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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI may be in violaton of the rules, but what do YOU report posts on , what criteria?
I would never report a post unless it was a blatant threat of violence or I thought someone was in dire need of help.
I know on some forums even discussing the process of hiding posts or issuing warnings is not allowed but not sure here.
I have had posts reported for arguing with people, which absolutely amazes me, considering no matter how obnoxious you are unless you threaten me I would not report you NO MATTER WHAT
What do you think is a good reason to report someone?
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)the poster to edit.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)Kidding.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]TECT in the name of the Representative approves of this post.[/center][/font][hr]
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I also alert on dumb usernames picked at randome.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]
pintobean
(18,101 posts)people who mock my username, people who disagree with me.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]All things in moderation, including moderation.[/center][/font][hr]
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)MineralMan
(147,082 posts)and sent to a jury is to call someone a name or make a personal attack. Such posts often get hidden by juries. Most other posts don't get hidden, unless they're way far to the right in their content.
It's easy to avoid having a post hidden. Just don't call people names or attack them on a personal level. In a discussion, if you disagree with what a person writes, disagree with what was written, rather than attacking the person who wrote it.
If you write "You are an idiot," your post is likely to be hidden by a jury. However, if you write, "What you wrote is idiotic," you probably will not have your post hidden.
Expand those examples to other situations, and address the content of the post, rather than the poster, and you'll be fine almost certainly.
hamsterjill
(15,435 posts)As this is an open forum of discussion, I think alerting on most things is senseless. Obviously, an open threat of violence would be a different matter, as would certain other issues. But IMHO most people who alert do so because they've gotten their feelings hurt. This is a message board and I believe it is important not to personalize postings made on this board to that point.
Posters can always be put on ignore.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)FSogol
(46,070 posts)hamsterjill
(15,435 posts)I hadn't seen that one!!! Thanks for the laugh! By all means, we can't be insulting the teabaggers and Repukes, right???!!!
randys1
(16,286 posts)Brother Buzz
(37,142 posts)Huzzah to the alerter and his wicked cool sense of humor.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)The attacks that could possibly be mistaken as a "real" post. I do not usually alert outright attacks, because I feel it just show the poster for what they are doing.
I have been taking advantage of the ignore feature, even though I never thought I would. No need to get my blood boiling over things that people on that list say anyway.
Ya, I have been that guy... =/
Arcanetrance
(2,670 posts)I still feel like an ass that I alerted on it
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)nilesobek
(1,423 posts)Someone would have to horribly abuse someone else for me to alert.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)And also if someone is being especially nasty towards another poster.
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)Winter is coming.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)against other posters. I don't bother alerting on personal attacks directed toward me.
I'll also SOP alert on CT and medical woo threads posted in GD, but those alerts are less than useless, because Hosts routinely ignore the SOP when it comes to conspiracy theories. We've also recently learned that some Hosts ignore alerts based on the identity of the alerter.
IMO, juries should handle SOP alerts too, and Hosts should be eliminated.
Sid
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]You have to play the game to find out why you're playing the game. -Existenz[/center][/font][hr]
ancianita
(37,705 posts)I think that if there's a troll pattern, that should be alerted. I'd report a threat to an admin.
"Hides", "Ignores", "put-downs," and "call-outs" and gratuitous snark or effrontery, I think, are high school behaviors that show the posters just need to chillax, move on, lurk awhile. When they persist in impeding constructive discussion, a jury should come in.
Generally, though, juries shouldn't be in a censorship mode over manners or questionably 'offensive' words. But they should discipline someone spouting along the lines of the Democratic Party's values.
I think constructive argument's helpful and destructive argument's a waste of everyone's time -- but not a reason to alert (or report). Many posters don't really know the difference. Nor do they show that they understand that the burden of proof (links or quotes) is always on the claimant, not the disputer.
Overall, no one should depend on online discussions for validation -- political, personal, religious or social.
As H2O Man says, go after the ideas, not the person.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)Bad snooper post early, good snooper posts late...
Are you talking to me now bad snooper, this is good snooper!
What-
Wait, what time is it?
It is 3:15, what are you still doing here!
Are you still talking to me!
What!
Wait , who? blah bla aaar agae
Give me the mouse back!
Screw you! you aasssshot.l.l>F
asdfkjoasf3nn
Helale
HELP HELP!
LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)3) blatant personal insults, although after alerting one of these yesterday and finding it had already been alerted and left standing, I may not bother anymore.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)I do not alert because someone has hurt my feelings (personally) or because I don't agree with a post
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,441 posts)We don't need any of those here.
Iggo
(48,087 posts)Now Chuggo has a sad.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,441 posts)REASON FOR ALERT
This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.
ALERTER'S COMMENTS
A video that casually refers to women as "pussies" and "bitches" violates the TOS prohibition for bigotry based on gender.
JURY RESULTS
A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Tue Apr 8, 2014, 04:22 PM, and voted 4-3 to HIDE IT.
Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Can't see the video. Couldn't be much more outrageous than the headline of the op
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: I agree.
Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Really?
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #7 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given