Say hello to our new MIR Team!

[EarlG]

This discussion thread was locked by EarlG (a host of the Announcements group).

The job of the Malicious Intruder Removal Team is to ban people who join DU with the intent to disrupt. MIR Team members are volunteers, and they serve for a three-month term. The members serving on the current team were selected on a first-come-first-served basis. (Note that we do not select anyone whose Transparency page is displayed.)

If you are a member of the MIR Team, you should have access to the access-restricted Malicious Intruder Removal Forum. It should appear as a red folder on your Forums & Groups page, and in the left column of any page (if you view DU in "Standard" mode).

Thank you to everyone who volunteered!

The MIR Team, October 2012-January 2013

NEW THIS TERM

AtomicKitten
Autumn
azurnoir
bluesbassman
cbayer
Chemisse
cyberswede
gkhouston
hunter
JTFrog
Lucy Goosey
madrchsod
Ms. Toad
Nostradammit
NRaleighLiberal
OKNancy
one_voice
petronius
rug
seabeyond
SidDithers
Stinky The Clown
Terra Alta
uppityperson
William769

RETURNING FROM THE PREVIOUS TERM

Behind the Aegis
Bobbie Jo
EvolveOrConvolve
fishwax
Grateful for Hope
Hassin Bin Sober
Hatchling
hlthe2b
Kali
kdmorris
Texasgal
tkmorris
Vanje
Warren DeMontague
zappaman

Retiring members

aintitfunny
Broderick
CaliforniaPeggy
Control-Z
dmr
DURHAM D
Fearless
LeftishBrit
LiberalLoner
libodem
Little Star
Neoma
pinto
tammywammy
PassingFair
Paulie
Ruby the Liberal
ScreamingMeemie
The empressof all
tjwmason
TriMera
UrbScotty
Vincardog
Violet_Crumble
ZombieHorde

[William769]

1. ...

[onehandle]

2. They'll never get me. nt

[geckosfeet]

3. "hello to our new MIR team!"

Yes hello - and thanks for riding herd. This promises to be a wild election cycle.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Welcome to the team, new MIRT folk! And thanks to those who are continuing!

DU is in very good hands!

I enjoyed my term so much. It was truly eye-opening...

Go get 'em, everybody!

[Baitball Blogger]

8. My dear, your wisdom on MIRT shall be missed.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Now you've gone and done it...

I was feeling OK about not being on MIRT...

And your beautiful remark just made this old lady tear up.

Maybe I'll do another term one of these days...

[ohiosmith]

19. Thank you for serving CP!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. It was really a good time, my dear ohiosmith!

[Wait Wut]

21. Funny thing is...

...I've always imagined MIRT to be a bunch of cranky old farts who hate people.

Not one of the sweetest DUers ever.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. My dear Wait Wut...

Nobody on MIRT hates people......we just hate malicious intruders!


Aw, thanks, sweetie......

[one_voice]

28. Well, there's me.

if you're looking for cranky semi-old farts that hates people.

[HopeHoops]

26. Thank you. I was on MIRT for a short while until I fucked up and Skinner threw me out of it.

Somebody has to do it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. I'm sorry that happened to you, my dear HopeHoops...

[HopeHoops]

35. I made a seriously bad call. He was polite about it, but still threw me out.

[uppityperson]

5. Thanks again. And thank you to all present, past and future MIRTers

[freshwest]

34. +1,000.

[Ruby the Liberal]

6. Yay! Go get 'em y'all!

And one word of advice - Stay on top of your inbox! Trust me on this one.

Edit to add screen shot:

[cyberswede]

13. Sorry to see you go!

Have fun out there!

[Ruby the Liberal]

14. I'll be thinking of you all next week

and the 6th.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. It was really fun working with you, my dear Ruby...

Maybe someday we'll do it again.

[Ruby the Liberal]

16. Yes, AFTER the election!

[Paulie]

25. Exactly!

[sarahedson]

39. Spam deleted by cyberswede (MIR Team)

[hunter]

18. Oh...

[Ms. Toad]

20. Yeah - I just signed on and got the yellow DUmail flag...

Thinking someone wanted to chat. Opened it up & 5 pieces of mail...still thinking some jury nonsense went haywire.

