Christ almighty!

[Tobin S.]

I am probably only on DU about an hour a day, and I sometimes go several days without logging on at all. I have served on 74 juries so far this year. Lately, I've been getting two a day. You guys need to be nicer to each other!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. They also need to allow those of us booted off to rejoin the jury pool.

Yeah, I was booted.

NO idea why. I've got a post to Skinner in Ask the Admins seeking an answer to that.

I was pretty hurt AND angry when I found out.

I would love to help share the load........but first i need to be reinstated.

[cwydro]

2. Peg, it says "NO" on your profile for willing to serve on juries.

Is that a mistake? I can't imagine why you would be removed from jury duty.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Yeah, it says that. And I did not choose that.

It was done to me by one of the administrators.

I don't understand it at all. Like you, I have no idea why I would be removed.

So I posted in Ask the Admins., and I hope to get an answer shortly.

[cwydro]

4. You're one DUer that I'm quite sure would always be fair as a juror.

I try my best to be fair also, no matter who the poster supports as a candidate.

For the most part, I try to leave posts unless they are ugly and personal.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Thanks! I try to do the same. n/t

[madinmaryland]

16. Did you drop an f-bomb in a comment with you vote?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. Oh, fuck no! NEVER.

[madinmaryland]

18. ROFL!!!

I don't hang out in teh lounge much anymore. Glad to see you are still around. Always enjoyed your posts and threads.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. I don't hang out much here anymore either, my dear madinmaryland...

But I'm glad I'm here today, and making you laugh!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

24. Even when we can't see you, I get a feeling that you're out there watching over us.

[mnhtnbb]

6. There are a number of us who have been booted off

even though our profiles say "willing to serve" both in "my profile" and "my account"

I was getting several calls/day. Then they stopped. I thought maybe it was just the time of day I was on DU...and then
a couple of days ago I found out about several others who had been booted off who also had 100% chance of serving
and willing to serve listed in their profile.

So, what gives? Who knows? I know I have not been contacted or told why I no longer get calls to juries for quite some time.

More people are dropping off DU entirely because of having been dropped--in their opinion, unjustly--from jury duty.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

9. Try going to your account settings

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=myaccount

Make sure that that you have "Willing" selected. I've heard that choosing the "don't ask..." option (on the far right) of a jury notice rather than the simple "not now" (center) option will change your account to Unwilling.

Sorry if you've already done that but I've mistakenly "unwillinged" myself before.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Thanks for the tip! I'd forgotten completely about doing that.

I changed it back to Willing.

Now, I'll see if I start getting called for jury service again.

Weird. I don't know how that could have happened.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

12. For me it was those 3 options in a jury notice

"Accept..." "Not now..." "Don't ask again..."

I discovered the don't ask link sets you to unwilling. If I were an admin, I'd remove the don't ask in the notice or change the wording to "I'm not willing to serve on a juries" and make the button red.

[sharp_stick]

38. It shows yes on your profile now

hopefully you've got it back up and running.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

42. Yes, I am back up and running...

I got called twice yesterday for jury duty.

It felt good.

[LiberalElite]

26. At first someone suggested I check the setting-

it was set at "unwilling". Don't know how that happened. So, I reset it to "willing" It's still at "willing" but i don't get jury notices.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

28. Based on my memory and a bit of guessing...

Don't know how that happened.=> See post #12: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018870699#post12

...but i don't get jury notices.=> I get about 1 per day sometimes 2. Usually they appear when I click on a main forum or new thread title. I remember Skinner saying something like they have the software set to prefer picking someone who has finished reading a thread and is entering another rather than intruding on someone reading posts within a thread. I guess it may take a bit for you to be selected.

[Pakhet]

31. the rules also say if you have the alerter on ignore then you won't

be selected to serve. I think that's why I've dropped from 4 a day to none

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

32. Good to know

I don't use the ignore by user function but I have some threads in the trash can. IDK if the trash function is linked to jury service but, if it is and you have a certain forum (cough, GD-p) trashed, you may almost never be called.

[LiberalElite]

34. I did cut down the

ignore list to under 100.... to no avail. Do I really have to take them ALL off? I'll do it. (sighs.)

[LiberalElite]

33. Ok but

sometimes I'd get an alert right when I logged in. On the phone too.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

35. Me too

Only the phone company and the NSA know when you're on the phone.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

7. Alerting.

[pinboy3niner]

8. Alerting back!

[madinmaryland]

22. Have a nice day. Off to ignore you go!!!

[Agschmid]

11. Two a day everyday, I always sign mine...

That was you can send me a PM about how angry you are that I voted "hide".

[pinboy3niner]

13. I always sign mine...

"CaliforniaPeggy"

[Agschmid]

14. Peggy how could you?!?!

Boooo!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. This is for you, my DEAR pinboy:

[Agschmid]

20. +1

[madinmaryland]

23. Nice post, pinboy3niner!!!

I haven't used "Nice post, Hitler" in years

[Callmecrazy]

21. Aaaaannd you win the thread!

[LiberalElite]

25. You're possibly also taking up the slack from all

the Sanders supporters they blocked from jury duty. I'm one of them. I used to get alerts nearly every day, sometimes twice a day. That ended about six weeks ago.

[magical thyme]

36. Yup. I used to get them rarely. Now I get a lot...

but somehow, despite my best efforts, I have managed to stay under the radar for a long time. So long, I've given up even trying to be on the radar.

But yup, Skinner admitted just the other day that the jury pool has indeed been "purged."

[LiberalElite]

37. AAAAAA-HA!

Well, I'm not a Star member anymore so they're not getting my money while taking the privileges away without notice - OR telling me at all.

[magical thyme]

40. fwiw, iirc, it's temporary

until the new rules, switch to GE mode, whatever....

I'm trying to pretty much confine myself to being a Lounge Lizard and Pets person these days. Saves me countless hours of wasted time and keeps my blood pressure in the very low normal range, where it belongs

[LiberalElite]

41. oh, sure - how

convenient. How many of HRH's supporters have been purged? Thanks but not buying it.

[valerief]

27. I just say no to the juries and continue to put annoying people on Ignore. nt

[NV Whino]

29. You need to be nastier so you don't get chosen so often.

It's the only solution.

[Tobin S.]

30. lol! Thanks for the laugh.

[annabanana]

39. I've been declining requests until primary season is over. . .n/t