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Related: About this forumWe are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from April - July 2026
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, March 31.
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.
BumRushDaShow
(169,297 posts)I'll come back for another term. Trolls beware!
littlemissmartypants
(33,278 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,620 posts)Brother Buzz
(39,870 posts)Look at me, I can be centerfield
GP6971
(37,964 posts)Behind the Aegis
(56,102 posts)surfered
(13,317 posts)come back into the closed forum to sign up - he's got a special thread for us back there.
you will love the folks coming back from break, so much experience to learn from!
greatauntoftriplets
(178,946 posts)Thanks.
KelleyKramer
(11,393 posts)Spazito
(55,430 posts)now that RL is allowing more free time again.