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2016 Postmortem

TheBlackAdder

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3. I've put the largest (obvious) offenders on a Jury Blacklist and censorship dropped by 90%.

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sun Dec 11, 2016, 02:08 PM

Dec 2016

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You can tell who the people generally are, based on the timing of the flags. Experiment a little.

As an EFF supporter, you have to do something seriously wrong for me to flag a post, or sanction a flag.

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Please, easy with the alert [View all] question everything Dec 2016 OP

I have the same thought. I also think there should be a "suspected troll" alert. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #1

But EVERYone who disagrees with me is obviously a troll!!! Beartracks Dec 2016 #2

I have encountered one for sure (tombstoned) and suspect two today. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #5

I've put the largest (obvious) offenders on a Jury Blacklist and censorship dropped by 90%. TheBlackAdder Dec 2016 #3

DU has been under assault by trolls for months, and it has barely abated. stopbush Dec 2016 #4

Thanks. Have not thought about it question everything Dec 2016 #10

How about this: if you think a post is alert-worthy, alert on it. That's what the jury system is for Squinch Dec 2016 #6

There's genuine critique and then there's plain ol' snark SticksnStones Dec 2016 #7

Totally agree with this OP realmirage Dec 2016 #8

Thank you! I am on a jury every day doing this. Even Skinner seems fed up, trying to explain stuff CTyankee Dec 2016 #9

Yep. ancianita Dec 2016 #11