I received an e-mail alerting me that I had a post removed.

Could you ask the question on general discussion ???

I thought it was 12 hours.

I have not had a post removed for years, so I have forgotten.

Thank you in advance.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=modsystem

I'm not sure everything on that page is up to date (for example nobody can view the hidden post any more and they can't even see who posted it), but in general that is how things work.

It specifically stated that I could not start a new discussion thread in the forum in which my post was hidden for one hour after the jury result.

Thanks for your input.

But you might be in a perfect position to determine the amount of time the restriction lasts.

Try posting a new thread in that forum when it has been 55 minutes after the jury result came in, and if you can't then try again at an hour and a minute or so after the jury hide. If you still can't post a new thread, you'll have to decide if you want to continue trying to determine the time.

or I get snarky remarks or I get kicked off from posting on the subject. This goes on and on. Now I just answer to someone's post. Safer for me.

..so I will bring up new topics on Twitter instead.

sometimes people want to carry on whatever got them in trouble

I didn't know the post would get me in trouble.

alerts can be more subjective but sometimes you make mistakes or the jury does, don't sweat it - or if you think it was completely off base you can appeal - just follow the instructions in the message you got.

I would even be careful asking too many questions about it, sometimes people will alert on those as well. If it crosses into whining or "interfering with forum moderation" as it listed. (I think I have had a hide based on that )

I guess I didn't explain myself well and was accused of "Spreading right wing talking points".

The person who started the thread and who probably alerted accused me of something in the thread. However, I couldn't respond, cuz I was in time out. Oh well, if I can't make sense, it is probably best to drop the subject anyway.

I tried explaining to DU via my inbox, but they kept the post removed. So if management doesn't understand me, it wasn't worth trying explaining myself on a thread.

you should be considered for sainthood.

I wish they would have given me a warning, or ask me to remove it.

I don't think it broke the terms, but I don't want to argue.

Sometimes alerts are just ridiculous, and sometimes others just do not understand your post - then they misinterpret it. It is worth trying to appeal.

Transparency? Not much.

Feedback is what allows a system learn and improve. Adults, children, animals, societies, communities.

When alerting, there is no feedback on how the alert went. Some people even get put into limbo and their alerts are silently ignored.

If there was feedback on alerting, then we would have a better idea of what is acceptable to the community and to what degree. A 4-2 vote carries less weight than a 6-0 vote and the community would generate better alerts if outcomes were known.

Likewise, one never knows how close to the line one goes because there is no mail informing you that an alert occurred and how it played out. If I found that I had been alerted a couple of times at 3-3 or 2-4, then I would know to dial it back on that degree of contention. Likewise the couple of times I did have a post hidden I had no idea if what I wrote was considered bad, very bad, or a little naughty.

There is more secrecy in the system than is needed and it is counter-productive.

I always provided a comment. Rarely voted to remove a post, offering the complainer to rebut. That this is a discussion group. Wish I could do it now with so many itching fingers.

I was not given the option to change a word or two... Instead my whole post on the merits of free college was deleted. I have been on DU over 10 years... paid member when I could afford it. Really dissapointed in DU moderater but maybe on appeal it will be restored.

Because instead of being nice I made a bad comment about condelezza rice. I wrote it and was going to delete because I knew it was bad. But o let it rip.

That said, I had no problem it was removed.