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[PeaceNikki]

1. Yes, yes it is.

[Nancy Waterman]

2. Hurray!!

No more soap bubbles.

[seabeyond]

14. high fivin you.... feels so good. nt

[pinto]

3. Cool.

[seabeyond]

4. yea... yea yea yea... you arent fuckin

with me are you

i am so excited

thank you

doing the happy dance.

[Warren DeMontague]

45. Amazing how much difference simply having a different name can make

it's weird, isn't it?

[seabeyond]

49. we know how to behave. we get to be who we were.

the other, we werent sure yet and hadnt properly christianed SB. it started moving a little tonight. but it wasnt us yet.

it was a snarky name that we had to suck up and be. not who we are.

[Warren DeMontague]

56. Glad you've arrived at a consensus, then.

... Anyway, I agree. SB was not a great name. Maybe it would have worn in eventually, but I think GD works better.

[mia]

91. You nailed it.

"Sb" was/is so pejorative.

[Huey P. Long]

81. Food drives, current science events, art, etc..all what made GD a must read is locked.

I watch it happen. There's one just now locked on another subject that would be fine in the old GD.
I loved the 80% to 20% politics/events mix.

Now who is going to go to the health forum to look for a food drive?
Who is going to the science forum to see those events.

They will be put into their cubbihole to die, imo.

[seabeyond]

83. mine is human behavior. we would get those threads in all

kinds of manners. to hear so many perspectives from so many people is what made it fun. i could tell a story of what i experienced and others would share what they think or how they saw it. where do we go to post those? lounge? all good people, but they dont often want serious, hence the lounge. serious conversation that is not political.

i hear ya

but shhhh, i say quietly. they have occasionally put the hammer down on what is posted on du only to have it loosened up again. we will see.

[CTyankee]

84. Hi, Huey! I was wondering where I'd put my Friday AFternoon Challenge and was considering

just stopping it. But looky here!

So I guess I'll be back with another Challenge here this coming Friday!

[mia]

92. Love art! n/t

[Huey P. Long]

94. Hello there...I guess we will see. This place is getting very UNdu GD.

I hope you can continue. You do a great service.

[CTyankee]

95. Thanks! I guess I'll take my chances and post the Challenge in GD. I'll let them tell me what to do.

I really don't know what else to do. I like doing the Challenge. Hope it works out...

[chrisa]

5. It's a conspiracy!

[UnrepentantLiberal]

65. She's right, it's a trick.

Get out while there's still time!

[JBoy]

6. Holy shit!!

[seabeyond]

15. Oboy. lol. nt

[drm604]

7. Cool

[Control-Z]

8. Is this for good?

I hope so. I really hated the soapbox.

[seabeyond]

9. yea... it really is. ah ha. doesnt it feel so much better

having our name.

see

it does work to whine and be forlorn and a tear down the cheek

[HughBeaumont]

10. Ain't broke, don't fix it.

Glad.

[SammyWinstonJack]

46. Indeed!

[SoCalDem]

11. Thank Goodness

Soapbox seemed to not be a good name, since every other thread seemed to be locked

Good Read is Op Ed renamed
LBN stayed the same..

We had lost the feel of GD (of old) and traded it for a hybrid with less mpg

[seabeyond]

16. GD buddy... there you are

i can see you now.

[Warren DeMontague]

12. Works for me.

Good Ol' GD!

[Ohio Joe]

13. I can hear the conversation now

"ahh Fuck it... Lets just call it GD again"

[JBoy]

17. LOL. I think that's exactly how it went.

[seabeyond]

19. just fuck it

those whiners. lol

and it is cool with me.

[CTyankee]

86. Yep. I think someone said "Would it be the end of the world if we just went back to GD?"

Sometimes the "perfect" really is the enemy of the "good."

[greytdemocrat]

18. Yea!!!!

Woot!!!

[in_cog_ni_to]

20. Like this so much better than Soapbox...

[scarletwoman]

21. HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY!

[shraby]

22. Makes it feel like home!

[Angry Dragon]

23. OH. MY. GOD.

I will never find it now

[Vanje]

24. Yay!

The other name had me disorientated.

