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Thanks! I will bring it to everyone's attention.

Thank you for your patience! I am not sure what kinds of posts you are hoping to make, so it is possible that something might come up later that would lead to some mod involvement. If that does happen please know that we are not here to punish or control, but simply to keep things inside the rules a...

Hello! I just want to acknowledge that this question has been seen. I want to check in with the other Mods first to make sure I give you the best answer possible so it make take a few days, but I will come back with an answer for you :)

The Hide function has been difficult and unpredictable for several years now, but it's unfortunately out of our hands whether or not it gets (or stays) fixed.

Hello everyone! We hope you are as well as can be under the circumstances. Today is election day in the States, and I'm sure you're all aware of how dangerous and contentious an election it is. We have started 3 threads for this topic: For people who want to discuss news or events related to the ele...

Hello everyone! Recent events in the world, and particularly in the USA, have led to us to revisit our comfort with hosting posts advising users to contact emergency services or authorities. We are no longer willing to host advice about calling the authorities. The authorities may be an ambulance, t...

WHO has officially declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic, and many countries and localities are mandating or recommending public health measures such as social distancing, washing hands, and closing schools. This post is about COVID-19-related posts and the policies we need to implement in order to mak...

You may have noticed an increase in spam posts, and that is because of an increase in spam/bot users. We're doing everything we can to deal with the situation and we're hoping to find some better solutions. For now we encourage all users to be especially careful of clicking on any links on the board...

There are several icons in the system but the only ones that mean anything are the "?" the heart, and the lock. Thanksforallthefish is right that "?" means advice is welcome and the heart means no advice in that thread. The lock means that the thread has been locked, and that can only be put in plac...

Mod note: Shaw, Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately we, as the mod team, are not able to participate in, or moderate for a Discord server. This board takes all of the time and energy that we can spare to the greater CA community, and the live nature of Discord would require a level of moder...