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Related: About this forumWe are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from July - October 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 Tuesday, July 26.
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.
KS Toronado
(19,473 posts)BumRushDaShow
(141,428 posts)We are starting a long heatwave and it's too hot to be outside as it is!
NNadir
(34,548 posts)Kingofalldems
(39,196 posts)ancianita
(38,265 posts)Docreed2003
(17,729 posts)I kid, I kid
I was a member of MIRT in 2017. I learned so much, and would like to do it again!
Thank you,
sage
FakeNoose
(35,514 posts)I'm on DU almost every day, and I appreciate the hard work others are doing on our behalf. It's time for me to step up and take on some of the work. However I've never done MIRT so please give me instructions.
brer cat
(26,127 posts)willing to help you learn the ropes. I think you will enjoy it.
Rhiannon12866
(221,157 posts)You'll have plenty of support, as brer cat said, so no worries.
Spazito
(54,051 posts)Kingofalldems
(39,196 posts)Comfortably_Numb
(4,093 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,566 posts)live love laugh
(14,256 posts)Mersky
(5,169 posts)My schedule will be a bit weird through the first week of August, but thatll leave like 10 weeks of helping out my favorite site.
Behind the Aegis
(54,827 posts)Can't miss an opportunity to work with BumRushDaShow!
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Akoto
(4,272 posts)Lasher
(28,297 posts)Soph0571
(9,685 posts)ShazzieB
(18,526 posts)I know these next few months are going to be important ones and would like to help.
Rhiannon12866
(221,157 posts)MerryHolidays
(7,715 posts)and also during the November mid-terms. Suspect it "will be wild" to paraphrase a ketchup-flinging backseat-strangling former occupant of the White House.
Rhiannon12866
(221,157 posts)I sure hope you'll still be with us, too - we'll need all experienced MIRTers on board!
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KelleyKramer
(9,753 posts)Always glad to help the late night shift
Demsrule86
(70,981 posts)William769
(55,814 posts)marble falls
(61,996 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)I would be happy to help
Habitation
(5,679 posts)I would like to be on the MIR team this session as an act of service to the community that I love.