Why all the alerts?

[BigDemVoter]

EVERY time I come to DU, I am asked to be part of a jury. . . . I used to be asked maybe once or twice per every 2 months?

I understand that emotions are running high, and it's difficult not to feel explosive under these circumstances. My irritability has definitely gotten worse.

I definitely supported Bernie. I am not happy about what's gone on. . . I definitely feel angry and betrayed. Nonetheless, I can't forget who the REAL enemy is, and his name is Donald Trump.

Whatever I feel about HRC right now is irrelevant. I'm voting for her. Do I love HRC? Nope. But I don't have to love Hillary to vote for her.

The facts are glaringly simple: Donald Trump is a huge danger to our country, whereas Hillary is NOT. Hillary, WHATEVER one may think of her, is brilliant. Hillary will have an extremely smart and capable cabinet. I don't even have a problem with Kaine, as I appreciate his anti-NRA stance, and I like the fact that he was a civil rights attorney. It's very, very difficult to find somebody who agrees 100%.

We need to stop fighting about this.

[leftstreet]

1. Alerting

Just kidding!

[yeoman6987]

10. I have had 3 juries today. A very rare occurance for me.

[phylny]

19. I have as well.

I used to have one every two days to one a day at the most. I had three already today.

[PatSeg]

33. I've been getting two or three a day lately

and I have to say, most of them amount to absolutely nothing. The past couple weeks, I think I voted to hide only one.

[ProfessorGAC]

42. Two Here

But, i'm not completely on board with the OP. The difference in a week seems a bit more, but not ridiculous.

I got called nearly every time i was on line. Now, it definitely is every time, sometime more than once or twice.

So, it's more, but not that much. Maybe i've been around so long that i still remember '04, '08' and '12. It doesn't seem any different than those years.

[progressoid]

65. I'm alerting your alert!

[HuckleB]

2. Free pizza for every three alerts.

I knew that would backfire.

[Calista241]

48. Lol. We get pizza for alerts? I've been missing out! n/t

[jonno99]

3. Agreed nt

[msongs]

4. lots of pot-stirrers are working the forum this morning nt

[hobbit709]

5. There are some who think they have the right to alert on anything they disagree with.

[Rex]

6. +1

[demmiblue]

16. +1

[guillaumeb]

26. It seems that way for me also. eom

[JesterCS]

31. Especially if it makes their candidate look bad

Can't have that on here

[Democat]

38. Yeah, or if they are trying to make Trump look good

Like some posters here.

[JesterCS]

60. If you're inferring

That I in any way support Trump, you can shove it where the sun doesn't shine. I would never vote for Trump, and all of the Bernie people supposedly voting for him over Clinton is a blatant lie, spread by MSM and other parties. When you find one or two people who say that, suddenly to you the whole lot are the same. You couldn't be more wrong

[Democat]

37. If someone is bashing Democrats, they deserve to be hidden/banned

Those are the rules. If you don't like them, there are plenty of other sites.

[ProfessorGAC]

44. But, That's Always Happened Hobbit

I agree with your sentiment, as i've been on a jury for many of what i thought were frivolous alerts. But, i'm not sure this is any different than the other primary and POTUS elections years we've been here.

[hobbit709]

46. What's different is that there seems to be a concerted effort to push group think this time.

[auntpurl]

69. By "group think", you mean "the rules of this website" I'm guessing. nt

[clarice]

53. this ^.nt

[mountain grammy]

71. Yeah, it really does look like that

with some of the juries I've been on. Troubling.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. I have at least 2 or 3 jury alerts a day the past couple days

and that is only if I happened to be on and hit refresh.

[63splitwindow]

8. World needs more lerts. How about some blerts or clerts though?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

36. zlerting.

the last word in lerts.

[Iggo]

9. Neither the winners nor the losers want to quit fighting the primary.

If they'd remember the PUMAs, they'd realize this too shall pass.

But they can't let it go.

[MissB]

11. This weekend I think I was getting

five or so a day. Only three so far today but the day is stills young

[arthritisR_US]

12. Yep, right now the amygdala has centre stage and prefrontal logic

has taken a back seat, hence the alerts. The hypersensitivity seems to have produced thin skins.

I trust things will settle down after November, I hope anyroad.

[MFM008]

13. yes almost everytime I sign on im asked to be on a jury

I figured it would be for my own comments...........................

[Wounded Bear]

14. Guilty...I alerted on one that was still arguing the primary.

Rules is rules.

[teach1st]

15. I turned off moderating last night

I coud read the tea leaves. I suspect I am not alone.

