Update from the Tech Dept- March 4th, 2014
Today we are releasing a number of updates for the Image Library. The big news is that we’re now making the shared images in the image library available for everybody’s use. This means anybody can...
View ArticleFirst look at DK5
The dev team is cranking hard to finish the next major revision of this site in time for the fall elections. At some point, we'll have an open beta so people can hunt down bugs and help us refine the...
View ArticleDaily Kos August update: crazy record growth (still)
Following crazy record-setting months in June and July (I was on vacation in early August, so I didn't write that up), August has proven that Daily Kos is the place to be during heavy news periods....
View ArticleMeet your new Contributing Editor Class of 2014!
Daily Kos was built on the notion that regular people were just as important in our political discourse as the so-called experts, that pundits didn't have a monopoly on wisdom, that power could be...
View ArticleMeet our newest writer, Shaun King
Shaun King Hi all, I'm pleased and happy to announce the newest member of our editorial team: Shaun King. Without knowing who he is, you already placed his first diary at the top of the rec list, and...
View ArticleDaily Kos September 2014 update: the (not so) calm before the storm
After August's record-setting month, we got a bit of pullback in the numbers of uniques: September's 7.35 million unique visitors was over a million fewer than August's 8.46 million. And you know what?...
View ArticleWelcome New Users, to the Community Spotlight
Welcome, New Users, to Daily Kos, from your host Susan Grigsby. This Diary is intended to help you orient yourself to the site and ask questions about how to use it.Below the orange gnocchi-doodle you...
View ArticleWelcome our newest writer, Kerry Eleveld
Kerry Eleveld After years of focusing the bulk of our resources on our technology department, it's been super nice to be able to devote more of our budget to our editorial team. A month or two ago, we...
View ArticleDaily Kos end-of-year update, and a peek into 2015
2014 was a shitty year for us politically, but as a community, it was the biggest breakout year since 2003.The chart above is based on traffic data compiled by Quantcast, and you can see their charts...
View ArticleDaily Kos to Take a Nap, Travel Back in Time
Tonight, starting at 9 PM ET / 6 PM PT and running for about 15 hours, we will be taking Daily Kos offline to implement a major upgrade to the infrastructure behind the site. There should be no changes...
View ArticleDid you mail a donation to our PO box that was never deposited?
Thank you so much!However, due to personnel changes here at Daily Kos and poor communication at the post office, we discovered a bin of mail going back months, including lots of checks, that had never...
View ArticleDaily Kos Will be Offline Saturday Morning as We Move Data Centers
On Saturday at 8 AM PT, the tech team will be moving Daily Kos from its current web host to Amazon's Web Services. We'll be taking the site down for an estimated one to three hours while we move our...
View ArticleFarewell, but not exactly goodbye
I am sad, but also excited, to announce that after 11 years I am leaving Daily Kos and joining Raintank, where I will be working on monitoring software and doing devsy-opsy.It's been a long and...
View ArticleHelp us break Daily Kos 5—before it even ships
Maybe you've heard that Daily Kos was building a new version of the software that powers the site. Maybe you heard and forgot—I understand: It's been a long time coming. But I sincerely believe it...
View ArticleWhere Are My Steenkin' Badges, Kos?
Part of your profile is a display of badge icons, which seem not to be explained in any organized way in the FAQ or Knowledge Base, or anywhere else that I can find. So here you go, to the extent that...
View ArticleCranky Users DK5 MetaFestival Time!
Cranky Users is organizing a DK 5 MetaFestival to celebrate our community and DK while working on the specific purpose of providing constructive and respectful feedback on DK 5 beta, both features we...
View ArticleBeta site update, and yes, YOU are the focus group
(Note: I'm crazy busy right now, so I cranked this off as quickly as I could and am posting without any proofing. So forgive me if it's a little more rough than my usual.) The first major update to...
View ArticleGetting Beta All The Time
Beta now has another series of fixes and enhancements ready for you to check out. It’s an odd grab-bag; please check the list for the full rundown. Thanks for your continued testing- the feedback has...
View ArticleOn HR's, flags, and a more positive community
We're going for "nice". Those of you playing at the beta site should’ve noticed a big change in the comments—we’ve gotten rid of the HR functionality, including the ability to see who HR’d a comment....
View ArticleDK5 to arrive this Saturday
Four years in the making, the newest version of the software that runs this website will be installed this Saturday. This is a wide-ranging upgrade that affects site branding and a number of features,...
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