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25. Amnesty, please?

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 06:32 PM

Feb 2026

It happened to me again. I gave someone a heart only to find out that this individual is “flagged for review.”

Do these reviews ever lead to the return of the members?

We all have strong opinions but some of these individuals have been important members of our community.

I am not trying to tell you how to run this site; I wouldn’t be able to.

But I miss some of them. And we lost too many members after the disastrous date which will live in infamy - November 5, 2024.

No, not the trolls that MIR members caught. But the ones that expressed their opinions too strongly.

Please??

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The Hearts Fund Drive is going great, BUT........ [View all] EarlG Feb 2026 OP

THANK YOU, EarlG, for ALL YOU DO!!! lastlib Feb 2026 #1

Hearts ❤️ are sweet... but a shamrock fundraiser might be fun too 🍀... QueerDuck Feb 2026 #2

Nice idea question everything Feb 2026 #18

... Kali Feb 2026 #3

Thank you. I used Stripe and it worked fine. ananda Feb 2026 #4

Glad it is working! EarlG Feb 2026 #5

It told me my star was manually assigned. ananda Feb 2026 #6

They are all being manually assigned at the moment EarlG Feb 2026 #10

Not a problem at all. ananda Feb 2026 #27

You should add it so we can gift star memberships to other posters. W_HAMILTON Feb 2026 #7

We do allow this during the Summer Fund Drive, with some restrictions EarlG Feb 2026 #11

Thank you EarlG mountain grammy Feb 2026 #8

1+ Paypal Stripe memo Norrrm Feb 2026 #9

Dear EarlG... ultralite001 Feb 2026 #12

Thank you EarlG! bamagal62 Feb 2026 #13

come on DUers, let's PONY UP Skittles Feb 2026 #14

So, contributing now will add one year to the end of our current star membership year? Sogo Feb 2026 #15

Not a dumb question EarlG Feb 2026 #26

K&R Bayard Feb 2026 #16

EarlG, I am attemping to renew my star, and checked the thing niyad Feb 2026 #17

EarlG has a step by step for using PayPal as a guest question everything Feb 2026 #19

Thank you. For some reason, that slider button would not let niyad Feb 2026 #24

Hi there EarlG Feb 2026 #20

Okay, this time it worked. The previous times, the little slider thing niyad Feb 2026 #23

I managed to purchased hearts once I followed your step by step question everything Feb 2026 #21

Got some stars! Eko Feb 2026 #22

Amnesty, please? question everything Feb 2026 #25

EarlG I'll give this a try ... and once again ... THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart FakeNoose Feb 2026 #28

I just used it and can't believe how much easier it was. blm Feb 2026 #32

Yes, Pay Pal made it really hard to donate my $50.00 and then I had trouble logging back into DU. Botany Feb 2026 #29

Love this... Lithos Feb 2026 #30

Thank you. This was SO much easier. blm Feb 2026 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author quaint Feb 13 #33

I hope it's not too low tech DFW Feb 13 #34

With Peter Thiel & Elon Musk being major players in Paypal KS Toronado Feb 14 #35

To clear this up (I say this every fund drive, and I've said it more than once this fund drive, but I'll say it again) EarlG Feb 14 #36

WOW, thanks for the history lesson Earl ! KS Toronado Feb 14 #37