Oh yeah...that MIRT thing. Here we go!

[kdmorris]

31. LOL I've been on vacation since last Tuesday

My inbox was up to 378! I have no idea if anyone actually sent me real mail

[cgi5299ffg]

47. Spam deleted by Ms. Toad (MIR Team)

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48. Spam deleted by Ms. Toad (MIR Team)

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49. Spam deleted by Ms. Toad (MIR Team)

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50. Spam deleted by Ms. Toad (MIR Team)

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51. Spam deleted by Ms. Toad (MIR Team)

[jberryhill]

53. Wow!

[uppityperson]

54. Yup. One of the joys of being on MIRT. Fighting spam.

and him.

[jberryhill]

55. You guys make some interesting friends

Jaysus.

[uppityperson]

56. He has done this for years on DU and all across the internet.

Gets perturbed sometimes.

[Ms. Toad]

57. At least I was expecting it.

Without MIRT, those same two longer tirades would wind up more frequently in the DUmail of relatively randomly selected members.

Wanna join MIRT? I hear there will be a MIRT turnover soon!

[Paulie]

22. I'm only at 78 new. Since Monday.

Best to you all on the new term!

[Baitball Blogger]

7. How many people from the "new" list have previously served on MIRT in either of the

first two terms?

[TBF]

40. At least 10 of them and sorry if I've forgotten any from the first 2 terms -

these are excellent, thoughtful folks who will get us through the election.

[livetohike]

9. Thanks everyone!

[flamingdem]

10. Nice to Mir you

and good luck with the next few weeks

[Liberal Veteran]

11. Thank you all for volunteering.

I don't have what it takes to do the job, but the good work you do does not go unnoticed.

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. Welcome new members

It is an eye opening experience, I promise you that.
And thanks to ALL of the retired and the returning members who have done such a good job.

[rrneck]

29. Go git 'em! nt

[pinto]

30. Good luck returning / new members!

[DURHAM D]

32. Have fun everyone.

Serving on MIRT will be the most rewarding experience you will have on DU because the emphasis is on the T - Team work.

You will come to appreciate the people you work with that you may have never even noticed before. Also you will learn to respect others that you might, in the beginning, think you won't agree with or perhaps don't even care for. I know that I will never again see a MIR team member out on greater DU without thinking about the experience and smiling a little. The truth is that the team members cease being posters and they become people.

Take Ruby's advice and keep up with your purging or you will be overwhelmed. I look forward to getting more sleep because going forward if I wake up in the middle of the night I will no longer feel compelled to check DU to see if we have had an intruder invasion.

Be kind to each other.

[tammywammy]

33. Good luck to the new and returning members!

My advice to the new members...keep on top of your DU mail, if you don't delete at regular intervals it'll really pile up.

I hope to serve again in the future when my real life isn't so busy. It's a great experience.

[LeftishBrit]

36. Good luck to all of you!

I have enjoyed MIRT and working on a great team, and have learned a lot about DU and about the various species of trolls! All the best to all current MIRT-ers in keeping the trolls from the door, especially during election week!

[cyberswede]

37. I'll miss seeing you in there!~

[ornotna]

38. Welcome to the new team

Another good team goes into the fray.
Gird your loins, you guys are going to be busy.

[LeftishBrit]

41. Best wishes to you all for the next couple of days!

While I was on MIRT, my Inbox sometimes went 'KABOOM!' for reasons far less important than a major election.

Thank you all for keeping the trolls from the door!

[cbayer]

42. Thanks LB. This MIRT team is really good and I think it's going to be very effective

and fun, to boot!

[cyberswede]

43. Thanks!

Some of the "high traffic" levels will probably help!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10132252

[jacklin]

44. Spam deleted by Behind the Aegis (MIR Team)

[Lizzie Poppet]

45. Ah, thanks!

Much appreciated. I was on a jury last night, and was a bit at a loss as to what to do about a horrible, possibly illegal post (containing at least a strong insinuation of a death threat), other than vote to hide it.

[samaiden89]

46. Spam deleted by NRaleighLiberal (MIR Team)