Easy people, easy

[question everything]

I don't have a "smartphone" so I visit DU when I sit at my desk iMac or, in the evening, when I am watching debates and town halls, on my iPad. But not continuously.

In the past week, or so, every time when I open the site I am called for a jury duty.

So, please, hold the twitchy finger. Take a deep breath and move on. Let the offensive thread sink. Or, try to rebut.

OK?

[hlthe2b]

1. Yup.. there are quite a few on "hair trigger"

[rzemanfl]

2. Me too. I call it attack alerting. n/t

[highplainsdem]

3. You notice that, too? Sometimes I get called for jury duty within seconds of logging in.

[PatSeg]

4. Yes

It has been overkill and its getting annoying. The alert system serves a purpose, but when it is abused, people get tired of responding to jury duty. Surely everyone here know the difference between real violations and some vaguely perceived insult or just a disagreement on issues.

Some that I've responded to were absolutely absurd.

[happybird]

5. Just recc'd then tapped Latest Threads to refresh the forum ...

and had a jury notice waiting. Another jury on another post that should not have been alerted on.


I only have a 52% chance of being called up and do 3-5 juries a day. I feel bad for the 100%ers.

[ancianita]

6. ...

I'm called five times a day. People gotta calm down.

[Nay]

7. That's been happening to me, too, and alerters seem to be extra testy -- I

haven't been impressed with what they've been alerting on, and often decide the post didn't break the rules.