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In reply to the discussion: Can't alert on posts. [View all]

EarlG

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19. progree has explained it well but I'll reiterate it for you so there is no further confusion
Tue Aug 6, 2024, 02:38 PM
Aug 2024

DU has a team of volunteers whose job is to keep an eye on new members to determine whether or not they are here to engage with the community productively, or whether they're here to cause trouble. If the team decides that a new member is here to cause trouble, they will ban that person. The team gets to decide this until a member reaches 100 posts -- once a member crosses that threshold, the team is no longer responsible for keeping an eye on them.

This system is separate from the Jury system. As soon as you become a DU member, all your posts are subject to the Jury system -- any of them can be alerted on and potentially removed by a Jury, if the Jury determines that a rule was broken. If you get a post removed by Jury when you are a brand new member under the 100 post threshold, there's a very high chance that you will be banned. However, the team can ban you even without a post being removed.

The team decided that you were here to cause trouble and banned your account. When they did this, all of your posts were automatically removed by our system, because you had fewer than 100 posts. I trust the team and generally defer to them when it comes to these decisions, but as the Admin I have the authority to override them. Since I had already interacted with you prior to them banning you -- you asked for help getting your account set up -- I decided that this particular ban was done in error, and that I would give you another chance. Note that this only happens very rarely.

Since then you have had a number of posts removed by Jury. You appealed some of these. I approved at least one of the appeals, but not all of them. Once a member reaches five hidden posts in any 90 day period, their account is flagged for review. Currently you have four hidden posts on your record. So if you get any more hidden posts in the next three months, and those hides are not overturned on appeal, you're done.

That is why I have been trying to give you advice about reading and following the rules, and figuring out how to fit in with the community. If you're here to talk politics, and you can do that in a relatively civil manner, then please carry on. If you cannot do that, then in fairly short order a Jury will decide that you have posted something problematic, and that will be that.

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Can't alert on posts. [View all] Turk182 Aug 2024 OP
No star patricia92243 Aug 2024 #1
One doesn't need a star to alert on a post /nt progree Aug 2024 #2
Did not know that. Thanks for the info :) patricia92243 Aug 2024 #4
There is no notification about the results of alerting on a post. One just alerts progree Aug 2024 #3
I don't get a notice of any kind Turk182 Aug 2024 #5
... progree Aug 2024 #9
A few things EarlG Aug 2024 #6
Two separate problems Turk182 Aug 2024 #7
It's possible that you are attempting to alert on a post which is more than 24 hours old EarlG Aug 2024 #8
Thank you Turk182 Aug 2024 #11
I tried that approach. Turk182 Aug 2024 #12
Those posts were auto-removed because your account was terminated EarlG Aug 2024 #13
This is not what I was told in a private email Turk182 Aug 2024 #14
For posts counts less than 100, MIRT has the authority to ban people, no matter how many or few progree Aug 2024 #17
I understand. Turk182 Aug 2024 #18
progree has explained it well but I'll reiterate it for you so there is no further confusion EarlG Aug 2024 #19
I understand Turk182 Aug 2024 #20
I can't determine whether or not you were threatened because I have not seen the message EarlG Aug 2024 #21
I'm not going to alert the mail Turk182 Aug 2024 #22
Thanks for posting the rules, I read them for a fourth time just now Turk182 Aug 2024 #16
I have a question about alert button Lifeafter70 Aug 2024 #27
You've been here less than two weeks Fiendish Thingy Aug 2024 #10
I listen to his advice Turk182 Aug 2024 #15
Well that didn't take long, I just checked and found out, I figured it was inevitable and sooner rather than later. /nt progree Aug 2024 #23
Yep, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2024 #24
I can only guess progree Aug 2024 #25
My sis in law is a cpa. She once spent an entire day trying to reconcile a five cbabe Aug 2024 #26
If you are alerting on that many posts, and being alerted on maybe look at what you Bev54 Aug 2024 #28
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