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We're back! But you may experience some temporary issues -- here's what you need to know right now
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IMPORTANT: At 9PM ET tonight (Monday, March 25) we will be making our second attempt at a required software update
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from March 2024 - June 2024
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IMPORTANT: Today's update failed and we have had to restore a backup, but we did not lose data [View all]
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from December 2023 - March 2024
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from September - December 2023
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Heads up: the DU4 beta test will be going offline for bug fixes at 2pm ET
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The DU4 beta is now open again, this time for all registered DU members [View all]
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The latest version of Democratic Underground, aka DU4, is now open for early access beta testing! [View all]
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Announcements Continued...
It's the final day of the Summer Fund Drive -- last chance to use your stickies!
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from June - September 2023
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from March - June 2023
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Spread the Love and Support Democratic Underground! It's Valentine Hearts Week on DU!
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Elad has programmed a holiday gift for DU -- (limited) Mastodon embedding is now available
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from November 2022 - February 2023
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from July - October 2022
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We have made an adjustment to DU's "No bigotry/insensitivity" rule: please read [View all]
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from April - July 2022
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from September - December 2021
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from June - September 2021
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Going forward, you may see the occasional error page on DU -- but don't worry
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We are about to make some changes to our configuration which could result in errors (UPDATED)
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If you are a Star Member and you're seeing ads, we are having a technical issue (UPDATE)
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We are aware of technical issues with site navigation and the "Rec" function (UPDATE)
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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from March - June 2021
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From now until 3/20/2021, you have the option to change your DU username [View all]
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UNSCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: General Discussion is temporarily shut down while we work on an issue
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NOTICE: If you purchased/renewed a Star Membership and your hearts did not show up...
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Spread the Love and Support Democratic Underground! It's Valentine Hearts Week on DU!
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