so much for all you do.

We appreciate you more than you know.

You can take away my avatar, you can have my youtubes, just please don't take my DU!

Thanks for the alert.

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I stopped posting to DU’s Twitter page as soon as Musk bought it. But I have only ever used Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to post the daily Pic Of The Moment -- which I haven't even created for a while, mainly due to the reasons expressed by this cartoonist:



I don't monitor the Facebook page or do anything with it, but it comes in handy if we have an emergency and need to get information out.

After the election I might see if there are any DU social media experts who would like to volunteer to run our social media pages... we’re really not using them properly. I just have no interest in social media, personally

For all you do. Just think, THIS too Shall Pass.👍🌈🌩️👏😜

Thankyou for update, hopefully all will go well.

Thanks, DU Admins!

Hang tight everyone, we have a big celebration coming our way in the next few days!

hard work. We would be lost without DU, especially on election night!

You'll never get a complaint from me, I know you guys are working hard to keep running during this crazy time.

Thank you!

So thankful that the day is finally here! 💗💗🙏🏼

assuming I can check in

and many many many thanks for doing that voodoo that you do so well!

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Many, many people will come and lurk on DU on election day/night. Restricting your posting (or even your personal visits) won't make any difference to the total amount of traffic.

so I'm anticipating we will be OK. You know, I would not be surprised if bad actors try and overload you with traffic just to shut down DU during election day.

Honestly, I'll be SO HAPPY to get election day over with. This is been a situation of constant low-grade stress since early this year - it just buzzes in the background like an annoying fly.

Here's hoping Harris/Walz win big and the Dems take House and Senate! Trifecta!

It's going to be interesting. My worst fear is another attack similar to 2016.

we can all deal with interruptions that occur due to unusually high demands on the server.

For instance, it is not important to know if there was (or wasn't) a long line at your poling station.

10 regional posts about what is going on in your state is also not important tomorrow.

Maybe restrict most of the non-political post categories for the day.

It's the total amount of traffic -- all the lurkers who show up during big news events, like the day Joe Biden dropped out for example, or election day tomorrow. That's why restricting access to registered members, and then to Star Members, is effective -- because all the other traffic gets blocked. The number of people posting is never a problem.

For no replies ?
Just post the facts , no comments in reply necessary
(Similar to the post from admin pinned at top of LBN )



Nm just saw EarlG’s post above

✌🏻

That got us through some bad shit.

Are there any plans in place to deal with a massive influx of trolls, like limiting new memberships? I guess MIRT will be pretty busy.

With regard to registrations, if we get some kind of crazy influx of trolls who are causing trouble, we can disable account registration separately. But that's a different issue from managing the total amount of traffic.

Thanks to the team!!!

And Thank you for all you and Elad do to Keep DU Running Smoothly .

I Wish Us All the Luck in the World For the Election and Talking about it on DU!

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That is anticipated to happen for sure. I am pleased to say Thanks. My beef seems to be OKay. Staying tuned in . Not having ti sign in every time.. Vote BLUE…

You and your minions do incredible work for us.
Thank you, and I can't wait for DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND to declare VICTORY!!!!!

Thank you!

Aye, Captain! But the dilithium crystals might overload!

You are awesome!

Is level 3 what happened in 2020? because that was scary!


sage

you for all the incredibly hard work you do keeping this running so smoothly.

I just signed up for the email list as a backup, but fingers crossed. Get all the rest you can today!

May we habe good reason to celebrate very soon!

TY guys for all you do for us on this Great site

Now back to posting carTOONS to increase traffic,

Block me out again when I have done nothing wrong, sucks. I come to this place for stable news info. It's hard-to-get good info from all tv (I don't watch) If that is the game you play it will be "DELETE".

And become a star member

Block me out again when I have done nothing wrong, sucks. I come to this place for stable news info. It's hard-to-get good info from all tv (I don't watch) If that is the game you play it will be "DELETE".

It’s a plan for managing extremely high traffic on the busiest day that we will see in four years.

The alternative to staggered restrictions is to let the site slow to a crawl and then crash. Our priority is keeping the site online for as many people as possible.

becoming a Star Member. Best news feed on the internets. Thank you guys, for all you do!

I appreciate DU so much and appreciate all your hard work to keep it going!

Just having an idea what’s going on is comforting.

All I will say… is let the best woman WIN.

I feel good that there will be no repeat of the nightmare of 2016. I don't know how many times I reloaded that page before digging up your fb page that terrible night. still traumatized apparently.

Like that awful night in 2016, go to Reddit's r/ politics, and click on the daily discussion thread hub. That will give you info you need.

You guys are the best!

