ronr327 on "Write for us"

ronr327 — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:11:58 +0000

To whom it may concern, What the flip?!? The whole layout has changed. Most importantly the layout in posts to the forums has been radically altered. Paragraph breaks have been done away with. Where is the Edit function? What gives? I have contributed to OpenDemocracy in the past, but, if this is not corrected I am unlikely to do so in the future.

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admin — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:26:03 +0000

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