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personal avatar (Original Post) jambo101 Dec 2016 OP
You can certainly have a personal avatar, but first you need a donor star. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2016 #1
i have to buy a star? jambo101 Dec 2016 #2
Yes, you must buy a donor star in order to have your own avatar. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2016 #3
Star member payments aren't made through DU's server, PunkinPi Dec 2016 #4

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,588 posts)
1. You can certainly have a personal avatar, but first you need a donor star.
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 01:01 AM
Dec 2016

I like your intended avatar!

I don't know how to insert a personal avatar. But first, buy a star........any amount will do.

And welcome to DU!

jambo101

(797 posts)
2. i have to buy a star?
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 03:04 AM
Dec 2016

to be eligible to use a personal avatar?
how does one go about buying a star and how much do they cost? if paying for a star requires a credit card i'm a little apprehensive about giving out such info after the big hack shut down the site for 2 weeks.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,588 posts)
3. Yes, you must buy a donor star in order to have your own avatar.
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 12:08 PM
Dec 2016

They cost whatever you want to spend.

Here's the link to how to buy a star: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=star

If you click on the My Account tab at the top of the page, you will see another tab called Star Membership.

All the details on donating and also what you receive as a star member are shown there. You don't have to use a credit card.

Good luck!

PunkinPi

(4,875 posts)
4. Star member payments aren't made through DU's server,
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 01:52 PM
Dec 2016

they use Paypal. This was confirmed by Skinner in the thread "About the hack", [div style="display:inline; background-color:#FFFF66;"]We can say for certain that donor data, such as credit card numbers or addresses, were not compromised because that information is handled by PayPal and never passes through to our servers.

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