I noticed that I hadn't seen any posts from Beam Me Up Scottie

[1monster]

in a while, so I checked. Her last post was April 18, nearly a month ago.

Does anyone know if she is okay?

[Mbrow]

1. I believe she was tombstoned or big time out

I'm sure others here can add better info as I'm in and out a lot. I did catch a "free BMS" post and added her Avatar to my sig line. on a side note I've not been called for jury duty in over a month even though I'm at 90%. also I seeing people with 11-12 hides still posting, guess who they support?

[1monster]

2. According to her profile, she is an active member.

[Blue_In_AK]

3. I haven't been called for jury duty

in quite a while either despite no hides and 100% chance of serving.

[truebrit71]

16. Same here. Quite clear what's going on.

...

[QC]

18. Me too. And yeah, it's perfectly obvious. n/t

[Electric Monk]

32. I thought it was just me until I saw this subthread. I posted a thread in AtA

asking

Have you quietly been disabling jury duty from Bernie supporters, but their profiles still say yes?

I thought maybe it was just me until I saw http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280195812#post3

I wonder if I'll get an answer?

[QC]

33. He usually just deletes questions he doesn't want to answer,

and I'm pretty sure that's one he would prefer to avoid.

It's been going on for a while, and it's why trolly crap like this gets to stay up.

Don't you think it's the most amazing coincidence that the "amnesty" and jury pool manipulation happened just in time for Brock's army 'o trolls project? But hey, you can't catapult the propaganda when all the propagandists get suspended.

[Blue_In_AK]

34. Wow, that's pretty bad.

This whole issue of not having us on juries is ridiculous, at least in my case, because I hardly ever voted to hide a post unless it was completely over the top. I might have hid the one you linked to, though.

[Electric Monk]

38. I got an answer, and yes, they have been quietly disabling some posters from jury duty

with no notification or explanation, and no indication in the user's profile either. It'll still say

Jury
Willing to serve on Juries: Yes
Chance of serving on Juries: X% (explain)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125910326#post1

[Blue_In_AK]

40. It kind of pisses me off

because I've always been more than fair, giving an explanation for my reasoning and not hiding a post unless someone was name-calling or bullying another DUer. I can't tell you how many posts I let stand even though I disagreed vehemently. I think it's kind of sad that they discriminate against some of us who have been here 12 years or more. Oh, well, I'll probably be gone from here anyway, or hiding out in the photo group, if Hillary is the nominee.

I did comment to the administrators that I was being called extremely often, sometimes two or three times a day, but I didn't mean for them to remove me from the jury pool entirely.



After reading your conversation with Skinner and the announcement, which I hadn't read, I must come to the conclusion that I wasn't voting to hide enough posts. I thought I was being very even-handed. Oh, well...

[Bjorn Against]

29. Same here, 3 weeks without being called to a jury

[Kittycat]

35. I haven't been called for one in ages, either.

I hide in 12 yrs. maybe 2mo ago? It's been a while.

I miss BMUS as well.

[riderinthestorm]

41. More than 2 months for me too. I have 1 hide

We've been here a long time and haven't abused the jury system or we'd have been outed as jerks long before this.

Pretty sad.

[Capt. Obvious]

42. I get called almost once a day

Usually when I log in I have a blue jury notification.

[Blue_In_AK]

43. That's how it was for me for months,

but apparently I've been blacklisted now. One hidden post in almost 12 years, and I've been a star member the entire time,

[MissDeeds]

4. I haven't been called for jury duty

in ages - maybe two months. For a long time, I was doing jury duty once or twice a day.

I'm really sorry about Scottie, too. She was one of the best posters here, and she is really missed. I hope she pops up at JackPineRadicals.

Nice of you to add her avatar to your sig line.

Strange times here at DU, and not for the better.

[stage left]

8. I miss BMUS, too.

I hope she's just taking her own personal time out from the madness and will be posting again soon.

[LiberalElite]

6. No Jury duty for me either i'm at 80%

last JD was April 11. It used to be virtually daily, even more than once a day. I finally emailed ATA last Wed. politely asking what's up and have yet to receive a response. I understand that they have no "obligation" to answer questions. Far be it from me, a Sanders supporter, to expect one from them.

