Skinner just fired the first warning shot.

[trumad]

Prepping for the inevitable.

Oh and by the way...I'll be hanging around for a while.

[livetohike]

1. Good to see you back!

[Cary]

2. I'm back

Will I be alert stalked again? We shall see.

[ismnotwasm]

3. Skinner just took the reason for alert stalking away

So hopefully not.

[1StrongBlackMan]

4. So am I ... Wondering the same damned thing! n/t

[Cary]

10. Welcome back buddy.

[NurseJackie]

15. Hi! Welcome back! Missed ya!

[Iliyah]

17. Damn Jackie I like your vids

[NurseJackie]

20. :-D

[leftofcool]

22. So glad your back

[LexVegas]

5. I'm back too. nt

[Cary]

13. Welcome back.

[NurseJackie]

16. Hooray!! Welcome back! Missed ya!

I'm curious ... did you get any sort of email or PM or automatic notification letting you know the time-out had been lifted? (Or did you just read-about it with the main announcement.)

[1StrongBlackMan]

21. There was an automated notification PM.

[LisaM]

31. Hey! You're back too!

[Cha]

32. Surprise! You're Free!

So good to see all of you back, 1StrongBlackMan.. it was despicable what happened.

[1StrongBlackMan]

33. In the words of Hawk (Avery Brooks) ...

"I'm always available, but NEVER free."

[Walk away]

35. Me Too!

Welcome back for what it's worth.

[Treant]

6. It seemed a bit tepid

compared to, say, Kos' changes.

But I suppose the revisions will continue as the primary season winds to a conclusion.

[Walk away]

36. Kos did a great job!

Who knows what to expect in this place.

[mcar]

7. Welcome back, everyone!

[ProudToBeLiberal]

8. Guys, I am back! Praise Skinner for allowing us with 5 hides to post.

I missed this place so much. There was so many things I wanted to say and share. Thank you skinner!

[Cary]

11. Welcome back.

[DemonGoddess]

9. Welcome back everyone!

[Surya Gayatri]

12. The shot heard 'round the world wide web....

[stonecutter357]

14. K&R!

[Iliyah]

18. I'm giddy

Welcome back everyone!

[yardwork]

19. Welcome back everyone! There should be no reason for alert stalking now.

The takeaway is that Admins will be reading each and every alert, and they will be taking away juror privileges from anybody who (a) votes not to hide "worst-of-the-worst" posts or (b) votes to hide an "innocuous" post. Skinner didn't give any further definition of those two criteria, so I think he assumes that we'll know them when we see them. I assume that this same criteria will be applied to alerts themselves - in other words, people who alert on "innocuous" posts might lose posting privileges.

This, with Skinner taking away 5-hide suspensions, not only takes away any reason to alert stalk, it makes alert stalking dangerous for the stalker. I would think twice about alerting on any post that might be construed by Admin as "innocuous."

I'm glad to know that this should stop the alert stalking.

[1StrongBlackMan]

24. I wonder how many DUers are suddenly sad? eom.

[KittyWampus]

40. It's amazing to see how many HRC supporters are coming back in from the cold...

including myself.

I only had one day left to my time-out. LOL

[Hekate]

23. Welcome back to everyone!

Lots of work to be done.

[SunSeeker]

25. So glad to see you back, trumad!

[Firebrand Gary]

26. So good to see all these names, hey everyone!

[Squinch]

27. Great to see everyone! but I did just test the "new DU" by alerting on an obvious and nasty

personal attack on Bains. Of course it was not hidden.

Also, the poster of the most epically disgusting post ever to be posted on DU is still a member in good standing. I'm talking about the one who likes to talk about having sex with dogs.

Soooo..... there's still work to do.

[CajunBlazer]

29. Some of those juriors are probably not planning to be around long anyway

[Squinch]

30. A lot of the bros did show up very recently and rack up a lot of posts quickly. Hmmmmmm....

[Codeine]

34. Wait. What the fuck?

Tell me you're joking. Nobody posts that sorting thing, do they?

[Squinch]

39. Why, yes. Yes they do:

Here is where you can read that kind of thing, right here on DU:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1107&pid=30492

Here's an excerpt:

On second thought I take that big FUCK YOU back. I wouldn't fuck you even with someone else's dog's cock. You have proven yourself to be utterly and irretrievably morally repugnant. You have stooped to depths that are lower than whale shit in the fucking Marianas trench. There's a lot of pressure down there for anyone with a shred of fucking decency but once your balls are shriveled to the obvious pinhead size it affects the brain and there's little left than to attempt to smear the shit on the walls when it didn't stick whilst you were flinging it.

The poster was a Bernie supporter, the person he was talking to was a Hillary supporter, so our brethren decided it was just fine and dandy, and left it. The poster was so proud of it he put it into his journal. Four people who pointed out that it was gross were hidden, but the writer was never hidden.

DU has a lot more to do before it can be considered rehabilitated.

[Codeine]

41. Well fuck me.

That's just about as low as it gets. What an asshole.

[Squinch]

42. No, no! That's considered a good DUer these days.

The admins were alerted to the post multiple times, so if they thought it was bad, I'm sure they would have done something about it. But nary a word. They are just FINE with it!

[Coolest Ranger]

28. Glad to have you back

and I'm so glad he did.

[riversedge]

37. :-)

[Tarc]

38. A post in GD:P just now...

...was soliciting others to build up alerts and hides in order to silence one side of the debate here. I alerted, but someone beat me to it by mere seconds, and it was successfully hidden.

That was great news, and I think a corner has been turned today at the DU, steering this place away from an abyss.

[pandr32]

43. So awesome! People are coming back!!!

Our community will blossom just like Spring outside. Such a relief!
Welcome home everybody!

[Bleacher Creature]

44. How the hell is this one ok?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280150497