Is there a way to cancel an alert?

[progree]

I'm sure there isn't. But it would be nice. I sent an alert on an OP with an explanation of why it didn't meet the standards of the Late Breaking News forum. Not a credible source, in fact no source given, but obvoously Russian Imperial propaganda blah blah.

Right after I clicked Send, I thought, was that really in Late Breaking News? Nope, it was in Video and Multimedia. Sigh. Right at the top where Late Breaking News is. Close, and yet so far off.

I don't know if alerts get pre-screened by someone before being sent on to the jury, but I don't think so http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=modsystem , so, 7 people who would rather be doing something else will be summoned for a jury, and they'll all dump on me in justified revenge. Can't wait for "You've Got Mail!"

Anyway, it would be nice to maybe have a cancel alert feature, and maybe a 3 or 5 minute delay from when the Send button is pushed before anything more happens (before the software starts forming a jury). Just so 7 people don't end up wasting their time, and to save the alerter a lot of embarrassment (however richly deserved).

Thanks in advance!

[cbayer]

1. SOP alerts go to a group of hosts. You can't cancel but you can

send a second alert explaining that you made a mistake. It sounds like you were sending an SOP (Statement of Purpose) if you were concerned that it was in the wrong place.

If you did send a "disruptive, hurtful, rude, etc" alert, that would go to a jury and there is no way to cancel or let them know you made a mistake.

[progree]

2. Good. Thanks. Yes, I meant to and probably did send a SOP alert. No mail in my Inbox, Whew!

so didn't go to a jury.

[petronius]

3. Actually, that's probably worse: when the Hosts get a misguided SoP Alert, they steal

your credit card numbers, soap your car windows, plant a couple grams of coke in your workplace, and feed laxatives to your dog. And you don't even want to know what they do if you make the mistake a second time...

[progree]

4. Yeah, its not good having forum hosts think I'm a douche bag. Oh well. nt

[petronius]

5. Ah, I can pretty much guarantee that nobody thinks you're a douche-bag

A minor mistake in an SoP alert isn't even a blip on the radar...

[progree]

6. Thanks, I appreciate that. nt

[Brigid]

7. I've wondered that myself,

Because more than once I've almost sent alerts accidentally. And a few of the juries I've been on, I've honestly wondered if the alert was a mistake.

[progree]

8. "wondered if the alert was a mistake" - yes, and sometimes those are the hardest for the jurors

at least this sometimes juror, when I scratch my head and read up and down the thread (looking for context or something that might give me a clue) trying to figure out what might be so bad about an only slightly bad post.