Recently the above line appeared on the board. I am not going to say who said it, or when, or provide a link.

I will have been here five years August 14. I have heard a lot of complaints and made a few, but I have never heard anything about staff setting personal preferences for a member.

I have one question for clarification.

Does staff ever edit preferences, like party identification?

Does staff ever edit preferences, like party identification?

Absolutely not.

To me, this sounds like code for "I made a preference when I first joined the site, now I do not know how to change it."

If that is the case, or for anyone else who doesn't know how to change their political affiliation; click on your member name to go to your profile; under your personal photo or the placeholder for said photo, click 'Options'; click 'Edit Member'; and make the necessary changes. Click 'Edit Member' again to save.

I concur with DTOM's posts here.

I suppose, of course, if you want to be REALLY persnickety, yeah, we pick your original affiliation - if you count 'Undisclosed' as an affiliation. 'Undisclosed' is the default upon sign up. Outside of that, YOU pick; staff does not. Anyone who has told you otherwise is mistaken.

However, the staff would be happy to help you make the proper party disclosure if you need assistance- just drop one of us a line

Well, it looks like they got the help they needed.