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Demnation

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30. Don't care if DU is a scrolling screen of text. Been here since before 9/11, will be with DU till I die!
Wed Nov 15, 2023, 10:13 PM
Nov 2023

Site management isn't my job, but staying informed is. For what it's worth, I like the new format and truly appreciate the ongoing updates, which reflects well on a responsive and professional IT team that cares about their product. But the bottom line is that there is no better site where Democrats, Liberals, Progressives, or anyone else can come for factual, timely information and also find a sense of community with generally rational and kind people of all shapes, sizes, colors, ages, genders or gender identities, or any other ridiculous label the rest of the world wants to foist upon us.

In case you haven't noticed, the people of this country are slowly waking up and are growing sick and tired of the right wing creeps and their endless stupid culture wars, their extremism, their made-up evangelical idiocy, their lies, greed and corruption, and their incomprehensible hypocrisy and projection. And we are at this point in our lives, our history in the US and abroad, stuck with a media that has lost its collective integrity, its very soul, in service of profits and the ideological fantasies of their CEOs and stockholders.

I don't care if DU changes their format to an old DOS black screen with scrolling green text and a single font. Ain't going nowhere. Glad to be here. Proud to be a Liberal Democrat - a Kennedy Democrat of the JFK variety if that matters (not the Google quasi neo-liberal version, but the "no Pax-Americana" JFK where we all breath the same air).

I love you all.

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I have had issues too but no one has mocked me, could you provide examples of this juvenile behavior? Shellback Squid Nov 2023 #1
I'm not going to point out specific examples. There have been plenty here and in GD and in the Lounge. highplainsdem Nov 2023 #2
Yeah, there's a lot of snarky responses, as if the responder is so smart... brush Nov 2023 #8
That's why I would like some examples, to report these little people Shellback Squid Nov 2023 #9
The people who've been doing this include some DUers who've been here quite a while and posted a highplainsdem Nov 2023 #13
everyone is an asshole WhiteTara Nov 2023 #3
I don't think that's true, especially here. But too many DUers have been suggesting that highplainsdem Nov 2023 #5
It is absolutely true, unless of course, WhiteTara Nov 2023 #6
"problems with DU4 are just too dumb, or too old, or too unwilling to adapt"... Uhh Yea. But I finally figured it out. LiberalArkie Nov 2023 #15
I don't think so. ShazzieB Nov 2023 #18
One question, why 2 font sizes? Basic LA Nov 2023 #4
You're more likely to have your questions addressed if you littlemissmartypants Nov 2023 #22
I dislike the "dynamic" font sizes that grow/shrink depending on the width of the browser. Oopsie Daisy Nov 2023 #24
Not seeing that problem on my browser (Firefox) ornotna Nov 2023 #27
The DU home page is where I've observed it happening. Oopsie Daisy Nov 2023 #31
Upon further examination ornotna Nov 2023 #32
Agreed..... anciano Nov 2023 #7
Snark, in general, seems to have ramped up significantly, of late. TwilightZone Nov 2023 #10
Like: If I try to make a reply on my phone, and I have to backtrack to correct, the reply bounces down out of sight NBachers Nov 2023 #11
I've cut back here, mainly because DU4 has made the tablet that I found worked great for DU3 nearly highplainsdem Nov 2023 #16
Spot on Picaro Nov 2023 #12
I've had some problems GAJMac Nov 2023 #14
Welcome to DU! And DUers usually are very helpful and welcoming. highplainsdem Nov 2023 #21
I'm 70 years old and compared to many here, Mr.Bill Nov 2023 #17
I'm glad it's working better for you than DU3 was. Are you using your phone to reach the site? I'm highplainsdem Nov 2023 #20
I'm strictly using a laptop. Mr.Bill Nov 2023 #23
And you don't miss the old left sidebar for navigation, to get almost anywhere on DU with just one click? highplainsdem Nov 2023 #26
Using the navigation as it is now Mr.Bill Nov 2023 #28
So, basically, you like things that were already on DU3 (various small forums/groups you hadn't noticed before, and highplainsdem Nov 2023 #35
OK, I seriously dislike the way the home page is set up. ananda Nov 2023 #19
Yes. DU, as a website, has one owner. highplainsdem Nov 2023 #25
You are correct. Just last night a poster said "I'm done" Deuxcents Nov 2023 #29
That's really unfortunate. It is just a small fraction of DUers posting the snarky messages, but it highplainsdem Nov 2023 #33
Don't care if DU is a scrolling screen of text. Been here since before 9/11, will be with DU till I die! Demnation Nov 2023 #30
I'm not going anywhere, either. I love this site. But I do want DU4 to work at least as well, or nearly as well, highplainsdem Nov 2023 #34
Certainly true mahina Nov 2023 #36
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