Moderators: On Election Night when traffic becomes extremely heavy...

[steve2470]

is DU going to restrict access to Donors only ? If I remember correctly, this was the policy during the 2006 mid-terms.

[NWPatriot]

1. And, if so...

How much will you have had to donate in order to log on?

[Lochloosa]

4. 11 bucks.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. They did this during the Palin-Biden debate.

Or was it the first McCain-Obama debate?

So yeah, they'll do it election night.

[Speck Tater]

3. The most considerate and thoughtful thing you can do is...

Go out and vote, come home, eat dinner, watch a movie on DVD and then go to bed early.
Stay away from DU that night. It's just going to be a traffic jam anyway. Why torture yourself with net lag and interrupted connections. Just chill out and get some extra sleep.

[Realityhack]

10. No. It is go out and vote... then volunteer to help GOTV n/t

[Elad]

5. If we have to, yes.

Hopefully we won't have to. The level of access restriction will depend entirely on how well the servers handle the traffic. But if we have to restrict access to registered members only, or donors only, we will.

[Jersey Devil]

15. Make sure you have plenty of Nooblin for the Finnegan Pins!

Otherwise they'll never hold up!

[Celebrandil]

6. Too bad... as a foreigner I cannot donate. :-(

I remember sitting in an American sports bar in Prague on election night 2004 with DU in my PDA.

[snowbear]

7. Seriously?

Foreign donations aren't allowed?

I never knew that!

[Celebrandil]

16. Well... I probably could, but better not.

I don't like anyone to accuse Obama of accepting foreign funds. I prefer Obama t-shirts and coffee cups instead.

[Adelante]

8. You can donate to DU, I believe

You can't donate to Obama.

[steve2470]

11. never fear, you are now never locked out :))))) nt

[apocalypsehow]

14. Ah, you did that! And just one minute after I posted about him having a star.

That was very generous of you, sir.

:thumbsup: :-)

[Celebrandil]

17. Thank you!

Last time I got a star like that, I was like 10 years old.

[apocalypsehow]

12. Well, you have a star.

:shrug:

[crappyjazz]

13. You can, I did

but I likely will be glued to TV and radio (I know, I know) and not here ...

[DeepBlueDem]

9. I will stay away from DU from Nov 1st til Nov 5

High Traffic, and getting prepared for my Obama party at my home or my restaurant here.