[Odin2005]

25. All you should bend down and kiss Skinner's feet!

[HereSince1628]

27. Penn State jokes aren't allowed on GD!

[seabeyond]

33. funny, you. nt

[seabeyond]

30. hey....

i even said thank you, lol

[RainDog]

26. well, this was strange

ppl didn't like the name? I pretty much just go with the flow as far as these things go.

[MilesColtrane]

79. "ppl didn't like the name?"

They not only didn't like it.

Many completely freaked out.

[RainDog]

97. lol

I know... I was joking. I saw that a lot of people didn't like the name. I guess I should've put *blink, blink* after that sentence - as in... really?

I like the name "general discussion" better too. It's nicer.

but I would never bother to say anything about it.

I guess that's why I've been here as long as I have. I also recognize that my personal quarrels with someone are my own here. I realize I may say things in a moment of anger and regret those words, and others may too - or they may not - but in either case, holding grudges, trying to gang up on others, not letting go of perceived insults... I guess those are all things I save for my private life, not my online one. LOLOL.

ultimately the people who participate on DU in every capacity, have brought value to my life. So, I try to go with the flow.

[MilesColtrane]

103. My sarcasm detector must be a couple of quarts low.

[MADem]

106. +1. Wisdom in your words! nt

[RainDog]

108. sometimes we learn from mistakes! n/t

[Tsiyu]

28. Happy Day!!!!!

I saw that at the top of a thread and thought, "Now what kind of bug is this?

And then I glanced to the left and there it was on the FOrum lineup.

Yippee!!!!!

[mindfulNJ]

29. Yay!

...oh...and this is my first post in the new DU...how do I look?

[HereSince1628]

34. Ya look all smilie!

[seabeyond]

35. gorgeous.

simply gorgeous.

[mindfulNJ]

39. well thank you!

back at ya!

[PeaceNikki]

37. you look mahvelous!

[joshcryer]

31. I was off by 29 days...

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=2436564&mesg_id=2438975

[seabeyond]

38. ha ha. i remember the post. nt

[ellisonz]

64. *face palm*

At least you didn't put ten grand on it

[CTyankee]

36. It's a miracle! I can't believe it!

I was wondering where to post my Friday AFternoon Challenge and I even went to ATA in the DU2 with a question about my placement of it in DU3.

Oh, I'm so glad! This helps a lot! I hope they will let me post my Challenge there!

I was thinking that maybe I shouldn't do the Challenge anymore....

[Fumesucker]

40. I love the smell of napalm in the morning..

It smells like GD..

[workinclasszero]

41. YAY!!! /nt

[sufrommich]

42. It's a Christmas miracle!

God bless us,everyone.

[seabeyond]

47. may i have mo, sir

ooops, wrong one.

[LWolf]

43. I was a little confused for a minute.

I went looking for the soapbox, and it was gone. I didn't even notice the gd. I ended up finding a thread I replied to, clicking on it, and then looking at the group name to see where I was.

[guitar man]

44. Well

It's about GD time !!

[seabeyond]

48. play us a song, guitar man. nt

[guitar man]

73. Ok

From a benefit jam we did a few months ago

&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[seabeyond]

76. that is so cool. i was teasin

i didnt knwo you had a bad.

excellent. hubby and i enjoyed. thanks.

[Brother Buzz]

50. As it should be

Cacophony in all its splendor can never be achieved from a monotone soapbox.

[malaise]

51. Happiness is!!

[spanone]

52. why not?????????

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

53. Now if we could just get rid of the menu on the left inside the threads

It doesn't seem like DU without the posts inside each thread filling up the screen all the way across. I don't mind the menu but I don't see the need for it inside a thread.

[seabeyond]

55. have you tried classic version inder my accounts. nt

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

57. I must have been out of the room when that was discussed -- thank you, I'll try it

[Kali]

61. my account>preferences>classic view

[HCE SuiGeneris]

54. Where's my GD soapbox?!

Woe is with me...

Glad to have the GD thing back!

