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About the upcoming transition to general election season [View all] 713 Skinner Jun 2016 May 2017 407 411983

A word about the ongoing Democratic presidential primaries [View all] 658 Skinner Mar 2016 Jun 2016 581 320921

DU General Election Season Begins Soon: What You Need To Know [View all] 525 Skinner Jun 2016 Jan 2017 305 255040

We are making some changes to the moderating/jury system. (THIS IS IMPORTANT.) [View all] 407 Skinner Sep 2013 Dec 2013 414 349107

So Long, and Thanks for All the (Swedish) Fish [View all] 397 Skinner Aug 2020 Nov 2020 601 238945

We have made an adjustment to DU's "No bigotry/insensitivity" rule: please read [View all] 325 EarlG Jun 2022 Jun 2023 497 66059

Get a "403 Forbidden" message? Please post details here! [View all] 273 Elad Nov 2020 Dec 2020 80 179500

Welcome back! [View all] 255 Skinner Nov 2016 Nov 2016 277 128005

Democratic Underground now has an "In Memoriam" page [View all] 223 EarlG Mar 2014 May 2022 305 256351

Would you like to serve as a Host of a Group? And does your Group even need a Host? [View all] 221 Skinner Dec 2011 Aug 2012 13 228082

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss [View all] 218 EarlG Aug 2020 Jan 2021 497 140790

Democratic Underground was vandalized by a script attack on Wednesday afternoon 5/17 [View all] 204 Skinner May 2017 Jul 2017 244 139901

Pay what you want. Pay how you want. Becoming a DU Star Member is now much easier. [View all] 201 Skinner Aug 2012 Dec 2015 237 224890

*** DU will be down for an extended period of time starting Saturday 12/12 @ 8PM ET *** [View all] 182 Skinner Dec 2015 Dec 2015 180 124016

Are you interested in serving as the Host of a Group? (Done.) [View all] 177 Skinner Dec 2011 Dec 2011 5 141200

DU's General Election Season postponed until Monday June 20 [View all] 172 Skinner Jun 2016 Jun 2016 238 86240

Democratic Underground will go dark at 3am ET January 18 to protest SOPA and PIPA [View all] 171 Skinner Jan 2012 Jan 2012 217 154680

Don't get blocked out of DU on election night (or after) [View all] 171 Skinner Nov 2016 Nov 2016 280 76290

Welcome to General Election Season 2016 [View all] 158 Skinner Jun 2016 Jun 2016 158 81190

A note for those who are worried about DU's security tomorrow [View all] 155 EarlG Nov 2020 Nov 2020 431 92807

REMINDER AND UPDATE: Five hidden posts and you can't post [View all] 146 Skinner Dec 2013 Mar 2014 106 133636

A personal plea from the Admins [View all] 142 EarlG Feb 8 Feb 11 284 15176

We have changed the way your "Jury Score" is calculated [View all] 130 Skinner Jul 2013 Oct 2013 75 117619

The latest version of Democratic Underground, aka DU4, is now open for early access beta testing! [View all] 129 EarlG Aug 2023 Aug 2023 93 14096

You asked for it! The Democratic Primaries forum opens TODAY! [View all] 128 Skinner Feb 2019 Mar 2020 160 101014

We've released a major patch to the new DU software [View all] 118 EarlG Dec 2023 Dec 2023 261 12217

Do you like Democratic Underground? Then Like us on Facebook! [View all] 113 EarlG Sep 2012 Nov 2012 146 124902

The 2016 Postmortem Forum Will Close on Friday 1/20 [View all] 113 Skinner Jan 2017 May 2017 202 68567

We've made a significant update to the DU home page [View all] 113 EarlG Nov 2023 Dec 2023 343 16755

What's new at DU! (updated Dec 6 2011) [View all] 109 EarlG Apr 2011 Dec 2011 2 109396

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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from January - April 2019 [View all] 108 EarlG Jan 2019 Jan 2019 32 68711

We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from April - July 2013 [View all] 91 EarlG Apr 2013 Apr 2013 15 92374

It's the end of the Democratic presidential primary on Democratic Underground [View all] 90 Skinner Apr 2020 Apr 2020 293 55888

Tuesday is election day! Here's what DU members need to know. [View all] 87 Skinner Nov 2018 Nov 2018 304 61866

We have made some changes to the DU Homepage [View all] 84 Skinner Mar 2012 Mar 2012 80 70026

Seven-person juries go into effect today. [View all] 82 Skinner Apr 2014 May 2014 127 79143

We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from May - August 2019 [View all] 79 EarlG Apr 2019 Apr 2019 25 53408

According to the DU Terms of Service, general election season has begun. Don't expect big changes. [View all] 78 Skinner May 2012 May 2012 139 80467

IMPORTANT: Today's update failed and we have had to restore a backup, but we did not lose data [View all] 78 EarlG Feb 28 Mar 11 273 7567

