I'm keeping my gob shut.

Cheap and easy to disrupt here - just bitch about anything or nothing at all.

Same here.

I made a comment that the markets protect Republican presidents and hurt Democratic presidents.

That was supposedly a right wing talking point.

More needs to be done about people who make ridiculous alerts. Alert me on this.

that monitored TOS abuse, which was itself a TOS infraction after a set number of alerts. Might be something that would work.

That variables figure into the algorithm for juried posts. When you reach the screen where you vote there are four options, varying in strength of agreement or disagreement with the alert. I believe the options are weighted to factor in the final result but also reflect on the alerter. ie, only so many failing alerts are allowed.

I haven't thought about this for years - I reckon the memory of this comes from the time of the jury system introduction and I recall this being explained - probably in the meta forum.

Lots of those, and I find myself reading them repeatedly to try to find the violation… I find I usually end up having to say, “close, but no cigar” because… aren’t there more important things to quibble about?

I’m assuming “bashing” is different from simply calling someone out for saying or doing something dumb or inconsistent or whatever. If I have to look for 15 minutes to find an offense, I chalk it up to someone having thin skin or just… I dunno… the obnoxious youngest kid in the family kind of mindset?

And seriously, there are some Dems who really are outside what the party should stand for and deserve to be bashed. If there are so many people crying about “two wings of the same bird” and “serving the same masters,” I think the party could stand to be called out now and then. Yes, the tide looks to be turning lately, but some introspection is necessary to avoid falling into the same traps that generate distrust, right? Otherwise, we just keep circling this same cycle of seesawing between outrage at one party, then the other. Dems need a stronger stand to prove they’re an actual alternative to what hasn’t been working, right?

I think there’s a vast difference between "criticizing" and "bashing.” If we can’t criticize, how do we ever grow?

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If it's say the 15th post I find it easier with the context. Whenever I am in doubt, I give it a close call. IMO they should stand out in SOME WAY.

I don't alert unless it's a very clear violation of the ToS, like a personal attack against another DU member, or if it's an obvious troll spewing RW talking points.
I'm a huge proponent of the 1A and I won't tolerate any attack against our right to free speech and, sadly, I've seen far too much of this crap leaking into DU with these nonsensible alerts.

One strike you're out with me.

And you should try JFC some time!!



Might be a long drive.

Respect for vets!



Petty officer, with emphasis on petty!!

I’ve pretty much stopped serving on juries. IMHO most of the complaints were either confusing or petty, and I often couldn’t determine whether they broke the DU rules or not, especially regarding bashing Democrats. It just got to be too much.

to fight back by staying in the jury pool and countering the abuse of alerts

and, yes, they do come here.

oh yes

and I absolutely agree with you based on the tame stuff (ALWAYS THE TRUTH) I'VE been dinged for

I'm being the same sort of things as you.

I sometimes have to reread to see where the "violation" might be.

Like some have said below - agitators and trolls at times?

Kind of still am. I'm so nervous I can spend 30 minutes or more writing and erasing stuff and often I find I just don't post at all anymore. I've been on this website for 20 years and I've never felt like that before.

(FYI I spent 16 minutes typing these two sentence and still have reservations about it getting dinged)

while I may disagree with you on occasion, I've always admired your passion for what you believe in and I have never, ever alerted on any thread or post of yours, nor have I ever voted to hide any, so, please keep on keeping on.

In regards to serving on a jury.
Got really tired for the same reasons in your op.