How do we inform the moderators of people trolling this forum?

[athena]

I tried the "Alert" button and was accused of abusing the "Alert" system. But I don't see any other button.

On Thu Apr 14, 2016, 02:34 PM you sent an alert on the following post:

All Hillary has ever done is pay lip service
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1107&pid=100958

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

YOUR COMMENTS

This person is trolling the Hillary Clinton forum.

JURY RESULTS

A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Thu Apr 14, 2016, 03:01 PM, and voted 0-7 to LEAVE IT ALONE.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: So block him/her from the group. Don't waste jury time on your personal dislikes. There is nothing wrong with the post.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: It's a claim; rebut it. mahatmakanejeeves
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: ALERT ABUSE. ABUSE OF THE JURY SYSTEM. ALERTING AND JURY PRIVILEGES SHOULD BE SUSPENDED.
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: If they don't want people disrupting their group then ban them. I don't think a comment like this is worth the hide. The group host needs to get on it.

Thank you.

[Buzz Clik]

1. Excellent question. That person needs to be bounced.

The behavior in this thread was even worse:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1107100851

[yallerdawg]

6. Really has issues with women.

Isn't staying under the radar very long this time!

Whoever it is.

[Rose Siding]

2. I think if, when you alert, you select the top choice as the reason, it goes to group hosts

If that's wrong, I hope someone corrects me!

[athena]

4. I'm pretty sure that's what I did. (n/t)

[trumad]

3. LOL

Obviously got a bunch of Bernie bots with that Jury.

Just hit up the hosts via PM. They will ban the troll from the group.

[athena]

5. Thank you.

I thought I had done something wrong.

[Democrats Ascendant]

7. Honestly...

Except for this group, DU is pretty unreadable these days.

[Buzz Clik]

8. No kidding.

[athena]

9. I agree.

When I saw the 7-0 verdict, I thought I must have done something really wrong. This explains why posts by Hillary supporters get hidden, while very similar posts by Bernie supporters stay.

[Thinkingabout]

11. The rule is if you alert and the post is a leave by 0-7 then you are not able to alert for 24 hours.

You need to give a reason with good information so those on a jury read and make proper decisions. Don't worry about this, actually the group host normally ban the poster from posting in the group again, this one will probably get banned in the group.

[athena]

10. I wish a moderator would post here to clarify how this is supposed to work.

I sent a message to one of the moderators, but I'm not sure if that moderator is working now. How does one notify all the moderators? Surely there is a way to do this?

[Fla Dem]

12. At the top of the main page there is a button "about this forum"

Click on the button, scroll down. There is a list of the groups Hosts. PM one of them.

Scroll down further and there is a list of all "Banned" posters.

I have found our hosts are pretty quick to ban BS interlopers. But in the event they do miss one, PM'ing one of them is what I'd do.

The person you alerted on has been banned.

[athena]

13. Thanks.

I did manage to find that page in the end and wrote to one of the names on the list but didn't receive a PM in response. Maybe someone did ban the person, though, since he hasn't been posting any more in this forum.

I hope my voting privileges haven't been taken away by someone alerting my alert.

[Fla Dem]

14. He/she is banned. Their name is on the list. The host may not respond to your PM.

They'll just take the appropriate action as they did in this case.

[athena]

16. Thank you for your reply!

It's all clear now.

[LiberalFighter]

20. Thank you.

I checked the Sanders group and I am number 310.

[IamMab]

15. I'm just avoiding GDP like the plague these days. No good can come of it.

There's no real point in arguing with people whose minds aren't open. I'm having a much better time here in HRC Group.

I mentioned previously, even a small one-time donation to DU can get you member status for a year, which increases your jury chance. I've done jury duty twice already, it's a very interesting experience.

My thought is that it's fine to let the troll army take over GDP for now. 1) GDP will go away after the primary, and I'm hopeful such behavior as has been allowed there will no longer be permitted on a GE page. 2) Their impact is nothing. They are here to rile us up, get us to respond negatively so that we're the ones violating TOS. The Ignore feature and the Trash button are our friends. Utilize them. 3) Most of them are only here until the Sanders marketing money dries up anyway. Only a small percentage of them could possibly be doing this much work for free.

We take our cues from our candidate, too, just like them. Except ours demonstrates how to stand tall, persevere, and brush off all the haters while we're doing it!

HRC 2016!

[athena]

17. You are so right.

Thanks for posting this. The next time I feel the urge to post something in GDP, I will re-read this.

ETA: I post there way too often, despite knowing that it's a complete waste of time.

[LAS14]

18. Thanks for posting this. I made my first and...

..only alert a few days ago because an obvious Bernie supporter had responded to a post I made in the Hillary Group. I was frustrated that the only option was that it was "rude, hurtful..." or whatever. It wasn't, just a picture of a Bernie crowd. In my comment I said that I thought the poster didn't realize that it was in the Hillary Group. I got turned down and one comment was that we could ban the poster.

Well, I don't think banning is appropriate. I'm pretty sure it was an accident. Easy to do when a post shows up in Latest or Greatest.

Why can't they have a button for "inappropriate post to a Group?"

[LannyDeVaney]

19. I plan on informing them during the next round of DU fund raising

[SharonClark]

21. Thanks for sharing