What happened to Skittles and Fizzgig while I was off DU?

[Grasswire2]

Any updates on them?

[Kaleva]

1. Flagged for review. Skittles had too many hidden posts in too short of a time I gather.

Fizzgig I don't know about.

[question everything]

23. But I thought that usually after 90 days the hidden posts are gone

but now there is no sign of her when searching for DU members..

[Kaleva]

25. If you get 5 hidden posts in 90 days or less, you are flagged for review.

A person who gets gets a post hidden will have that dropped off after 90 days but if you get 5 hidden posts within a 90 day period, you are essentially a goner.

[question everything]

26. This is sad

I think that the most I've had were 3, or 4. Most from the same thread when I was engaged in a debate while each reply, apparently, was alerted and hidden.

The Ask the Administrators is now only limited to four topics and we no longer have moderators who may have a "pull" with them.

Or do we have others who can intervene?

[Kaleva]

27. I've had 2 posts hidden since the start of DU3

To get 5 in 90 days, I think one has to work at it.

[TexasTowelie]

2. Fizzgig dropped in once, but she has been inactive most of the time.

Skittles got five hides in a 90 day period so she is FFR.

[Grasswire2]

3. Awwwww

Thanks for the news.

[orleans]

7. what is ffr?

never mind--i see it down thread

i have never been able to wrap my head around the newfangled du

[elleng]

4. Fizz here very occasionally;

fairly active on FB.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Flagged for review is the current equivalent of

tomb stoning. We can only hope that they've returned under other names that they understandably won't tell us about.

[hlthe2b]

6. Curious tonight about taterguy and PeaceNikki.... (probably some others too I haven't seen lately)

anyone know where they went?

[Kaleva]

9. taterguy drops in every once in awhile but hasn't posted since April

He used to be a regular here in the Lounge and the "taterguy exception to the rule" is named after him but his posting became less and less frequent.

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/1018637952

[hlthe2b]

10. I had to wonder if some juries might have been ignoring/ignorant of the "taterguy exception rule"

I keep seeing alerts on posts that are clearly tongue-in-cheek, but that might not be apparent to everyone..

[Kaleva]

11. It was sometimes easier to ascertain intent when one could see the name of the poster alerted on

A person like Skittles might not be on "flagged for review" status if members of the jury saw that it was her that made the alerted on post.

[hlthe2b]

12. I could not agree more... n/t

[Grasswire2]

14. yeah, a n00b might think her "ass kicking" a direct threat. nt

[mnhtnbb]

8. Fizzgig posted some photos in the Photography group in July

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1036&pid=65437

[Kali]

13. I see Fizz on FB though I rarely go there myself.

She is around. Skittles got FFRd and I am pissed about that. Admins should reconsider some of their decisions and not just let automatic software ban people who have been here from the beginning.

[Grasswire2]

15. Skittles was an original, and a treasure.

Octafish is gone, too. I know why, but I wish he had left a forwarding. He left JPR I have heard.

[Kaleva]

19. I liked Octafish. He was different.

[Submariner]

16. Skittles is a Veteran of the USAF

and DU should not be frivolously tomb stoning veterans.

We have no place to go to vent our frustrations. Democratic veterans are not welcome at any VFWs or American Legions or the message boards run by veterans organizations. So DU is it.

Skittles should be cut some slack. If FFRd is some automatic software ban, then that just sounds plain silly in todays political environment. Skittles has been here from the beginning and exceptions need to be made during this sick Trump era.

Gawd knows I need some slack when I get lit up about the Trump birther family....and stuff.

[Kali]

20. Recalling a few others who were given extra slack time and time again, it just seems really unfair.

I had an ask the admin question up before they changed that format and have mentioned it elsewhere too, but nobody has ever responded. It seems like skinner doesn't have much to do publicly with DU anymore. EarlG is still active - doing the pic of the moment and taking care of MIRT, but not much else from admins out in the forums.

[JI7]

18. meanwhile there are a few openly right wing trolls that 0are always here

[Kali]

21. I barely look anywhere but latest threads, videos and the Lounge

when I do click on long threads or get called to jury it is all the same people having the same stupid arguments alert stalking each other.

[JI7]

17. Skittles alert stalked for not liking sanders

[Ron Obvious]

22. Was alert-stalked on or did the alert-stalking on others?

You sentence seems ambiguous to me. Seriously, I rarely venture far from the Lounge so I don't know about these things.

[JI7]

24. others alert stalked her

[hlthe2b]

28. FYI: Skittles is back!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=104905