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I am probably only on DU about an hour a day, and I sometimes go several days without logging on at all. I have served on 74 juries so far this year. Lately, I've been getting two a day. You guys need to be nicer to each other!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,580 posts)Yeah, I was booted.
NO idea why. I've got a post to Skinner in Ask the Admins seeking an answer to that.
I was pretty hurt AND angry when I found out.
I would love to help share the load........but first i need to be reinstated.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Is that a mistake? I can't imagine why you would be removed from jury duty.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,580 posts)It was done to me by one of the administrators.
I don't understand it at all. Like you, I have no idea why I would be removed.
So I posted in Ask the Admins., and I hope to get an answer shortly.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)I try my best to be fair also, no matter who the poster supports as a candidate.
For the most part, I try to leave posts unless they are ugly and personal.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,580 posts)madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,580 posts)madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)I don't hang out in teh lounge much anymore. Glad to see you are still around. Always enjoyed your posts and threads.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,580 posts)But I'm glad I'm here today, and making you laugh!
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,831 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,381 posts)even though our profiles say "willing to serve" both in "my profile" and "my account"
I was getting several calls/day. Then they stopped. I thought maybe it was just the time of day I was on DU...and then
a couple of days ago I found out about several others who had been booted off who also had 100% chance of serving
and willing to serve listed in their profile.
So, what gives? Who knows? I know I have not been contacted or told why I no longer get calls to juries for quite some time.
More people are dropping off DU entirely because of having been dropped--in their opinion, unjustly--from jury duty.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)Make sure that that you have "Willing" selected. I've heard that choosing the "don't ask..." option (on the far right) of a jury notice rather than the simple "not now" (center) option will change your account to Unwilling.
Sorry if you've already done that but I've mistakenly "unwillinged" myself before.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,580 posts)I changed it back to Willing.
Now, I'll see if I start getting called for jury service again.
Weird. I don't know how that could have happened.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)"Accept..." "Not now..." "Don't ask again..."
I discovered the don't ask link sets you to unwilling. If I were an admin, I'd remove the don't ask in the notice or change the wording to "I'm not willing to serve on a juries" and make the button red.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)hopefully you've got it back up and running.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,580 posts)I got called twice yesterday for jury duty.
It felt good.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)it was set at "unwilling". Don't know how that happened. So, I reset it to "willing" It's still at "willing" but i don't get jury notices.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...but i don't get jury notices.=> I get about 1 per day sometimes 2. Usually they appear when I click on a main forum or new thread title. I remember Skinner saying something like they have the software set to prefer picking someone who has finished reading a thread and is entering another rather than intruding on someone reading posts within a thread. I guess it may take a bit for you to be selected.
Pakhet
(520 posts)be selected to serve. I think that's why I've dropped from 4 a day to none
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)I don't use the ignore by user function but I have some threads in the trash can. IDK if the trash function is linked to jury service but, if it is and you have a certain forum (cough, GD-p) trashed, you may almost never be called.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)ignore list to under 100.... to no avail. Do I really have to take them ALL off? I'll do it. (sighs.)
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)sometimes I'd get an alert right when I logged in. On the phone too.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)Only the phone company and the NSA know when you're on the phone.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,831 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)Agschmid
(28,749 posts)That was you can send me a PM about how angry you are that I voted "hide".
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Boooo!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,580 posts)Agschmid
(28,749 posts)madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)I haven't used "Nice post, Hitler" in years
Callmecrazy
(3,065 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)the Sanders supporters they blocked from jury duty. I'm one of them. I used to get alerts nearly every day, sometimes twice a day. That ended about six weeks ago.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)but somehow, despite my best efforts, I have managed to stay under the radar for a long time. So long, I've given up even trying to be on the radar.
But yup, Skinner admitted just the other day that the jury pool has indeed been "purged."
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)Well, I'm not a Star member anymore so they're not getting my money while taking the privileges away without notice - OR telling me at all.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)until the new rules, switch to GE mode, whatever....
I'm trying to pretty much confine myself to being a Lounge Lizard and Pets person these days. Saves me countless hours of wasted time and keeps my blood pressure in the very low normal range, where it belongs
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)convenient. How many of HRH's supporters have been purged? Thanks but not buying it.
valerief
(53,235 posts)NV Whino
(20,886 posts)It's the only solution.