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By Jeralyn, Section Blog Related
Posted on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 12:52:30 AM EST
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Daily Kos has been offline while it migrates to the new DKos 4. The migration is huge, and although it started at 9 am PT, it's still going on. What's taking so long?

Why is it taking so long to import the DK3 db into DK4? 939,000+ stories, 300,000+ registered users and over 40 million comments.

In the meantime, there's a twitter feed with some pretty funny explanations -- it's at #whydkosislate.

Since it will probably go live after I'm asleep, let me just say now, Welcome, DKos 4. Blog readers don't like change, so there will be grumblers, but if you've been following the migration news the past few months, it's evident that a huge amount of thought and planning (and probably cost) went into this new release. I'm hoping its a big success.

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    Should have ditched the orange text. (5.00 / 0) (#4)
    by oculus on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 12:32:37 PM EST
    So hard to read.

    I Think It Sucks, But I Always Think That (none / 0) (#23)
    by msaroff on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 09:47:27 PM EST
    A new site sucks.

    It did appear to slow down my browser a bit more than the old site when I had 35 tabs open as well, but YMMV.

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    funny (none / 0) (#1)
    by Capt Howdy on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 11:40:05 AM EST
    So it's not Saturday. Sue me. We were a little busy yesterday with something or other.
    also funny (none / 0) (#2)
    by Capt Howdy on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 11:45:22 AM EST
    This week's hate mail is
    above average
    below average
    average

    I just set up my page there (none / 0) (#3)
    by Jeralyn on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 12:28:15 PM EST
    I like it. For those who think it has too much white or is too wide, there's a diary that says viewing it in portrait mode on the iPad is really good.

    One thing I'm sorry to see them lose is the blogroll on the front page. TL has always gotten a lot of hits from DK, and I suspect that blogroll being gone will have an impact. If you have a page on DK, you can add your own blogroll, so remember to add TalkLeft if you want a quick way to get here from there.

    I see a blogroll at the bottom of the (none / 0) (#6)
    by Anne on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 02:02:45 PM EST
    front page...if someone doesn't scroll that far, they'd miss it, but it's there.

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    Well, that may be the point (5.00 / 1) (#12)
    by Zorba on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 04:08:04 PM EST
    The blogroll people are not paying Kos to get their blogs mentioned.

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    you're right (none / 0) (#18)
    by Jeralyn on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 04:47:21 PM EST
    there is a blogroll at the bottom. I'm glad. Thanks for pointing it out.

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    Jeralyn, how do I find your page? (none / 0) (#15)
    by byteb on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 04:27:25 PM EST
    is it under Talk Left? Following seems to be the thing now over at The New Digs...not quite sure why just yet.;)

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    yes its talkleft (none / 0) (#19)
    by Jeralyn on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 04:49:34 PM EST
    it's been a few years since I've posted anything on Dkos, so I don't know that it offers anything.

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    Well, not everyone (none / 0) (#16)
    by Zorba on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 04:45:28 PM EST
    has an iPad, Jeralyn.  Nor does everyone intend to get an iPad.  I think it has way too much white space.  He needs to lose the orange-colored font, too. (I don't care if orange has been his "thing" from the beginning, to the extent that people call it "The Big Orange."  It's an ugly color.)

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    DK is the MySpace of blogs. (none / 0) (#5)
    by observed on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 01:59:21 PM EST


    Yep (5.00 / 0) (#8)
    by TeresaInSnow2 on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 02:41:21 PM EST
    It's ugly.  And no amount of insulting its readers' tastes and ability to handle change (as KOS has done in the past) will make it better.  But the ads are easier to spot now than ever before.  Of course that's likely the whole reason for this change.  The rest of the site is a total mess.  No designer worth a darn would ever have produced such junk.

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    Seems harder to navigate and read. (5.00 / 0) (#9)
    by oculus on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 02:44:38 PM EST
    But Kos seems to be saying, get over it, you oldsters!

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    And this oldster has (5.00 / 1) (#20)
    by Zorba on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 04:54:27 PM EST
    pretty much gotten over DailyKos a long time ago (my User ID is under 50,000, which makes me a virtual ancient).  I do go over there on occasion to see what's going on, but I haven't commented in almost a year.  I doubt that this new format will make any difference to me whatsoever, and, in fact, may make me even less likely to take a peek.  But then, I guess I'm not their "target audience."  I wish Kos and company all the best, though.  Good luck to them.

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    Really (none / 0) (#21)
    by Ga6thDem on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 06:05:51 PM EST
    I don't know why anyone would be upset. I'm not wild about it because it is hard to read. There are plenty of other blogs around that have much more interesting content like TL. I did post for a while but lately the site has just been major-ly boring

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    LOL..Kos is old,now! (none / 0) (#10)
    by observed on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 03:11:18 PM EST


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    I hate, hate The Squiggle (none / 0) (#14)
    by byteb on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 04:20:42 PM EST
    and The Pointy Hand. Too fussy.

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    Seems to me there's plenty of empty column space (none / 0) (#7)
    by jawbone on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 02:25:26 PM EST
    for the blog roll higher up on the page. Agree many will miss it as it is so far down.

    I like the new look. (none / 0) (#11)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 04:02:27 PM EST
    Maybe because I'm on the iPad at the moment. Maybe it just frames the white better or something, but it looks nice.

    That is not to say i'll spend a lot of time there, but getting away from the 'big orange' look is a positive step.

    I didn't see any ads. I wonder what I did right?

    not on an iPad (none / 0) (#13)
    by nycstray on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 04:11:51 PM EST
    but I agree on getting away from the big orange and like the new look better. Doubt I'll ever do much more than I have in the past (scroll through the front page and move on) though :)

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    I don't have an iPad (none / 0) (#24)
    by lilburro on Mon Feb 14, 2011 at 01:28:46 PM EST
    but a lot of sites, including the Gawker empire, have been redesigned lately.  I'm guessing devices like the iPad have something to do with it.  I'm not so fond of the look but, whatever.  At least DK redesigned better than Gawker did, eugh!

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    I'll get used to the new design... (none / 0) (#17)
    by magster on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 04:46:07 PM EST
    ...but I would have recommended tinkering with the old rather than a total revamping.  I think Kos (and now his sports blog) SBNation grew by leaps and bounds because of its commenting software and automatic refreshing and also the chance to be a star by becoming a trusted user and being on the wreck list.  

    KOS will be fine (none / 0) (#22)
    by SOS on Sun Feb 13, 2011 at 06:26:36 PM EST
    as long as he doesn't sell out to AOL.

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