No more jury duty for me

[tiredtoo]

Well i see based on the new rules i will no longer be selected for jury duty. This is both good and bad. Good because i do not have to serve on jury duty anymore and bad because i sorta enjoyed it.
I come to this site daily for insight and knowledge but post infrequently. a lurker is what they call it. Not sure how many posts i have but sure it is less than 1000.

[actslikeacarrot]

1. Me neither.

Don't have 1000 posts and my star lapsed a while ago. I'm still planning on donating again soon, but the 1000 posts thing still applies. Not that big of a loss but I i considered myself an excellent jurist. IMHO, naturally. 😊

[PJMcK]

7. I bet you are an excellent jury member

Please hang in there and see my post #6 below.

[uppityperson]

2. The number after your name in this post is 789

[bigwillq]

3. You have 789 posts

The #of posts is to the right of your screen name.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. The jury thing is a joke.

You aren't missing anything.

[edhopper]

5. I'm not a Star member

so no jury for me.

[PJMcK]

6. Hang in there, tiredtoo

Look at my post count: I think this is like #502. I, too, have enjoyed serving on juries and as a moderately-minded man, I try to be open minded and reasonable.

I've been reading Democratic Underground since just after it first came online but I didn't join until around 2006. I really didn't start posting until the last year because I didn't want to get involved in the many arguments that some of the members sincerely enter into. Actually, I still don't. But I've donated some money whenever I could.

Here's what I'm going to do: post a lot over the next week. Kick up my post count; you're closer than I am to the 1,000 posting threshold. I'll be sincere, honest and supportive in each of my posts. Let's follow the website rules. I hope to serve on a jury or more with you!

And always support the Democratic candidates. We need to take out the Republicans in November!

[patricia92243]

8. You will need to make a donation to get a gold star. Reaching 1k should

not be too hard. You are almost there.

[DVRacer]

9. Over a year and a way to go.

[tiredtoo]

10. ok i will make a donation soon.

Does this count as a post or do i have to start a new thread.

[pintobean]

12. +1

out the yin-yang.

[pintobean]

11. The new system looks boring as hell

I don't think people will be buying stars to participate.

[HuckleB]

13. I'm not allowed to donate, so I have no gold star, so...

Still, while the changes are probably improvements, I am somewhat underwhelmed. It does stop the ugly responses by jurors, which were often worse than the offending OP. Still, I'm not sure it will stop ugly posts getting a pass, because they support a popular notion, and mild posts getting hidden because support a less popular notion. We shall see.