[HipChick]

17. I need to do that...

[demmiblue]

18. I did several weeks ago. n/t

[Spitfire of ATJ]

21. Not me. I get a chuckle over the absurdity of some of the alerts....

Some are attempts to disrupt but many demonstrate a total lack of reading comprehension.

Very few are even remotely alert worthy.

[trueblue2007]

22. I think that my alerts were not alert worthy !! I'm a good girl.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

23. That's no fun.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

20. You DO realize an alert was sent on this,....right?

[BigDemVoter]

24. Are you serious?

Wow. I wasn't imagining it. . .

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

39. Sure. commenting on alerts is alert-worthy.

it's Meta!

Wait, so's this.

Aaarrgh!

[Vattel]

70. I would alert on you, but your post is meta meta and so not meta

[Ilsa]

25. I've been on 4 or 5 I think...

Lots of malicious intruders from Putin's troll farms, I think.

[StraightRazor]

27. Wonderful post, thank you.

[coco77]

28. Because some here want to control others

Because they don't agree . I have been on two juries today . I also had a post removed today because I said Bernie was a Democrat.

[Democat]

35. No, people want right wing trolls to leave DU

It's about time for a cleanup.

[coco77]

57. Too late i could tell they were here..

a few years ago.

[BumRushDaShow]

29. I'm up to 5 now today. nt

[Texasgal]

30. Ugh. I hear you.

Seven today!!!

[ProfessorGAC]

45. Seven!

OK, that is a lot. I'm not seeing anywhere near that big an uptick. But, 7 is a whole bunch, and it's not even 1pm CDT.

[BigDemVoter]

58. wow-- I think that's a record!

[2naSalit]

32. I opted out months ago.

I was alert stalked during the middle of the primaries and decided I didn't want to play that part for a while... maybe I'll opt in after the election is over.

[Democat]

34. Because DU has been far to kind to right wing trolls

Look at the Democratic Convention to see where being nice to trolls will get you.

[GOLGO 13]

40. I don't care for the new system, so I know already how to respond to all the alerts

[Orrex]

43. And posting crazily hostile responses like that one.

[BigDemVoter]

49. Hmmm.

I think THIS behavior is just what we were discussing.

Thank you for providing such an excellent example.

[BigDemVoter]

47. I already got 3 more today! Argh!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

50. All the wanabee cops and spies are living out their dreams.

[hrmjustin]

51. I sit on 4 or 5 a day sometimes.

[Eleanors38]

63. Yes, I think... uh, excuse me. Jury duty calls....

[Warpy]

52. Soime alerters will accept nothing less than lockstep agreement

along with a minority of the people being alerted on.

We're going to be plagued with silly alerts until this mess (meaning the election) is over and the armchair quarterbacking is over.

I'm also a Bernie supporter. I'll always think he was the better candidate. However, I'm fine voting for Clinton with 80% of his platform. That's how politics works.

I'm absolutely thrilled to vote against Trump.

[clarice]

54. What I find troubling is the number of alerts simply for opposing the prevalent "group think" agenda

[Lottie5]

55. Why all the name calling?

The name calling around here is over-the-top and downright ugly.

[BigDemVoter]

59. It can be, but people are generally very nice here. Welcome to DU, Lottie5!

[Eleanors38]

62. Maybe they warm up in the Gungeon; you know, to see what works?

[newblewtoo]

56. I agree to the up tick

in jury duty but the new system seems pretty straight forward. Some have been very close to the line others violently over it. Look, it happens emotion and passions are running high and everyone takes out a little frustration from time to time. I like the new system. Like many here I read far more than I post because I don't always log in due to my connection.

[QC]

61. Some people can't let go of the primary fighting.

It's so much more fun than discussing, you know, issues and ideas and events.

Others hope to run off everyone who disagrees with them, apparently not considering that you can't really have meaningful discussion if everyone thinks exactly the same way, which leads to a really boring site. (Check out DU's traffic report on Alexia if you don't believe me, or just consider how long it takes a new thread to drop off the front page now as compared to a few weeks ago.)

[Warren DeMontague]

64. you've noticed that, too, huh?

[kcr]

66. Fewer people are qualified for the jury

Since they restricted who qualifies. I noticed the amount of times I got called for jury went way up after that changed. So, I don't think it's more alerts necessarily.

[marle35]

68. Right

A lot of people read DU but don't have a high post count. We used to be on the juries, but no longer. The rest of DU has to pick up the slack.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

67. I didn't support either candidate and was highly critical of both of them

None of my posts about Hillary were hidden, three of my posts about Bernie were and I would imagine many more if not all were alerted on.

My only hidden post prior to this mess was for suggesting the assholes who were shitting on an escalator should be flogged.