the administrators choose to answer very few of the questions submitted.

I just noticed today, July 18

It is no longer a group (or a forum). It is now a blue folder in the "Main" section on the left-side menu/items. It links to

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=ata

and it is just an information piece (e.g. how to appeal if a post is removed - namely, follow the instructions on the notice you got when the post is removed, and that the administrators review all of these appeals, so "do not use this form to ask questions about removed posts" ) , and a form to ask a question.

One can only ask a restricted range of questions, apparently ... I haven't tried it but there are five radio buttons:

* Star membership/billing
* A technical issue
* My DU account
* A problematic ad
* Creating a new group

I don't know if one has to select one of the five radio buttons in order for it to go through -- I didn't want to experiment and accidentally send one. (Obviously one can check one of the above items and then rant about something entirely different, but that would probably not be a good idea).

On Edit: There is nothing in the "Announcements" group as I type this.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1013&sort=time

I did ask a question, a request, really. I, and others, have been requesting splitting GD into GD 2018. As far as I remember, there were always two GD. Last time it was split was June 2015 after the Supreme Court ruling about gay marriage.

The "political" group was noisy and raucous as always, but the GD was so quiet an peaceful with many posting images of public buildings awash in the rainbow colors.