[Capitalocracy]

58. Locked, wrong forum.

[HereSince1628]

60. LOL, I want a jury trial!

[Paka]

59. Comes a little closer to what I had grown used to.

I went in on the trial run last week and got so depressed I couldn't stay too long. With time I hope I will adjust, but I'm old and not as computer savvy as some of you. When the screen I am looking at is so radically different I simply freeze up. Hope I can acclimate eventually, as I am out of the country and DU is my main source of up-to-date news.

[seabeyond]

63. have you tried going into "my account" and changing to classic

it create more the du2 look. easier to read

[Brother Buzz]

66. Easier on the brain, too

Thanks for the heads-up. I like.

[Pab Sungenis]

62. Hurrah.

I'm bullish for DU. It's going places.

Oh, damn.

[Fire Walk With Me]

67. I hope they have long since realized that you can't please everyone

any of the time

[hlthe2b]

68. Very Good Move....!

It's not DU without GD...

[stillwaiting]

69. Holla! :) nt

[gkhouston]

70. It's like putting on your favorite jeans after wearing formal clothes all day.

[seabeyond]

71. yes just that. and since the last two weeks i

have had to dress up about 10x's more than normal, lol

i know that feeling well of late.

[Rex]

72. The people wanted it back.

[Renew Deal]

74. Yay!

[Greybnk48]

75. Silly, but it really bothered me that GD was gone.

I'm really happy about this too. As someone said, it feels like home again. : )

[JCMach1]

77. We don't need no stinking soapbox...!

Oh wait that was probably insensitive to soapbox lovers... probably end-up with an alert!

[shanti]

78. WOOHOO!

now it feels like home

[glowing]

80. The only other item that would be marvelous would be to have

on the Home Page or as top buttons, a fast click to the "most discussed" and the "most Recommended". Its hard to find those category buttons. I have to click around several times to find the most Rec'd or look in on a "hot topic". Normally, the important items of the day in the news or what's on the radar are on the most rec'd page or are hotly discussed topics. It always takes me a few clicks to find those buttons so I can check it out now. I still don't know which forums allow for the quick buttons for most rec'd. Anyone else miss that> I wish they were at the top like Home, Latest Threads, Forums... etc.

I'm assuming things will get tweaked in time to make DU3 more user friendly. If you have never been on DU at all, then it would be confusing to know where to go and what are helpful items that keeps the community thriving and interactive... I would say that the old "Greatest Page", now "Most Rec'd" is one of the best items about DU, especially, if someone is new to DU. What is rec'd and most discussed is a good introduction to people and to some of the best written editorials by members or what makes people tick or becomes a hot button issue on DU.

Also, I am looking forward to everyone figuring out how to get into their profile page and setting up their avatars and re-setting their signature quotes... Those are as unique as the community in general.

[Maven]

82. Yay! "Soapbox" was so hokey.

[Sherman A1]

104. Indeed

Thumbs Up (since I can't find a means of posting the little symbols)

[librechik]

85. unexpectedly and unceremoniously sent to DU3 without permission

But found the GD here almost as usual. Thanks goodness!

[Liberal_in_LA]

87. lol n/t

[bobthedrummer]

88. Yep. This is my first DU3 post. I'll be back.

RECALL WALKER/KLEEFISCH!!!

[The Wielding Truth]

89. Hippeey!!

[etherealtruth]

90. Ah, the comfort in familiarity

[underpants]

93. God ...... Dammit!!

that's what it stands for, right?

[WillyT]

96. Not Only That... GD WITHOUT Unrec !!!

[sueh]

98. Yay! Feelin' more like DU again. Thank you, Skinner :>)

[pleah]

99. Put your big girl and boy pants on....

[juajen]

100. Wonderful

We are risen from the dead!

[veganlush]

101. I got

nothing to say about this...just posting to see what my picture looks like, if it has changed or whatever

[applegrove]

102. Try the classic format. It is great. Text goes right across the screen. I'm home!!

[KansDem]

105. What happened to the "Soapbox?"

[MADem]

107. They chopped it up for firewood and tossed it on the blaze? nt