Can y'all do me a favor?

[MannyGoldstein]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by etherealtruth (a host of the General Discussion forum).

Last night, a poster accused me of a felony without supplying evidence. The post itself is not important (I'm not looking to start a flame war), but it was utter BS and it got hidden by a jury, as it should have been.

What surprised me is that it was only hidden by a 4-3 verdict. For an unsubstantiated (and utterly untrue) accusation of a serious crime.

So here's the favor: if you serve on a jury for a post where someone is accused of a crime, or even accused of being prejudiced against others (racist, sexist, etc), can you please think twice about leaving the thing alone unless solid evidence is presented?

Serious charges deserve serious evidence.

Thanks.

[grasswire]

1. manny, can you pm me a link?

I always miss everything.

[Cali_Democrat]

17. See below. nt

[leftstreet]

2. Bring back the Mods! n/t

[NYC_SKP]

6. We did a better job, quite frankly.

Well trained we were, and friends, to this very day!

[leftstreet]

12. Yep. This Downton Abbey-ing of DU suckz

The Mods were accused of bad judgements far, far, FAR less often than the legitimate complaints over the petty, score-settling, daytime drama nature of the jury system

[nc4bo]

10. Peeping out to say I also miss the old Mod system. nt

[Uncle Joe]

3. That sounds just and logical to me.

Thanks for the thread, MannyGoldstein.

[Cali_Democrat]

4. This post?

I'm not sure where the poster accused you of a felony....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5486310

[MineralMan]

9. I think that must be the one.

I'm not seeing the accusation of any felony, either. Lots of duers get accused of stalking. Those posts usually get hidden, but it's not an accusation of a crime. Just bad internet manners. Overstated, I think.

[Cali_Democrat]

13. Yup...the OP accused both me and bigtree of "stalking" him not too long ago:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5187566

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5187548

Looks like Manny has accused other DUers of engaging in this same felonious type of behavior....

[NightWatcher]

5. The jury blacklist is your friend. If there is someone that you butt heads with, blacklist them

[wyldwolf]

7. despite our differences, you and I can agree the jury system is broken

Now, some might say it worked because it correctly hid the post. But it's obvious those who voted NOT to hide didn't base their decision on the content of the offending post but, rather, who the post was directed to.

Let's face it - if you're outspoken on DU, you're a target, either through frivolous alerts or by jurors who won't rule in your favor regardless of the content of the alerted post. I've seen it first hand and others have shown me some pretty stupid jury decisions.

[4now]

8. Name calling is just about the only thing

That I would hide a post over.
Unsubstantiated accusations of crimes by other DU members should not be tolerated.

[R B Garr]

11. To be honest, this looks like you might be mocking something else entirely,

but you used that hidden post as a staging point for your launch.

I could be wrong, but I doubt it.

[justiceischeap]

14. Pretty sure being accused of thread stalking isn't a felony. nt

[etherealtruth]

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