Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumI noticed that I hadn't seen any posts from Beam Me Up Scottie
in a while, so I checked. Her last post was April 18, nearly a month ago.
Does anyone know if she is okay?
Mbrow
(1,090 posts)I'm sure others here can add better info as I'm in and out a lot. I did catch a "free BMS" post and added her Avatar to my sig line. on a side note I've not been called for jury duty in over a month even though I'm at 90%. also I seeing people with 11-12 hides still posting, guess who they support?
1monster
(11,012 posts)Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)in quite a while either despite no hides and 100% chance of serving.
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)...
QC
(26,371 posts)Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)asking
I thought maybe it was just me until I saw http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280195812#post3
I wonder if I'll get an answer?
QC
(26,371 posts)and I'm pretty sure that's one he would prefer to avoid.
It's been going on for a while, and it's why trolly crap like this gets to stay up.
Don't you think it's the most amazing coincidence that the "amnesty" and jury pool manipulation happened just in time for Brock's army 'o trolls project? But hey, you can't catapult the propaganda when all the propagandists get suspended.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)This whole issue of not having us on juries is ridiculous, at least in my case, because I hardly ever voted to hide a post unless it was completely over the top. I might have hid the one you linked to, though.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)with no notification or explanation, and no indication in the user's profile either. It'll still say
Jury
Willing to serve on Juries: Yes
Chance of serving on Juries: X% (explain)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/125910326#post1
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)because I've always been more than fair, giving an explanation for my reasoning and not hiding a post unless someone was name-calling or bullying another DUer. I can't tell you how many posts I let stand even though I disagreed vehemently. I think it's kind of sad that they discriminate against some of us who have been here 12 years or more. Oh, well, I'll probably be gone from here anyway, or hiding out in the photo group, if Hillary is the nominee.
I did comment to the administrators that I was being called extremely often, sometimes two or three times a day, but I didn't mean for them to remove me from the jury pool entirely.
After reading your conversation with Skinner and the announcement, which I hadn't read, I must come to the conclusion that I wasn't voting to hide enough posts. I thought I was being very even-handed. Oh, well...
Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)Kittycat
(10,493 posts)I hide in 12 yrs. maybe 2mo ago? It's been a while.
I miss BMUS as well.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)We've been here a long time and haven't abused the jury system or we'd have been outed as jerks long before this.
Pretty sad.
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)Usually when I log in I have a blue jury notification.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)but apparently I've been blacklisted now. One hidden post in almost 12 years, and I've been a star member the entire time,
MissDeeds
(7,499 posts)in ages - maybe two months. For a long time, I was doing jury duty once or twice a day.
I'm really sorry about Scottie, too. She was one of the best posters here, and she is really missed. I hope she pops up at JackPineRadicals.
Nice of you to add her avatar to your sig line.
Strange times here at DU, and not for the better.
stage left
(2,962 posts)I hope she's just taking her own personal time out from the madness and will be posting again soon.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)last JD was April 11. It used to be virtually daily, even more than once a day. I finally emailed ATA last Wed. politely asking what's up and have yet to receive a response. I understand that they have no "obligation" to answer questions. Far be it from me, a Sanders supporter, to expect one from them.
Babel_17
(5,400 posts)I'm at a 100% chance of serving, and before that I was getting called on every two to three days.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)Before that it was virtually every day. I did inquire on 2/25 about why I was getting called two or three times a day and received this reply on March 2: "I think there may be a glitch with the exclusion time after jury service. We need to check it out." I guess they glitched me right out of the pool.
dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)I was on several a day for a while there. Now...crickets.
Bernin4U
(812 posts)Or so it seems anyway. Can't really complain -- at least get to see a lot of garbage hide attempts.
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)clicked on. It's happened to several people, not sure how.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)truebrit71
(20,805 posts)silvershadow
(10,336 posts)what is really seemingly going on around here.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)silvershadow
(10,336 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)obvious is next Valentine's Day fundraising time when they suffer a severe shortage of heart purchases.
MissDeeds
(7,499 posts)We do have other options; maybe it's time we take them.
I'm not sure if DU has changed or if the bias has become more blatant, probably the latter.
The admins should just rename it Hillary Central and be done with it.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)they want. I also can do whatever I want. JR is always there for me if need be.
MissDeeds
(7,499 posts)But they should be honest about it. Here on Democratic Underground, some Democrats are more equal than others. It's misleading and disingenuous to call it "Democratic Underground" when the site clearly favors Third Way or neo-liberal pols.
PFunk1
(185 posts)That's why more and more non-Clinton DU'er are now just lurking and/or leaving for other more friendly sites. I expect this will increase if she gets the nod. But I agree. This is their site. And it's their right if they want to have it's this way-even if it costs them posters.
Please see my post above which explains my position (#14).
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)tends to give an impression of at least MILD anti-Establishment sentiment. Perhaps that was true at the outset. Now it's just cynical play-acting on their part. Democratic Establishment HQ would be more honest.
Nanjeanne
(4,959 posts)truebrit71
(20,805 posts)Now, not a single one in weeks. Wonder how that happened....
dflprincess
(28,075 posts)and, like you, I used to get them almost every time I logged in.
MerryBlooms
(11,769 posts)Before the gap, it was one or two a day. I can't recall a single post I've made against either Democratic candidate... I try my best to be fair when called for a jury. I've excused myself a few times because I thought the alerted posts were so juvenile, I just didn't want to deal with them. That may be it.
Maybe there have been less alerts...?
2banon
(7,321 posts)Hope she's ok..
senz
(11,945 posts)without naming any names.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/125611351
The answers weren't very satisfying.
The other DUer who was gone but on "Active" status for months came back a couple of weeks ago but seemed sort of changed.
I really like BMUS; she was one of the people who made me feel welcome here, and she was always, always nice. I PM'd her here and on JPR -- no reply. i asked around but no one had heard from her (one person didn't answer my question).
I really miss her and hope she knows how much she was and is valued. I wish she'd at least let someone know she's okay.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)with a different name altogether.
BMUS acknowledged herself just once at another site, probably to avoid stalkers following her. Posted there as recently as this morning.
1monster
(11,012 posts)Glad toknow she is okay.