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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWith all this Russian hacking what about DU being taken off line for
for a couple weeks on election day? Does anyone know who did it? Do we know if there were Russian fingerprints
on that attack. Has it been investigated? Was DU shut down to stop people from reporting or discussing election irregularities?
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)It's still a mystery, I think.
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)doc03
(35,148 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Squinch
(50,773 posts)down DU, could you? You'd need some pretty high level hacking skills, I would think.
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)maxsolomon
(32,987 posts)it was deliberate. this is the biggest liberal message board on the intertubes. blinding us was well thought out.
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)maxsolomon
(32,987 posts)a final humiliation from russia.
do you think it was some reddit trolls?
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)Could be Russia. They are assholes and might do it for LULZ. I do know that 4chan and Reddit are basically "number stations" tho. So could be a regular troll. Could be Russian. Kinda bleed into each other
Control-Z
(15,681 posts)(is DU "the biggest liberal message board on the intertubes"?) I've wondered about that in the past. How do you know? Did you read that somewhere?
maxsolomon
(32,987 posts)I think.
is there another board you know of?
Control-Z
(15,681 posts)I know there are others out there but I stopped looking when I found DU. It felt like I'd found my way home when I first landed here. It still fits my interests and needs most of time. Just not during primaries. Lol.
demmiblue
(36,746 posts)OnDoutside
(19,906 posts)Coventina
(26,857 posts)doc03
(35,148 posts)Some people have the opinion we don't matter and others think it was more important. I have heard DU mentioned on most national
talk shows both liberal and conservative, over the years, so apparently it carries some weight.
Quanta
(195 posts)DU is known to be a forum that has a quick rate of idea sharing and a very collaborative and active community with experts in many fields. To keep us all unable to communicate immediately after the election would be valuable to Team Turdface and the Russkis.
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)comparing notes on what constitutes an irregularity in the voting. They didn't want us talking to each other.