "My Profile," click on "Edit" in the Avatar section, then click "upload your own" and follow the instructions.

Image type must be .gif or .jpg and the file size no more than 10kb.... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1013732 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:16:33 Asian Group: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1250

Buddhism Group: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1249

To subscribe to either of these groups, click the link to visit, and then click the big orange button that says "Subscribe to this group."... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1013728 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:13:37 Elad has just finished importing all of your mail from the old DU2 website. To access your DU2 mail, do this:

Click the [link:http://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=inbox|My Inbox] link at the top right of any page. Then click the "DU2 Mail Archive" button. It looks like this:

... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1013606 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:55:10 [i]Again, this is an announcement about [b]Group[/b] Hosts, not Forum Hosts.[/i]

During the testing period this last week, we assigned a number of people to act as temporary hosts in various Groups around the site so we could test the software. To those of you who volunteered, thank you. But, as ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1013434 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:05:45 Previously, all threads from all forums and groups were appearing on the Latest page. This was obviously cluttering things up significantly and people were noting that it was making the Latest page less useful. We agree.

Today, Elad was able to make some significant improvements to the filterin... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1013403 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:30:49 One of our primary goals of this redesign is to make the smaller forums and groups more active, easier to find, and easier to use. To help achieve this goal, we want to clear out some the "dead wood" -- unused and under-used groups that clutter up the site and make it harder to find the mo... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1013151 Thu, 19 May 2011 14:30:18