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EarlG

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Thu Apr 17, 2014, 12:09 PM Apr 2014

We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from April - July 2014 [View all]

This discussion thread was locked by EarlG (a host of the Announcements group).

We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from April - July 2014

Volunteers who wish to help keep DU running smoothly should consider joining the Malicious Intruder Removal Team (MIR Team). The role of MIR Team members is simple: they are empowered to revoke the posting privileges of people who show up at DU with the intent to disrupt.

Members of the MIR Team are provided with tools to delete spam posted by people who have had their posting privileges revoked, but they are NOT responsible for removing community standards violations, locking threads, or dealing with violations of DU's Terms of Service wherever they may occur.

If you are a DU member with at least six months of membership, at least 1,000 posts, and proof of identity (ie. you are a Star member) then you can apply to be a member of the MIR Team. (Please note that if your Transparency page is displayed, you are disqualified from serving on the MIR Team.)

How do I apply?

Simple: just post in this thread to let us know that you'd like to give it a try, and you could be selected by the Admins. There is no application form to fill out, and no confidentiality agreement to sign. MIR Team members do not have access to any privileged information about other DU members.

We plan to introduce the new MIR Team on Thursday April 24.

For much more information about the MIR Team, click here!

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I'm willing to try it again. Autumn Apr 2014 #1
Yippee!!! I'd love to serve again, if you will have me. NRaleighLiberal Apr 2014 #2
Good - I have someone to send PMs to TBF Apr 2014 #11
always happy to be of service! NRaleighLiberal Apr 2014 #17
Justin is on this thread. In_The_Wind Apr 2014 #19
Good - I was worried about his TBF Apr 2014 #21
I cried at the end of my first term on MIRT last year. In_The_Wind Apr 2014 #23
I would like to volunteer. darkangel218 Apr 2014 #3
I have been curious about trying this. arcane1 Apr 2014 #4
I'm game. cyberswede Apr 2014 #5
I'm interested irisblue Apr 2014 #6
I would like to see what the MIRT experience is all about. Democracyinkind Apr 2014 #7
k&r, thank you MIRT volunteers present, past, future. Highly recommend everyone try it uppityperson Apr 2014 #8
Volunteering for duty. nt MannyGoldstein Apr 2014 #9
I would like to volunteer again. hrmjustin Apr 2014 #10
I have a better phone now libodem Apr 2014 #12
I would like to do it again maddezmom Apr 2014 #13
I'd like to volunteer again. Ptah Apr 2014 #14
Volunteering for duty discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2014 #15
I would like another term if there is still room. William769 Apr 2014 #16
I would really like to volunteer again! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2014 #18
i would love the opportunity to serve again. opiate69 Apr 2014 #20
I'd like to serve CreekDog Apr 2014 #22
To re-up, go here... uppityperson Apr 2014 #24
thanks! CreekDog Apr 2014 #25
I'll do it again, if there's still space. Warren DeMontague Apr 2014 #26
I'd like to serve Boom Sound 416 Apr 2014 #27
I'm grateful for the "must bathe regularly and wear unscented deodorant" rule. NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #28
Sure! Put me back on MIRT, if you wish. UrbScotty Apr 2014 #29
I'm late to the party but I would do it again. Agschmid Apr 2014 #30
I'd like to do it again if you still have room. nt Terra Alta Apr 2014 #31
I'd like to give it a try! octoberlib Apr 2014 #32
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