A conundrum on jury service here.

[Drahthaardogs]

If you are on a jury, and you see a post that probably breaks TOS, but the alerter used the wrong category, how do vote?

Do you play it straight or do you hide it?

I tend to evaluate it upon the criteria the alerter chose. Is that wrong?

[Kirk Lover]

1. t I personally am not a big fan of hiding others posts or alerting on others

PERIOD. So I vote to have you vote to exonerate.

[Marie Marie]

3. Ditto that

[7962]

2. The new jury system blows. And I agree with the 1st poster. nt

[greyl]

4. Vote close call but breaks the rule.

If you see litter on your sidewalk, help pick it up. Doesn't matter if it was put there on purpose or not.

[meadowlander]

5. I would vote to hide it if it breaks any of the TOS.

I imagine what counts is the spirit of the alert rather than the letter. It's not like the specific matter alerted on is tracked or some other analysis depends on it.

[politicaljunkie41910]

6. If the alerter used the wrong category, and the post doesn't meet the criteria stated by the alerter

you have no choice but to allow it. You don't know what was in that person's head at the time, and it's not your job to substitute your judgment over that of the alerter as to what he/she meant versus what he/she actually said. The way the system is set up, it provides the criteria you are measuring the post against. It's not your job to assume that they must have made a mistake and do your own workaround to correct that presumed mistake. They'll learn from their mistake. It's not the end of the world.