Democratic Underground will be updated to DU4 next week [View all] 77 EarlG Oct 2023 Oct 2023 213 9947

From now until 3/20/2021, you have the option to change your DU username [View all] 76 EarlG Feb 2021 Mar 2021 113 44394

I just have to say... [View all] 76 EarlG Feb 12 Feb 13 357 9796

Downtime Sunday morning, April 12th [View all] 73 Elad Apr 2020 Apr 2020 245 46460

Latest DU4 status update [View all] 73 EarlG Dec 2023 Dec 2023 263 20880

DU had unexpected downtime this afternoon (March 6) [View all] 72 Skinner Mar 2017 Mar 2017 190 101321

There was a software glitch affecting about 250 threads in General Discussion [View all] 70 Elad Oct 2014 Nov 2014 39 73573

Post formatting has been restored [View all] 70 Elad Jul 2017 Feb 2018 236 61541

We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from July-October 2012 [View all] 69 EarlG Jun 2012 Jul 2012 7 76027

We are going to be deleting some DU Groups. And we need your help to figure out which ones. [View all] 67 Skinner May 2011 Jan 2012 7 60804

Expect occasional downtime over the next week or so while we upgrade our security [View all] 66 Elad Mar 2017 Apr 2017 176 55723

We made some changes to the Forum Hosting system today [View all] 64 EarlG Jul 2014 Sep 2014 42 56820

DU upgrades for the New Year (including the much-requested "Auto-trash by keyword" function) [View all] 62 EarlG Jan 2013 Jan 2013 105 67217

We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from January - April 2013 [View all] 62 EarlG Jan 2013 Jan 2013 19 67408

Tips for Surviving Primary Season on Democratic Underground [View all] 59 EarlG Sep 2015 Oct 2015 63 45541

The Greatest Page is back [View all] 57 EarlG Feb 2012 Mar 2016 94 74803

Say hello to our new MIR Team! [View all] 57 EarlG Oct 2012 Dec 2012 25 63533

We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from August - November 2019 [View all] 57 EarlG Jul 2019 Jul 2019 20 44976

Be a hero! Join the Malicious Intruder Removal Team today! [View all] 56 EarlG Dec 2011 Dec 2011 10 54781

Can you spare a moment to help a DUer with their research project? (And help DU!) [View all] 55 EarlG Feb 2020 Feb 2020 90 48378

Downtime for Democratic Underground on Monday, February 26th [View all] 54 Elad Feb 2018 Feb 2018 131 48282

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PSA: If you joined DU between 2001 and mid-2003, you now have a proper join date [View all] 54 EarlG Jan 2021 Feb 2021 58 29466

We are testing a new (optional) feature on DU [View all] 54 EarlG Jan 2023 Jan 2023 163 11565

You Asked For It: Automatic Post Formatting Buttons and Smilies [View all] 53 Skinner Jan 2012 Mar 2014 55 68292

The DU4 beta is now open again, this time for all registered DU members [View all] 53 EarlG Sep 2023 Sep 2023 45 8678

Trash this forum: Completely remove a particular forum or group, so you never see it again. [View all] 51 Skinner Jun 2012 Jul 2012 69 56961

We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from July - October 2020 [View all] 50 EarlG Jul 2020 Jul 2020 15 28115

We could use your help tracking down a bug... (UPDATE) [View all] 50 EarlG Jul 2020 Aug 2020 24 27988

We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from December 2015 - March 2016 48 EarlG Nov 2015 Dec 2015 6 23610

You can now embed Tweets directly into DU posts 48 EarlG Jan 2017 Aug 2018 102 29663

The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate supporter groups are live! 48 Skinner Apr 2019 Apr 2019 103 20628

We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from April - July 2020 48 EarlG Mar 2020 Mar 2020 18 12940

We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from December 2020 - March 2021 48 EarlG Dec 2020 Dec 2020 10 9559

Elad has programmed a holiday gift for DU -- (limited) Mastodon embedding is now available 47 EarlG Dec 2022 Jan 2023 121 8689

Say hello to our new MIR Team! 46 EarlG Jul 2012 Sep 2012 18 40125

We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from May - August 2015 46 EarlG Apr 2015 May 2015 15 29650

The General Discussion: Primaries forum is now open. Here's what you need to know. 46 EarlG Jun 2015 Mar 2016 86 31365

DU DOWNTIME 11/5/18 Appx 2:30 ET 46 Skinner Nov 2018 Dec 2018 162 20991

We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from March - June 2016 45 EarlG Mar 2016 Mar 2016 8 22409

Democratic Underground will be going offline shortly. 45 Skinner Jun 2016 Jun 2016 48 28101

We're back! But you may experience some temporary issues -- here's what you need to know right now 45 EarlG Mar 26 Mar 26 232 3522

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