Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumAre you getting a ton of jury requests?
After a long hiatus, I've become active on DU in the past couple of weeks (mostly in the Hillary group), and I've gotten 7 or 8 jury requests in that time. That seems like a lot! (And in most cases, the alerts are completely frivolous, I only voted to hide one that was obvious spam).
Is this happening to others?
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)question everything
(47,476 posts)and I can see the bias in the jury system toward Sanders and against Hillary.
A similar post by Hillary supporter would get hidden, while Sanders supporter will have an easy sail.
mercuryblues
(14,531 posts)I took a post from the other group, replaced Sander's name with Clinton's and made an. It was hidden in 5 minutes, While the other one has been up for 2 weeks and almost 200 recs. Just to see if that was true.
What you say is true
George II
(67,782 posts)Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)That tells me that the number of alerts must be through the roof.
msongs
(67,405 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Mostly frivolous.
JustAnotherGen
(31,820 posts)If you stay out of the heated threads - you get called to them.
jsmirman
(4,507 posts)I had the same experience initially (long hiatus, lots of jury requests on returning), but for the price of speaking my mind they got me off the jury list, and quick. 4000+ posts with maybe one(?) hide among them, and then like 3 hides in as many days.
I, like many others here, have been driven down to 0% chance of serving on a jury.
It is depressing to see how many regular posters in this group are down to 0% chance of serving on a jury.
Yet another way the current jury system is broken - if you are a HRC supporter, you are very unlikely to be judged by a jury of your peers.
It's okay - Skinner is sleeping through this all. He'll get to it at some point in July. Once most of us have been driven away from the site.
comradebillyboy
(10,144 posts)Coolest Ranger
(2,034 posts)the last time I got invited to a lot of juries
Treant
(1,968 posts)My probability of jury service has dropped considerably, but it's still high enough for that.
I tend to vote to hide anything that violates the TOS. Perhaps not surprisingly, very few of those actually ever get hidden.
I'm starting to run out of patience, but that's OK. If I go, I devote that time to the campaign and the trolls lose even more.
just about everyday.
LisaM
(27,810 posts)Someone pointed out that one reference was more recent than another, and it was "interpreted" (I use the word very loosely) as being hurtful and insensitive.
mcar
(42,311 posts)I'm happy to do it - the jury system needs some semblance of balance.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)I get 2 per week. Depends on how much you log on
obamanut2012
(26,071 posts)Because of the HRC stuff, and am getting 2-3 a day, and I'm not on here all day.
fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)First two filled before I could get on, so I don't know what they were about.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)Normally I'll get 2-3 requests to serve in a month. I always figured that is because, even though I visit this site pretty much daily, I don't linger. I'm in and out 2-3 times a day.
For the past several weeks the requests have increased to as many as a dozen in a week, and as you say, the vast bulk of them are pure unadulterated horse manure. Unbelievably childish, moronic alerts.
I think, lately I've served on juries with some of the same people. Over the last week, in the comments of the "verdicts" I've seen it said, a few times, that those making these ridiculous alerts should be given time outs. I whole heartily agree, sadly. It's bad. Something needs done soon.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)Almost all of them in GD-P and at least half of those nothing but alert stalking.
The only reason I keep accepting jury requests is to try and reduce the number of stupid hides.
asuhornets
(2,405 posts)SharonClark
(10,014 posts)I was glad to participate because it made me feel that my opinion counted.
Ellen Forradalom
(16,160 posts)I'm an old-timer and a paid member.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,957 posts)Almost as soon as I click on the site
kerry-is-my-prez
(8,133 posts)Otherwise people think they can keep on bullying and insulting without impunity. I rarely alert though.
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)GP6971
(31,146 posts)Cha
(297,196 posts)not butting into our business.
I guess they didn't read William's pinned post @ the top of the page.. directed right directly @ them.
Carry on, LisaM
That's cray cray.
griffi94
(3,733 posts)i also just started coming back after a long break.
i expect it will calm back down pretty soon when
it becomes obvious that bernie isn't going to have the numbers.
UrbScotty
(23,980 posts)...but they were all full. "Thank you for choosing to serve. Unfortunately, that Jury is full."