May we have victory!

It'll be hard to keep up without DU.

Will you be enforcing a disconnect after x minutes without activity, or doesn't that help ?

It's not the amount of activity by existing users that's the problem, it's the total amount of traffic hitting the servers. On big news days we get a large increase in lurkers, and election day is the biggest news day every four years for us, which means lots and lots of people will be lurking.

eg searches, "My Posts" etc. If the huge bulk of the load is just plain "reading threads", I guess it wouldn't be worth it.

ESPECIALLY at this point!

I’m glad you have contingency plans

Thanks for all the hard work.

Let’s hope we have enough history going on Tuesday that I won’t need to add any.

What stunt?

And thanks to all the members for being here. I've lurked DU for about 20 years. It's one of the only places that makes me feel sane. I know I should not have waited as long as I did to join, but I'm happy to be here now!

No where, that's where! Will feed my star in a week or so to defray some of the costs. Thanks for all you do!

We've got this. Harris/Walz 2024!

I expect Russian DDOSing as the election results are coming in.

Thank you ! We will deal with whatever comes.

for reaching out to us. Very understandable though with precautions listed. Heavy traffic on site is anticipated for this most crucial election.

Thanks again.

Attempted to add to already established topics instead of starting new ones?

During the next few days?

The problem is not activity by existing DUers, it's the massive amount of additional traffic caused by lurkers on big news days. On most normal big news days, DU can handle the load, but presidential election day is basically the mother of all big news events for us.

Regular DUers shouldn't feel like they have to do anything differently to help get us through this -- if we start getting overloaded, we'll make changes at our end to compensate.

They can post updates there as well. Just follow the bouncing DU ball!

Thanks for everything EarlG. This site is the island in the storm.

Thanks for the heads up!

I am glad you explained things, I am a low income senior and cannot afford membership, I think I have been with you since you were a bulletin board group, I am old but I am sure I have been a member almost since DU began (and a friend of Andy Stevenson when he was alive). I did not know whether I did "something DU bad" and was kicked off here, or what.

So I am glad I did not do anything bad and am still a member.

Cat in Seattle

I've been here 11 years and have a whopping 38 posts. I'm here multiple times a a day, every day. I just signed in to make sure my account was still active, Obviously it is, so at least I can survive DEFCON 4. Good luck, all.

Here we go.

to run this incredibly important site so smoothly and efficiently!

I may not post much, but I'll be here as long as DU is here!

IMO

It's the DU Super Bowl tomorrow, so we're all cheering you on!

For everything you do. You truly are a gift to all of us

It's getting exciting, ain't it.

I can't imagine another election night without DU. I was only a lurker in 2004 and it was restricted to members that night.... and we all know about 2016.

We’ll ride the rough waters together.

Thank you for providing a sturdy ship!

You take care of us. Thank you.

This place has been a safe haven at times and for those of us here for 2016, weeks remember how horrible it was to try to log in and there was nothing. A dark time. Again, thanks for being there.

Thank you for all you do and are doing to keep DU up and running. It is very appreciated.

I voted on October 22nd, my husband as well.
When we were leaving, he said someone nearby had mentioned they lived on the same road while checking in. When we got in the car a gentleman was following behind us and approaching the car. My window was down, and I recognized him as someone I had met earlier in the year at the mailboxes at the end of the road. We acknowledged each other (he was parked next to us) and I said hello, we shook hands, and I introduced him to my husband. Very firm handshake as I recall from the mailboxes (arthritic knuckles got crushed - ouch!) We chatted a little while about aches and pains and getting older. Then he reminded me where he lived up the hill, the look of his house and having a huge djt flag flying high on his property.

I mentioned the best thing about aging is the wisdom that comes with it...and we parted ways with smiles. OMG! One never knows but I truly hope he is not terribly hardcore when he learns the results of this election. Years ago, a UPS driver had said to me the unbelievable amounts of ammunition delivered on our road. We were getting a delivery, and some boxes had fallen so he had to stack them back up against the wall of the truck. This was during the Obama years.

At the end of my driveway, I can see an enormous djt flag flying high (too high) on a property a couple of roads away. It is like they are flying it like their last stand. So proud and arrogant and definitely uninformed. I feel for them, but I prefer not seeing it in my line of sight. Oh well, there are quite a few trumpers close to us, but I do not feel anxious or fearful.

Again, thank you for this site!!! I don't know where I would find comfort if it was not here.

There is nothing like this anywhere that I have ever found.

I have 2 friends who'd like to visit DU, and perhaps join.
I'd like to mention in a fb group I'm in as well, called Harris for Ohio, probably get some new members from there.
Thank you.