Skins begging for money to pay Elad.

[Carl]

I kid not.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027465031

Mon Dec 21, 2015, 01:08 PM

Star Member Skinner (60,995 posts)

I want to make sure this accomplishment doesn't pass by unnoticed and unappreciated.
As most of you know, a week ago we shut down Democratic Underground for a day and a half in order upgrade our web servers. We had been running the site on the same old web servers for about a decade, and they served us well for a long time, but it was clear that they were nearing the end of their useful lives as we experienced ever more frequent glitches and instances of degraded performance. The limitations of our old servers were most obvious during times of especially high traffic that occur during big news events.

The upgrade was many months in the making, but it seems that we pulled it off just in time. Over the weekend we saw a big news double-whammy, with the DNC server breach and the Democratic presidential primary debate both occurring over a two-day period. Democratic Underground is already significantly busier now than it was a year ago but this past weekend really pushed us over the edge -- in fact, measured by number of posts, Saturday was our single busiest day since general election day in 2012.

In the past, this is the type of thing that would have crippled the site, and we would have been forced to systematically remove functionality from the site in order to deal with the stress on our servers and maintain access for our members. But this past weekend we were prepared for the massive spike in traffic -- the new servers held up beautifully without needing to resort to any emergency measures.

I know that people generally don't notice when an emergency fails to happen, so I wanted to make sure that you all were aware of it. I especially want to express my appreciation for all of the behind-the-scenes work that my fellow DU administrator Elad has put into this server upgrade. It was an enormous task with a huge learning curve and many sleepless nights, and it's not over yet. I am grateful for and extremely impressed by all of his hard work.

And while we're on the topic of things that happen behind the scenes that go unnoticed...

Back in October of 2014 Google changed their search algorithm and over the following three months DU saw a 41% decline in search traffic and a related 38% decline in ad revenue. The good news is that we have spent much of 2015 clawing our way back up, and for the first time in a long time we we have seen both our traffic and our ad revenue gradually increasing over the course of an entire year. (Yay!) The bad news is that we started from a significant deficit, and for the first time ever we will not break even for the year.

That means that 2015 is the first year that Democratic Underground cannot afford to pay a year-end bonus to Elad, who worked so hard on the server upgrade, or to EarlG who works just as hard but on more obvious things like the Pic of the Moment and various forum administration duties.

So I am asking you, in the spirit of the season, to please consider re-upping your DU subscription a little early this year or maybe kicking in a couple extra bucks.

Just click here to help out: http://www.democraticunderground.com/star

Thank you, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year.

David Allen
DU Administrator

Hey doofus,just give him a cut of the 20 grand your wife collected from Hillary for doing nothing.

[DumbAss Tanker]

$kins, what are paying him sans bonus, and how big a bonus are you talking?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?

[Karin]

Why can't he say anything in just a few short sentences?  Can you imagine him in real life, droning on and on and on?

[freedumb2003b]

Over the weekend we saw a big news double-whammy, with the DNC server breach and the Democratic presidential primary debate

Events the rest of the world found to be no news at all, except maybe for "pee-gate" and colonel sanders' mia culpa (which were tiny).

I thought those 2 events were the Star Wars box office and the Miss Universe gaffe.

[thundley4]

Over the weekend we saw a big news double-whammy, with the DNC server breach and the Democratic presidential primary debate both occurring over a two-day period.

While in the real world, neither of those were more than a blip on the MSM radar. 

The biggest news to come out of the Dim Debate was that Hillary is incontinent.

The biggest part of the Dim server breach is that the DNC showed what they really think of Bernie and his supporters.

[freedumb2003b]

$kins, what are paying him sans bonus, and how big a bonus are you talking?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?

He should beg on gogimme like all his users do.

[freedumb2003b]

While in the real world, neither of those were more than a blip on the MSM radar. 

The biggest news to come out of the Dim Debate was that Hillary is incontinent.

The biggest part of the Dim server breach is that the DNC showed what they really think of Bernie and his supporters.

GMTA LOL!!!  Beat you by a minute!

