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Sogo

(7,239 posts)
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 01:50 PM Sep 2025

I see many saying DU will become a target.

Can we all agree on a place for us to migrate to if that happens? Suddenly going dark would be torturous, as it was after the 2016 election.

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Hekate

(100,133 posts)
15. We did, and it was good to have an update bulletin board of sorts. But my real name was exposed & we got trolled...
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 03:58 PM
Sep 2025

…so personally I only posted a couple of times before just lurking.

I haven’t signed up for Blue Sky yet, but for other people doing some cross-posting and seeing how it goes might be a good idea, just in case there is an interruption in services at our real home.

We can survive an interruption in services.

 

Silent Type

(12,412 posts)
3. First off, I don't think DU will be a target, but who knows nowadays. But if we set up a meeting place,
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 01:54 PM
Sep 2025

won't they track us down there.

BTW: The don't have much traffic now, but there is a Democraticunderground on Reddit and Facebook if I'm wrong.

Edited to remove duplicate word.

Sogo

(7,239 posts)
13. I suppose you've posted that comment on all the MANY threads that have made the same point as my OP.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 03:39 PM
Sep 2025

SMDH.

0rganism

(25,666 posts)
11. I recommend face-to-face meetups at local taverns
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 03:36 PM
Sep 2025

Back in 2003, I set up some meetings with Oregon DUers and it might be time to try that again. Not only is it an excellent way to get to know your "neighbors" and organize resistance efforts, sharing libations with like-minded folk really takes the edge off -- gallows humor is best experienced among allies.

Start building those contact lists now, if you haven't already. By the time you need them, it will be far too late to make them.

QueerDuck

(1,827 posts)
14. I do not think the sky will be falling on DU.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 03:50 PM
Sep 2025

This is the type of worst-case scenario fear-mongering and click-baiting stuff that the very worst youtube "stars" and "pundits" engage in. I think the oh-my-god-we're-all-gonna-die-run-for-your-lives attitude that we see so often online is contagious and spreading. So, the "many" who are "saying" and asking questions are just trying to stir the pot. They can be safely ignored.

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