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EarlG

(22,540 posts)
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 03:08 PM Feb 2021

General Discussion has been reopened following unexpected maintenance

This discussion thread was locked by EarlG (a host of the Announcements group).

Hi everyone,

We think we have resolved the issue in the General Discussion forum, so we have reopened the forum and it should be working normally.

Please be aware that due to the error which caused this issue, views and recs on threads in GD over the past 24 hours or so may be incorrect. However, views and recs should be logged correctly going forward.

If you run into any further issues in GD, please don't hesitate to let us know.

Thanks for your patience!

-- EarlG and Elad

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General Discussion has been reopened following unexpected maintenance (Original Post) EarlG Feb 2021 OP
TY for your Site!💙 Cha Feb 2021 #1
Is a name change still in the offing? cwydro Feb 2021 #2
Name change amnesty starts tomorrow EarlG Feb 2021 #3
How does it work? I couldn't find it in announcements. cwydro Feb 2021 #4
I mentioned it in the DU 20th Anniversary post EarlG Feb 2021 #5
This is my post from last night.... BigmanPigman Feb 2021 #6

Cha

(305,385 posts)
1. TY for your Site!💙
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 03:42 PM
Feb 2021
 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
2. Is a name change still in the offing?
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 05:13 PM
Feb 2021

Heard no more about it.

EarlG

(22,540 posts)
3. Name change amnesty starts tomorrow
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 05:15 PM
Feb 2021

Barring any unforeseen circumstances.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
4. How does it work? I couldn't find it in announcements.
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 05:17 PM
Feb 2021

EarlG

(22,540 posts)
5. I mentioned it in the DU 20th Anniversary post
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 05:27 PM
Feb 2021

but did not give details -- it's pretty straightforward though. Once we turn it on, everyone will get a link in their profile that they can click to take them to a page where they can enter a new username. It can only be done once, and once it's done it cannot be changed until the next time we do a name change amnesty (which could be years in the future, so we urge everyone to make sure they're serious about the change, and make sure they've spelled their new name correctly).

Posts that were made prior to a name change will not be altered -- they will still belong to the member, but they will retain the old username. New posts made after a name change will have the new username on them. Posts counts and other account details will not be altered in any way.

If a member changes their username, for 30 days following the change they will have a line of text displayed at the bottom of all their posts which reads "This is the DU member formerly known as [old username]", in order to minimize confusion.

I'll be posting an announcement tomorrow with these details.

BigmanPigman

(52,241 posts)
6. This is my post from last night....
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 07:18 PM
Feb 2021

"The Gen Disc forum has been stopped at 2:00 PM on my tablet.
Has anyone else experienced not getting up to date posts under Gen Disc and Latest Breaking News? I have logged out and back in a zillion times and it won't show recent and current posts."

"I just checked and this post won't even show up."

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10021698


I wonder if this was what caused my problem. No one else had this problem when I posted it.

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