Announcements
Related: About this forumWe are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from April - July 2022
This discussion thread was locked by EarlG (a host of the Announcements group).
Volunteers who wish to help keep DU running smoothly should consider joining the Malicious Intruder Removal Team (MIR Team). The role of MIR Team members is simple: they are empowered to revoke the posting privileges of people who show up at DU with the intent to disrupt.
Members of the MIR Team are provided with tools to delete spam posted by people who have had their posting privileges revoked, but they are NOT responsible for removing community standards violations, locking threads, or dealing with violations of DU's Terms of Service wherever they may occur.
If you are a DU member with at least six months of membership, at least 1,000 posts, and proof of identity (ie. you are a Star member) then you can apply to be a member of the MIR Team.
How do I apply?
Simple: just post in this thread to let us know that you'd like to give it a try, and you could be selected by the Admins. There is no application form to fill out, and no confidentiality agreement to sign. MIR Team members do not have access to any privileged information about other DU members.
We plan to introduce the new MIR Team on Thursday April 21.
NOTE: If you are a current MIR Team member who is eligible to serve next term, please do not state your intentions in this thread. Instead, use the thread in the MIRT forum. Thanks.
cilla4progress
(25,438 posts)give it a whirl?!
ultralite001
(1,032 posts)Not nearly enough posts...
Sigh...
littlemissmartypants
(23,729 posts)The Mouth
(3,252 posts)SheltieLover
(58,584 posts)Ty!
MerryHolidays
(7,715 posts)(just renewed my Star membership).
Mr.Bill
(24,592 posts)mercuryblues
(14,780 posts)brer cat
(25,705 posts)P-Nutt
(64 posts)All for keeping things civil and on target
canetoad
(17,819 posts)Looking forward to it.
BlueGreenLady
(2,861 posts)Deuxcents
(18,511 posts)Cant remember the exact term but Im asked to determine if a poster is sending RW info, hateful comments of another poster..etc.
GP6971
(32,278 posts)monitors new signups up to 100 posts. Many new members sign up to spam the board and have no intent on contributing to the discussion. So the team bans them. Some new members join to disrupt the board by posting RW talking points and again, the team revokes their posting privileges. And the team acts on consensus...no one member can arbitrarily ban someone unless the the offense is so egregious.
Being on MIRT is very interesting. You'll get to see what goes on "behind the scenes"....things most members don't see. It is an eye opener.
Deuxcents
(18,511 posts)Thanks for thinking of me
llashram
(6,269 posts)ificandream
(10,192 posts)Akoto
(4,268 posts)I'm also a community moderator and was a juror, so I am not evil, I swear. (That's what all the evil people say, I know)
JHB
(37,281 posts)Been a mod on DU2, was on MIRT once before but didn't feel I was giving it the time it needed. My schedule has changed since then, so let's see about this time.
mcar
(43,191 posts)intheflow
(28,788 posts)After a 14 or 15 year hiatus.
lees1975
(5,159 posts)Zeitghost
(4,248 posts)I'd like to help out.
DashOneBravo
(2,679 posts)If you dont have enough.
If it comes down to me or someone who would be their first time. Let them go.
Edited : let the new people go first if they qualify. Does that make sense?
GP6971
(32,278 posts)Thanks for volunteering!
Texasgal
(17,136 posts)I'd be willing to help. I haven't served in a while.
LeftishBrit
(41,291 posts)Mortos
(2,411 posts)It's kind of my thing.
Fla Dem
(25,195 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,360 posts)I'm not going to be able to be as active in previous terms, but I definitely have a couple hours a day to help out.