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78. People having thicker skin????????

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Mon Dec 28, 2015, 09:17 PM

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You know what would stop the alert abuse in its tracks? [View all] grasswire Dec 2015 OP

It would cut down on alerts. femmocrat Dec 2015 #1

yep grasswire Dec 2015 #2

+1,000 malaise Dec 2015 #3

Would help, what would be even better is to have moderators and not juries. randys1 Dec 2015 #4

^^^^^^^This. Squinch Dec 2015 #9

Except when there was mods before tammywammy Dec 2015 #11

Then he had the wrong mods. I dont know the answer, what I do know is i have had many randys1 Dec 2015 #15

Harumph. I was a moderator on DU2. greatauntoftriplets Dec 2015 #27

DU has a unique position of stating they dont want rightwingers. Where I came from we didnt do that randys1 Dec 2015 #31

And Skinner and EarlG made those determinations. greatauntoftriplets Dec 2015 #39

Yes, DU2 mods were very impartial and took the job very seriously emulatorloo Dec 2015 #38

Hell it's going on now with mirt Egnever Dec 2015 #42

that should be taken up to the admins tammywammy Dec 2015 #47

Yes, this ^^^ Hekate Dec 2015 #14

Disagree, bad idea dreamnightwind Dec 2015 #85

Dumping the juries, going back to mods emulatorloo Dec 2015 #5

Especially during primary season Matariki Dec 2015 #18

THIS. The jury system here is brain damaged. Bring back real moderators. n/t backscatter712 Dec 2015 #34

That's one goode one... TreasonousBastard Dec 2015 #6

Good idea re mandatory explanation n/t emulatorloo Dec 2015 #8

I have been on DU since back in 2005. truedelphi Dec 2015 #32

I like truedelphi's idea SCantiGOP Dec 2015 #62

a mandatory explanation would make no difference - unless it made it worse muriel_volestrangler Dec 2015 #56

Originally, in another thread, I suggested an explanation only... TreasonousBastard Dec 2015 #84

Explanation with a (for instance) 100 character minimum. No just "I agree" or "me too." Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2015 #71

So tammywammy Dec 2015 #73

Point taken but I'd hope they could filter for something like that if it came up often. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2015 #77

Agree with that one skepticscott Dec 2015 #89

There is value in alerters being anonymous because ... VMA131Marine Dec 2015 #7

This is why DU needs real moderators instead of juries. backscatter712 Dec 2015 #36

it would cut down on alert abuse w0nderer Dec 2015 #10

Real liberals dont do hit lists. Not a problem if you vet the mods. randys1 Dec 2015 #53

real liberals might not w0nderer Dec 2015 #87

That would just create revenge alerting tammywammy Dec 2015 #12

Good point. TreasonousBastard Dec 2015 #86

Limiting the number of alerts to a few per week. alphafemale Dec 2015 #13

Moderators? Matariki Dec 2015 #16

Yes and maybe 10 day ban for serial katsy Dec 2015 #17

This I think would be better Egnever Dec 2015 #48

2 alerts from the same alerter per day /// 5 alerts from the same alerter per week. BlueJazz Dec 2015 #19

There are many people with multiple IDs on the DU Omaha Steve Dec 2015 #52

And silly me, to think that was a banable offense nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #57

Didn't know that. I thought the powers that be checked the IP address for duplicates. BlueJazz Dec 2015 #58

Is there a way to get around that or is it not checked often? Omaha Steve Dec 2015 #63

If you think someone is doing that you should contact the admins tammywammy Dec 2015 #65

The trick is know who has which multiple IDs Omaha Steve Dec 2015 #68

They can put in an IP block tammywammy Dec 2015 #69

Something like that plus a max # of times an alerter can alert on the same poster per month. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2015 #76

Sounds quite fair and reasonable. FarPoint Dec 2015 #20

I wish that when a post gets alerted on, the jury actually looked only at the offending post not who demtenjeep Dec 2015 #21

I look at the post in context. ohnoyoudidnt Dec 2015 #29

Should have been done ages ago LittleBlue Dec 2015 #22

I'm all for it with one caveat: Brother Buzz Dec 2015 #23

Skinner has discussed this before in AtA tammywammy Dec 2015 #24

Would probably worsen alert stalking. LoveIsNow Dec 2015 #25

A solution looking for a problem oberliner Dec 2015 #26

I agree. Lately, I've been signing my alerts. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2015 #28

I've never understood how anyone can get so upset at words... ileus Dec 2015 #30

Simple answer is always vote "Leave it" if the alert isn't signed. Own the alert of lose the jury... ileus Dec 2015 #33

I would be okay with this rpannier Dec 2015 #35

as of late the juries i have been on seem to have been more valid dembotoz Dec 2015 #37

To be honest ejbr Dec 2015 #40

Gaming of the jury system? pintobean Dec 2015 #41

Limiting the number of alerts ... Whiskeytide Dec 2015 #43

The jury should have a button to alert on the alerter for alerting on a post that's not alertible. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #44

I'm for it also TexasProgresive Dec 2015 #45

I like the idea of the profile stating the number of alerts... Whiskeytide Dec 2015 #50

I recently posted my ideas about improving the jury system TexasProgresive Dec 2015 #55

I like them all... Whiskeytide Dec 2015 #60

I just try and stay out of the whole thing. I have no patience for it, so I am no help at all... CTyankee Dec 2015 #46

There is no actual evidence that the jury system is being succesfully gamed... Kaleva Dec 2015 #49

Then you haven't been paying attention.... blackspade Dec 2015 #70

no, i agree w skinner. mopinko Dec 2015 #51

Autoposting of the jury results on all alerts. eggplant Dec 2015 #54

^^^This^^^ n/t DeadLetterOffice Dec 2015 #74

All for it. blackspade Dec 2015 #59

Admin intervention is required. bl968 Dec 2015 #61

This whole alert system kinda nyabingi Dec 2015 #64

No. It would spawn revenge alerts, turn into meta with threads about the alerter neverforget Dec 2015 #66

Sounds good to me. LuvNewcastle Dec 2015 #67

Ditto! SoapBox Dec 2015 #72

The admins can see who alerts what already. n/t tammywammy Dec 2015 #75

People having thicker skin???????? Hotler Dec 2015 #78

The admins see who alerts... MerryBlooms Dec 2015 #79

Fair point. FailureToCommunicate Dec 2015 #82

They will never ever do that nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #80

Alert abuse is rampant here. Utopian Leftist Dec 2015 #81

Absolutely! xloadiex Dec 2015 #83

Locking GP6971 Dec 2015 #88