Do we have an alternate site we can gather if DU is hacked?

[Frustratedlady]

There is no way I can make it through the election without DU. COVID has me under self-quarantine since March. That's bad enough. If I can't get info from the rest of you, I don't know what I'll do.

Can the Big Bosses let us know we're safe? We appreciate you!

[pdxflyboy]

1. In 2016 I used The Daily Kos

But that’s just me.

[elleng]

2. Some of us meet @ FB, briefly.

[Frustratedlady]

4. Is it a closed group?

[elleng]

9. No, I don't think so.

[vercetti2021]

13. What if we do a messenger group?

That is secure

[elleng]

16. OK w me;

I rarely use messenger.

Meet you!

[vercetti2021]

17. Yeah

I use it all the time. Making a group would be a good idea. Its secure and can kick out any trolls

[Crunchy Frog]

24. Facebook sucked. It was full of gloating Trumpers.

Not a good alternate site IMO.

[elleng]

25. I rarely see 'gloating trumpers' there,

but of course it can't compare with DU.

[Crunchy Frog]

27. Maybe not right now, but in the wake of last election?

Horrible.

[elleng]

29. Not in my view.

[Crunchy Frog]

31. Not a problem. We just reacted differently.

[elleng]

32. More likely, we were in touch with different people;

the 2-3 repugs I was 'friends' with have faded from my view.

[dweller]

3. DU has

FB and twitter accounts ...

✌🏻

[Frustratedlady]

6. Thanks. I didn't know that.

[Drahthaardogs]

5. Back in the day, there was a DU Panic Room

Not sure if it still exists

[dweller]

7. Wasn't that at yahoo?

I was there at times...

✌🏻

[Frustratedlady]

8. Yes, I remember that.

FB or Twitter would be more public as to your ID.

[hlthe2b]

33. It closed when the DU member who sponsored it departed (I believe they may have died)

Yahoo closed it when there was no response to their inquiries when they updated their system.

[question everything]

10. In 2016 DU Facebook was available one anyone could post there

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

11. What? DU was down for like 3 days....

... what world were you living in that I didn't get to enjoy.

[Hekate]

12. DU was down for at least 2 weeks, maybe 2 months, not 3 days. The FB page was available, though.

[Hestia]

14. DU was down for months starting on Election Day 2016 - a lot of us were jonesing

for our DU you fix. I know I checked everyday until January 2017 (?) something like that.

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

19. I read too fast FACEBOOK! My bad. I just missed the site so much... all a blur!

[Crunchy Frog]

28. It was two weeks. It just felt like months.

[hlthe2b]

34. 3 DAYS?! What world were you living in... It was many weeks.

[Hekate]

15. If you want a comment from the Big Bosses aka the Admins, go to Ask the Admins (link)....

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=ata

As for how we survived last time — and it was about 2 weeks, iirc — DU has a Facebook page. Thank the gods.

There are several drawbacks to to posting on FB, however. One is you have to use your real name, not your DU screen name. The other is we were trolled every minute, & the trolls could use your name.

Nonetheless, I used it for news about DU, and to hold on to my community.

[SharonClark]

18. What info are you expecting to get from DU

that you can’t get from any regular news source?

I’m poll watching until 9 and then I’ll be home to watch “the big boards”.

[StarlightGold]

21. I think it's not only

the info we need. It’s that we are also emotionally here for each other. Something we can’t get on a regular news site. Please, God, I want us to share in the evening for a glorious reason and NOT because we’re all talking each other out of slitting our wrists.

[Frustratedlady]

22. Yes, DU allows us to cry on each other's shoulders (I'm too chicken to slit my wrists)...

and it is a comfort to know you aren't alone. Also, that you have a chance to see that others agree with your off-the-wall ideas and concerns.

DU is therapy! I just hope we don't need it.

[elleng]

26. Community!

[Crunchy Frog]

30. It was the emotional support that was missing.

Many of us were severely traumatized, and DU is the place that many of us turn to when we're in crisis.

For many of us, the loss of our online home compounded the trauma. I'm sure it wasn't so bad for people who just use it for news.

[bamagal62]

20. Go to the DU Facebook group.

[Raine1967]

23. Ask this question here:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1013

I am not being snarky, I think it's a valid question.