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    2. For Regular Users, Dark Style "ColorPlay" and Light Style "Nexus" Return To Availability Today 1

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    2. Should the Default Theme Of This Website For New Users Be Light Or Dark? 4

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    2. How To Help The Forum - Start New Threads! 4

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    2. Latest Article by Elli Pensa - The Epic of Epicurus - Ithaca and the Garden - Dialectic and The Canon 3

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    2. More Renovations -- Updates to "Map" View To Make Topics Easier To Find 3

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    2. Request For Volunteers To Assist With Quiz Section 3

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    2. Happy Twentieth of February 2023 3

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    2. Site Usage Feedback - February 2023 3

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    2. Addition of the "Lexicon" Feature of the Forum 3

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    2. Ease of Use of EpicureanFriends.com Website 3

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    2. "BOOKMARK" Feature now added to website 3

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    2. What Do You Think Should Be The Default Theme For The Forum? 3

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    2. Improving Website Navigation and User Interface 2

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    2. Forum Glitch 09/22/25 And Recovery - Notice To Users 2

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    2. Major Renovation In Use of Tags At EpicureanFriends.com 2

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      • July 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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    2. Advocate - New forum member badge 2

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    2. Updating Trophy System 2

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    2. Current Restructuring of Forum Categories and Threads 2

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    2. "Post Now" Button Added to Home Page 2

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    2. Anyone Seeing Missing Reply Boxes? 1

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    2. Status Update on EpicureanFriends Forum Technology And Use 1

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    2. New Style Worth Checking Out - Foxhole 1

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    2. Technical Glitch With Picture Posting Being Addressed 1

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    2. Moderation Notice 1

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    2. Verifying membership status / deletion of inactivated accounts 1

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    2. Year Calculations 1

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    2. Forum Outage of August 17, 2023 1

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    2. Table Of Key Tags Added to Front Page 1

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    2. Registered user private conversations 1

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    2. Forum Reorganization Update - Epicurean Self-Improvement 1

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    2. Backup Communications for EpicureanFriends.com 1

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