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Star Memberships: The super-simple guide to making a one-time payment without a PayPal account (2025) 0 EarlG Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 1824

How to close your DU account 0 EarlG Dec 2024 Dec 2024 0 3182

How to DU 10 EarlG Nov 2023 Nov 2024 63 6429

Posting on DU: Shortcuts, Tips, and Codes 4 EarlG Oct 2023 Oct 2024 12 6777

DU4 Feature List 0 EarlG Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 3282

Can DU provide us with .html code with which we can indicate that an illustration we're posting is fake? 6 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Yesterday 4 268

Are there any guidelines for April 1 other than the usual? Or does this post serve as a reminder? 1 usonian Tuesday Tuesday 6 252

Reliable sources for developments in Iran. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Tuesday 5 452

Need advice on coping with single-issue flamers spammers. [View all] 53 UTUSN Monday Monday 9 1772

Can this video be posted ..............Pink Floyd - Childhood's End (Official Music Video) 5 turbinetree Saturday Sunday 1 312

Have to complete a security check to access the archives? 1 question everything Mar 25 Mar 26 0 356

Yellow highlighting 3 XanaDUer2 Mar 25 Mar 25 0 310

A friend (as a newbie) forgot what they have to do to be able to start a discussion. 7 electric_blue68 Mar 23 Mar 25 1 440

What does the blue triangle on the left of a post title mean? 7 CurtEastPoint Mar 24 Mar 24 0 516

A fundraising suggestion to the owners/administrators of DU. 10 artemisia1 Mar 8 Mar 23 6 681

Are we allowed to joke about the ignore function? 15 orangecrush Mar 17 Mar 18 2 777

I wish people would stop referencing politics in the lounge 3 Marthe48 Mar 17 Mar 17 8 478

This message was self-deleted by its author 2 mysteryowl Mar 12 Mar 12 0 258

Quotes being trashed. New for me, and quite the nuisance. � 8 usonian Mar 11 Mar 11 2 591

The time stamp on my computer is different from DU's. 8 CaliforniaPeggy Mar 8 Mar 8 3 706

Bluesky links not working? 8 Takket Mar 5 Mar 5 1 612

What is up with the pop up ads?!!!! 4 roscoeroscoe Feb 20 Mar 5 0 731

This message was self-deleted by its author 8 mysteryowl Mar 5 Mar 5 0 696

Need HELP! With Posting Images! Please! 10 Silver Gaia Feb 5 Mar 5 0 859

What does it mean when a message is autoremoved? nt 2 LAS14 Mar 4 Mar 4 0 432

Why are apostrophes -- or is it hyphens -- in some posts suddenly showing up as a scrambled mess ?? 9 eppur_se_muova Mar 3 Mar 4 2 681

What does it mean when an account is "Flagged for review?" 9 LAS14 Mar 4 Mar 4 1 752

I hate smilies. 10 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2 Mar 2 0 603

Minor bug report 0 Tasmanian Devil Mar 1 Mar 1 1 397

I would like to apologize for posting something inappropriate. 1 murielm99 Feb 28 Feb 28 10 703

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How do I ask the moderators a question 11 MadameButterfly Feb 21 Feb 26 0 800

Ads covering content 5 BunnyMcGee Feb 21 Feb 22 1 716

Another dumb fake quote, this one attributed to Macron, near the top of the Greatest page. 4 highplainsdem Feb 21 Feb 21 18 688

Formatting my cell phone on DU 7 Emile Feb 20 Feb 20 0 594

I can't see my own sig line and I never got any 4 samplegirl Feb 15 Feb 16 0 624

Hi, when is the next time our posting history is deleted? 8 mysteryowl Feb 14 Feb 15 0 727

I would like to gift a membership. I would prefer to do it anonymously if possible? 5 Maru Kitteh Feb 9 Feb 11 3 567

Hey gang! I am in need of some aid here. 4 OldBaldy1701E Feb 10 Feb 10 1 650

Link for "about this forum" on LBN's "start a new discussion" page is wrong 1 muriel_volestrangler Feb 9 Feb 9 0 420

Time for a new Alert category? 3 BWdem4life Feb 9 Feb 9 5 702

Please Help! I can't Update my Star Membership 12 Cha Feb 8 Feb 9 4 806

Earl, is it possible to have a donation box that is just for credit/debit cards? 11 WhiteTara Feb 8 Feb 9 4 778

