Announcements
Related: About this forumWe are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from February - May 2015
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. (Please note that if your Transparency page is displayed, you are disqualified from serving on 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 February 3.
For much more information about the MIR Team, click here!
[font color="red"]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.[/font]
NRaleighLiberal
(60,504 posts)Terra Alta
(5,158 posts)GP6971
(32,996 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,578 posts)uppityperson
(115,871 posts)William769
(55,828 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(152,102 posts)It's really eye-opening to see how many disruptors batter the walls every single day.
rbrnmw
(7,160 posts)zappaman
(20,617 posts)William769
(55,828 posts)Thank you.
Ptah
(33,493 posts)Thanks.
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)icymist
(15,888 posts)If you would have me, it would be an honor.
UrbScotty
(23,987 posts)Rhiannon12866
(222,248 posts)Thanks, EarlG!
CaliforniaPeggy
(152,102 posts)How much fun it would be to work with you again!
Rhiannon12866
(222,248 posts)I'd love to work with you again, too! From what I can see on this list, looks like another terrific group!
CaliforniaPeggy
(152,102 posts)We'll have NRL too! I love having smart people to work with!
Rhiannon12866
(222,248 posts)I've really missed being able to weigh in on some of the trouble spots I've observed recently, but the time went by surprisingly fast. But, most of all, I've missed the people.
CaliforniaPeggy
(152,102 posts)I saw a trouble spot last weekend and I was just itching to get in there!
I hope they will take us both!
arcane1
(38,613 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(152,102 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)This past two weeks especially, I've been itching to be back on the team!
CaliforniaPeggy
(152,102 posts)I saw one incident over the weekend that made me realize I still have things to contribute to MIRT.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(152,102 posts)I think it was Sat night, and LG was on the loose, posting like mad.........and nobody around that I could see!
I alerted but it was allowed to stand. Damn!
It was then that I realized how much I still have to contribute!
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Plus, MIRT seems to be the only area where everyone is mostly rational and polite
Rhiannon12866
(222,248 posts)Maybe it's because MIRT often has to deal with such loathsome disruptors, it's probably the most civil and friendly corner of DU...
JustAnotherGen
(33,577 posts)At the request of some current and former MIR members.
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)If you've never done it before, I think you'll find it an eye-opening experience.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)I'll have to watch that i don't snark at the wrong people this time around, but what the heck
Raine1967
(11,607 posts)CreekDog
(46,192 posts)Thanks.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)You're a good MIRTer!
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Hell, MIRT restored my faith in DU!
GP6971
(32,996 posts)Do you do it at your own time? Or hours established that we "patrol". I'm looking forward to it and hope I'm selected. Retiring next month so I'll have some time.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)It helps that I'm still defensive about this place after all these years
Rhiannon12866
(222,248 posts)And it's a bit addicting, since you'll want to know what's happening with whatever MIRT is dealing with at the time. It is an eye opening exercise, as many have said, a look behind the scenes, gives you a new appreciation of what a user friendly place DU really is, mainly due to the efforts of MIRT...