[Babel_17]

23. April 18 was my last time

I'm at a 100% chance of serving, and before that I was getting called on every two to three days.

[Blue_In_AK]

36. My last jury service was March 17.

Before that it was virtually every day. I did inquire on 2/25 about why I was getting called two or three times a day and received this reply on March 2: "I think there may be a glitch with the exclusion time after jury service. We need to check it out." I guess they glitched me right out of the pool.

[dorkzilla]

37. Interesting...I'm at 100% and haven't been called since April 11th

I was on several a day for a while there. Now...crickets.

[Bernin4U]

24. Damn, I'm at 86%, getting called every 20 mins

Or so it seems anyway. Can't really complain -- at least get to see a lot of garbage hide attempts.

[uppityperson]

25. Check under "my account" because this happened to me and somehow the "unwillingness" part had gotten

clicked on. It's happened to several people, not sure how.

[LiberalElite]

27. That happened to me once- i switched it back to YES. It's still at YES eom

[truebrit71]

22. Strange isn't it...

[silvershadow]

5. It is probably high time that certain people come clean about

what is really seemingly going on around here.

[LiberalElite]

7. Isn't it obvious? eom

[silvershadow]

9. yes. nt

[LiberalElite]

10. What else will be

obvious is next Valentine's Day fundraising time when they suffer a severe shortage of heart purchases.

[MissDeeds]

11. I think the writing is on the wall

We do have other options; maybe it's time we take them.

I'm not sure if DU has changed or if the bias has become more blatant, probably the latter.

The admins should just rename it Hillary Central and be done with it.

[silvershadow]

12. To be fair to them, this is a private business. They can do what

they want. I also can do whatever I want. JR is always there for me if need be.

[MissDeeds]

14. Yes, they can do what they want

But they should be honest about it. Here on Democratic Underground, some Democrats are more equal than others. It's misleading and disingenuous to call it "Democratic Underground" when the site clearly favors Third Way or neo-liberal pols.

[PFunk1]

13. You're not the only one who's seeing this

That's why more and more non-Clinton DU'er are now just lurking and/or leaving for other more friendly sites. I expect this will increase if she gets the nod. But I agree. This is their site. And it's their right if they want to have it's this way-even if it costs them posters.

[MissDeeds]

15. I agree

Please see my post above which explains my position (#14).

[LiberalElite]

28. But I agree - the "Underground" part

tends to give an impression of at least MILD anti-Establishment sentiment. Perhaps that was true at the outset. Now it's just cynical play-acting on their part. Democratic Establishment HQ would be more honest.

[Nanjeanne]

17. No jury for me either at 100% and I was constantly asked up until about 2 wks ago

[truebrit71]

20. Yup. I used to get called almost every time I logged in.

Now, not a single one in weeks. Wonder how that happened....

[dflprincess]

21. Now that you mention it, I haven't had a jury request lately either

and, like you, I used to get them almost every time I logged in.

[MerryBlooms]

39. Bernie supporter here 100% and my last jury was Apr 22, 2016.

Before the gap, it was one or two a day. I can't recall a single post I've made against either Democratic candidate... I try my best to be fair when called for a jury. I've excused myself a few times because I thought the alerted posts were so juvenile, I just didn't want to deal with them. That may be it.

Maybe there have been less alerts...?

[2banon]

19. I don't know either, but I'm glad you asked. I miss her too.

Hope she's ok..

[senz]

26. I find the situation with her so weird that I asked about it in Welcome & Help

without naming any names.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125611351

The answers weren't very satisfying.

The other DUer who was gone but on "Active" status for months came back a couple of weeks ago but seemed sort of changed.

I really like BMUS; she was one of the people who made me feel welcome here, and she was always, always nice. I PM'd her here and on JPR -- no reply. i asked around but no one had heard from her (one person didn't answer my question).

I really miss her and hope she knows how much she was and is valued. I wish she'd at least let someone know she's okay.

[magical thyme]

30. BMUS is alive and well at another forum

with a different name altogether.

BMUS acknowledged herself just once at another site, probably to avoid stalkers following her. Posted there as recently as this morning.

[1monster]

31. Thank you!

Glad toknow she is okay.