Who do I talk to about 0 sagetea Feb 8 Feb 8 1 538

I don't use PayPal and cannot purchase hearts 5 question everything Feb 8 Feb 8 0 640

When I go to purchase hearts it takes me to a paypal page. 2 cilla4progress Feb 8 Feb 8 0 515

The left column disappeared. The one that lists the main forums and my subscriptions. How do I bring it back? 14 question everything Feb 7 Feb 8 0 820

HELP? I have an active Star Membership, but no stars to give! 4 Silver Gaia Feb 7 Feb 7 2 613

What is this? 2 bernieb Feb 7 Feb 7 1 618

Can i buy hearts without using Paypal? 5 Haggard Celine Feb 6 Feb 6 0 613

Could we change the Valentine's heart notification to red? 5 orangecrush Feb 6 Feb 6 0 623

Why won't my cards work for Star Membership? Not Pay Pal. 4 Magoo48 Feb 2 Feb 2 3 685

Are New York Post video popups appearing for other non-star members? 7 muriel_volestrangler Jan 29 Jan 30 0 772

Anyone else having slow to post time & 522 Host Errors? 0 SheltieLover Jan 23 Jan 23 0 452

Looking for a good site for video posting 0 Bayard Jan 22 Jan 22 0 527

Electrical problem. A dedicated line with two receptacles was installed several years ago. 5 3Hotdogs Jan 20 Jan 20 2 866

Heads up: If you use Imgur for image and video hosting, people in the UK can't see what you're posting 1 Emrys Jan 15 Jan 15 3 529

Please follow through on those short attenton spam clickbait social media posts. 1 usonian Jan 14 Jan 14 2 657

I put someone on full ignore yet I can see their OP. 14 applegrove Jan 11 Jan 12 1 1347

Whois: eoperfops12.qcloudteo.com 11 justaprogressive Jan 11 Jan 11 0 1117

What does "Flagged for Review" mean on someone's profile? 7 AllyCat Jan 10 Jan 10 2 1054

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I just noted that the DU editor can now incorporate greek letters. All I can say is "Thank you." 0 NNadir Jan 10 Jan 10 2 561

Results: Will DU accept JIFF files or should I convert to JPG? 2 Marthe48 Jan 7 Jan 7 2 671

Enable cookies? 4 Munu Jan 2026 Jan 6 1 797

This message was self-deleted by its author 11 mysteryowl Jan 5 Jan 5 0 1084

I can't find a DU Archive (my first time looking in a long while). Did I miss an official change notice for DU 4? 2 ancianita Dec 2025 Dec 2025 0 670

Breaking news: Internet erupts as Hillary Clinton confesses: "I am the mother of an extraterrestrial love child." [View all] 74 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 178 14908

I keep getting 403 Forbidden and I can't get rid of it. Help! ...n/t 16 CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2025 Dec 2025 0 1472

Do the TOS rules about copyright infringement still apply? 12 MichMan Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 1441

Have "bookmarks" been disabled? (EDIT: NEVER MIND. I SOLVED IT!) 6 QueerDuck Dec 2025 Dec 2025 0 951

Lately, I'm seeing advertisements pop up INSIDE my posts. 7 snot Dec 2025 Dec 2025 0 978

Aloha folks. Does anyone have a method in use to catalogue the many articles, videos, DU wisdom...cross-platform know- 0 mahina Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 539

Since some DUers are occasionally resistant to correcting or deleting OPs that are fake even.when 29 highplainsdem Dec 2025 Dec 2025 76 3682

A very deceptive deepfake of President Obama was posted in General Discussion this evening - UPDATE 10 highplainsdem Nov 2025 Dec 2025 27 2007

Where to post? 0 usonian Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 671

Need help - I'll try to explain as best I can. 3 Talitha Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 917

Just recently my android tablet keeps crashing on DU. 4 Emile Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 851

Emoticons and such 4 hibbing Dec 2025 Dec 2025 0 846

Help! My REC button is missing 6 IcyPeas Dec 2025 Dec 2025 0 1044

Sorry about that. 0 Jacson6 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 763

How do I post a video from my photo album? 2 Jilly_in_VA Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 832

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