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PatrickforO

(14,516 posts)
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 01:08 AM Mar 2016

I have served on a bunch of juries here at DU and generally think this is a good system.

However, for about the last 6 or 8 times I've been asked to serve, I click on take me there I know what I'm doing, and get this:

Thank you for choosing to serve. Unfortunately, that Jury is full.
Our community relies on people like you to help maintain a certain level of civil discourse, and we very much appreciate your willingness to spend some time serving on a Jury. Unfortunately, there was a glitch with our software and too many people were asked to serve on this Jury. We apologize for the inconvenience. We hope to fix this problem soon.

You remain eligible to serve on a Jury, and could be asked again at any time. When that happens, we hope that you will choose to serve again at that time. (Hopefully next time our software will not let you down.)

Thank you for your time, and thank you for your understanding.


Are any of the rest of you getting this message? Just wondering...

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I have served on a bunch of juries here at DU and generally think this is a good system. (Original Post) PatrickforO Mar 2016 OP
That happens to me, too. In the last 5 out of 6. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2016 #1
Yes, often. I just assumed that they over select Kittycat Mar 2016 #2
OK, cool. I'm just glad I'm not alone here. PatrickforO Mar 2016 #4
I've gotten that message three times in the past 24 hours. lpbk2713 Mar 2016 #3
Indeed. I've gotten that when clicking on jury requests right away... villager Mar 2016 #6
I have, but I always think I was just late before noticing the blue banner. rusty quoin Mar 2016 #5
Me too angstlessk Mar 2016 #7
If you need x people quickly, you ask 2x people and first come, first picked. Binkie The Clown Mar 2016 #8
Sometimes mirt bans trolls while the jury is starting. Then you get that message uppityperson Mar 2016 #9
I get it on occasion Scootaloo Mar 2016 #10
I like the system Yupster Mar 2016 #11
It happens now and then. Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #12
Happened to me three times today, but not before today. nt tblue37 Mar 2016 #13
Yes, it could be a glitch. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #14

Kittycat

(10,493 posts)
2. Yes, often. I just assumed that they over select
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 01:12 AM
Mar 2016

to try and fill them quickly. Of course I could be totally wrong.

lpbk2713

(42,696 posts)
3. I've gotten that message three times in the past 24 hours.
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 01:13 AM
Mar 2016


And I didn't waste any time in clicking "yes I will serve".

Like you, I was thinking about posting something about it. Frankly, I was wondering if there was a new way of filtering and selecting jurors that I wasn't supposed to know about.

 

villager

(26,001 posts)
6. Indeed. I've gotten that when clicking on jury requests right away...
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 01:15 AM
Mar 2016

..and was wondering if DU overbooks like an airline, now...

 

rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)
5. I have, but I always think I was just late before noticing the blue banner.
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 01:15 AM
Mar 2016

My usual response is leave it alone anyways. I like to think of us Democrats open to discourse.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
8. If you need x people quickly, you ask 2x people and first come, first picked.
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 01:32 AM
Mar 2016

The rest are thanked and sent on their way.

Just like when you get a jury duty notice from the local courthouse, but end up never being called to serve on a jury. It keeps the system moving quickly and smoothly to pick from a larger pool than you actually need.

uppityperson

(115,674 posts)
9. Sometimes mirt bans trolls while the jury is starting. Then you get that message
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 02:09 AM
Mar 2016

Alert gets sent, jurors get notification, mirt bans Troll, you get that message.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
10. I get it on occasion
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 02:44 AM
Mar 2016

If I understand the "system" correctly, it's what happens when someone makes a note to their friends that they sent an alert, and all those friends hammer their browsers' refresh buttons like a bunch of woodpeckers on speed.

Yupster

(14,308 posts)
11. I like the system
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 02:58 AM
Mar 2016

and I really do take the duty seriously. I've voted to hide one and left all the rest alone.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
14. Yes, it could be a glitch.
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 04:41 AM
Mar 2016

Someone else said they were getting that message frequently, it happened to me twice.

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