[BattleHymn]

I hope this encourages more Dump monkeys to come out of the woodwork to beg.  Those type of campfires are hilarious, and they also bring a magnifying glass down on the depravity of living as a DUmp monkey.

[freedumb2003b]

I hope this encourages more Dump monkeys to come out of the woodwork to beg.  Those type of campfires are hilarious, and they also bring a magnifying glass down on the depravity of living as a DUmp monkey.

It doesn't take much.  I wonder how much the "pledges" actually get paid.

[fatboy]

Response to Skinner (Original post)

Mon Dec 21, 2015, 01:32 PM

appal_jack (2,661 posts)

9. Now that you can handle the bandwidth, invite Manny & Loonix back. nt

Dummy doesn't understand the concept of liquidation.

[Carl]

Dummy doesn't understand the concept of liquidation.

[hillneck]

He should put up a Go Fund Me page, just like the rest of the DUmmies do when they're begging for money.

[67 Rover]

While in the real world, neither of those were more than a blip on the MSM radar. 

The biggest news to come out of the Dim Debate was that Hillary is incontinent.

The biggest part of the Dim server breach is that the DNC showed what they really think of Bernie and his supporters.

I am not sure I believe that Hillary is incontinent, its more likely she was confused and wandered away to hide until found by the handlers.  I do hope they have pinned a return address to the inside of her pantsuit.

[BlueStateSaint]

I am not sure I believe that Hillary is incontinent, its more likely she was confused and wandered away to hide until found by the handlers.  I do hope they have pinned a return address to the inside of her pantsuit.

Are you volunteering to check for one?

[I_B_Perky]

Are you volunteering to check for one?

Now that just ain't right!!!   

H5 for making me LOL!

[Ralph Wiggum]

Holy shit, the gall to even ask for that. 

[zeitgeist]

How about a partial keg and some mini tacos?

[obumazombie]

He should put up a Go Fund Me page, just like the rest of the DUmmies do when they're begging for money.

Maybe even a wish a dupe.

It doesn't take much.  I wonder how much the "pledges" actually get paid.

One of my favorite pastimes.

[Ogre]

Skimmer follows the liberal code; never pay people with your own money when some else's money will do.

As others have aptly pointed out numerous times before, liberalism is a disease and the DUmmies are infested with it.

Even when they (liberals) don't need assistance, they still hold out their hand looking for freebies.

PGR is right, liberals disgust me.

[Patriot Guard Rider]

I find it strange, very strange, that the head DUmmie, Skinner, is asking for donations at roughly the same time the DUmmies are becoming aware DU is owned by the DNC.

Is this his way of trying to show that "really" isn't true, or is it his way of, in a back-handed way, trying to force the DNC to give him even more money?

Who knows. Maybe Skinner is a closet Conservative who has found a way to fleece liberals (not that it's difficult) while convincing them he's actually one of them. It would be the greatest moling of all time.

[obumazombie]

I find it strange, very strange, that the head DUmmie, Skinner, is asking for donations at roughly the same time the DUmmies are becoming aware DU is owned by the DNC.

Is this his way of trying to show that "really" isn't true, or is it his way of, in a back-handed way, trying to force the DNC to give him even more money?

Who knows. Maybe Skinner is a closet Conservative who has found a way to fleece liberals (not that it's difficult) while convincing them he's actually one of them. It would be the greatest moling of all time.

I have found that with regard to their own incomes, libs are very conservative.

[Patriot Guard Rider]

I have found that with regard to their own incomes, libs are very conservative.

I have an uber liberal brother who is exactly that. Worth millions who claims he's on a "fixed income". Now, to most people, "fixed income" has a meaning of anywhere from $700-$1100 a month. HIS fixed income, per month, is 5 figures (from retirement plans, dividends, etc. etc. - he has two kids with 7 figure trust funds) but he "does everything within the law to protect it". So yes, he's all for higher taxes unless he has to pay them, he's all for obamacare although he won't drop his retirement health plan for obamacare.

I'm disgusted he's my brother but we never discuss this stuff when sitting down to a holiday meal. He's family after all.