Atheists & Agnostics

Rob H.

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47. I know alerts are anonymous insofar as DU members don't see who sent them...

Mon May 5, 2014, 03:57 PM

May 2014

but can admins (rather than hosts) see alerters' identities? If so, I like to think if they saw a pattern emerging among a small group of people that showed them alerting on the same poster(s) to get their posts hidden, they'd step in and either put them on forced ignore or at least send each member of the group a PM and tell them to knock it off under threat of forced ignore or even getting PPRed. Following a person from group to group and then waiting for him to post something that might be alert-worthy is creepily like cyberstalking, not to mention unbelievably childish, imo. It also makes DU suck.

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Hey Kids! We just got alert-nannied in our safe haven yet again. [View all] Warren Stupidity May 2014 OP

Wow, that got alerted on AND hidden, in the AA group? arcane1 May 2014 #1

Sad LostOne4Ever May 2014 #2

And here I was thinking Rob H. May 2014 #3

Hey! I just had my Humor Module upgraded! onager May 2014 #33

Sad. deucemagnet May 2014 #4

Oh well.... pokerfan May 2014 #5

A few thugs will not keep me away from DU. Curmudgeoness May 2014 #8

Well, no, but that is a disgrace! mr blur May 2014 #14

Interesting thing popped into my head Curmudgeoness May 2014 #23

Don't stoop to that level. It's not worth it. deucemagnet May 2014 #26

a better idea... defacto7 May 2014 #37

Just wanted to let you know this was Alerted on. DURHAM D May 2014 #25

Wow, no shame whatsoever. deucemagnet May 2014 #28

Isn't that so typical. Curmudgeoness May 2014 #29

Love the privileged group claiming slurs Lordquinton May 2014 #34

Well, you'd better all just keep away from me, mr blur May 2014 #43

'I've just been out of DU for three weeks... Rob H. May 2014 #44

You have pretty much summed up my feelings on the matter. cleanhippie May 2014 #71

One of the big problems with the jury system Curmudgeoness May 2014 #6

In other news, the sky is still blue. trotsky May 2014 #7

And in the meantime, actual defenses of homophobia in said organization are allowed to stand. JoeyT May 2014 #9

the whole thing about those of us who called the pope out on his bigotry LostOne4Ever May 2014 #11

Agreed nil desperandum May 2014 #42

But really now, does the pope even exist? Lordquinton May 2014 #46

It seems that some of the religionistas skepticscott May 2014 #10

Agreed. JNelson6563 May 2014 #32

WTF?! Arugula Latte May 2014 #12

Also, I would suggest to everyone in A&A: fill up your jury blacklist, judiciously. Arugula Latte May 2014 #13

I wholeheartedly concur. n/t trotsky May 2014 #15

How do you do that? stone space May 2014 #16

Click on "My Account" Arugula Latte May 2014 #17

You don't need to be a star member, deucemagnet May 2014 #18

Right. Thanks. I edited that right as you were replying. Arugula Latte May 2014 #19

Whoops! Sorry. n/t deucemagnet May 2014 #21

Thanks! stone space May 2014 #20

A few religionists are on some sort of crusade Warpy May 2014 #22

I think that every time we post here Curmudgeoness May 2014 #24

Feel free to cut and paste Warpy May 2014 #27

Please tell me that isn't possible! Curmudgeoness May 2014 #30

Well, of course Warpy May 2014 #31

Aw, poor babies. Iggo May 2014 #35

Honestly you fun lovin' A&A ers defacto7 May 2014 #36

So what? skepticscott May 2014 #39

Indeed, the goal is to exercise the auto-ban feature of DU 3.1 on us awful atheists, and to use Warren Stupidity May 2014 #45

I know alerts are anonymous insofar as DU members don't see who sent them... Rob H. May 2014 #47

good luck with that. Warren Stupidity May 2014 #48

That can't be! trotsky May 2014 #49

That sucks Rob H. May 2014 #50

I agree with you... defacto7 May 2014 #52

Not sure what straw man you're talking about skepticscott May 2014 #53

I don't take the abuse lightly... defacto7 May 2014 #56

That's ridiculous! TxDemChem May 2014 #38

That cartoon is great and so full of truth amuse bouche May 2014 #40

This one? progressoid May 2014 #57

.... Goblinmonger May 2014 #59

Post removed Post removed May 2014 #60

Yep amuse bouche May 2014 #61

So it seems they couldn't get the cartoon hidden this time Goblinmonger May 2014 #63

Gotta admire their persistence. trotsky May 2014 #64

Great response, though! nt mr blur May 2014 #65

Wow. progressoid May 2014 #67

"Classy act" amuse bouche May 2014 #68

The alerter is like the one that gets bent out of shape when the topic comes up. cleanhippie May 2014 #73

Nice! cleanhippie May 2014 #72

Apparently we can still rec that op Rainforestgoddess May 2014 #41

Shouldn't the jury be made up of members of the group... truebrit71 May 2014 #51

It does seem like there should be a different review process skepticscott May 2014 #54

nope. All posts everywhere have to meet "community standards". Warren Stupidity May 2014 #55

Well that's pretty effing stupid... truebrit71 May 2014 #58

Hilarious and so right on amuse bouche May 2014 #62

OK, so �safe haven� on DU frogmarch May 2014 #66

Yep. defacto7 May 2014 #69

I kinda expected it to be alerted on, and considered adding a note to the jury... cleanhippie May 2014 #70