In the old days, we had mods here on DU.

[DonCoquixote]

10. I hate to agree with you

As I thought the jury system would democratize the whole process, but sadly, a group of would be elite and thugs made sure the jury system was abused. It gets bad when people say "one more ban and that (insert feminist here) gets banned!"

At the very least, there are two reforms that need having:

One, get RID of that "no explanation given" crap. That is often the tool of people who act in collusion and do NOT want to get caught! If you can rule on someone, you can at least EXPLAIN WHY. The sort of people who are afraid to explain their decisions are the sort of people that should not be given the power to make decisions over a person's fate!

Second, if you cannot bring back the mod system make the mods the ones that JUDGE who gets banned. There should be someone NOT in the grip of a hackable system (which the juries are) to act as a failsafe.

The sad fact is, DU is no less manipulated than other forums, more so because we have caught conservatives red-handed. Worse yet, there is a faction that may be liberal to the extent that the GOP elephant's tusk gores their behind, but are willing to see others they do not like get stomped. These are often (though not always) the folk that hiss like vampires at the mention of "privilege"

rarely will I vote to bring back old evils, but frankly we do need the lunge as a separator between silly and serious threads. Granted, the line between the two can be thin; a thread about sports can easily be relevant to politics, but let a mod decide that. The Jury system has turned Duers against each other,which is exactly what the shit stirrers want.