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How often do you Alert? (Original Post) Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 OP
Never have... Xyzse Mar 2013 #1
I tried it. Didn't like it. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #2
Yep! Xyzse Mar 2013 #3
The first month DU3 was started. Strangers in a Strange Land Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #4
I joined 2012 so I don't know... Xyzse Mar 2013 #16
It was pretty funny, looking back on it now. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #17
Me either. hamsterjill Mar 2013 #40
You mean besides this OP? pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #5
results or it never happened --- Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #6
I'm afraid to press anything olddots Mar 2013 #7
I know what you mean .. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #8
I have alerted 3 times siligut Mar 2013 #9
I agree with this: People have a right to know who their accusers are. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #13
Sometimes people don't have any idea of how they come across siligut Mar 2013 #21
good lord, siligut. you do not come across as a jerk. no way. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #23
Oh, thank you siligut Mar 2013 #27
hmmm! I agree with ^^^ Yes. They.Do! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #39
I alerted 3 times before the 2012 Presidential election. LeftofObama Mar 2013 #10
Few times. Mostly trolls that get PPRed. progressoid Mar 2013 #11
Once Ron Obvious Mar 2013 #12
Never. I don't use "ignore" either. talkingmime Mar 2013 #14
This year: 3 times. How about you TA? How often do you alert! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #15
I don't. I take my chances and I take my hides. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #18
I will not allow anyone to insult me! I intend to continue fighting for victims right. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #22
you gotta do what you gotta do. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #24
Yep! No matter who it hurts! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #32
if you say so. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #33
Just so everyone understands. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #35
It varies. Neoma Mar 2013 #19
it varies ... like how? from day to day? or what... Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #20
Every other 2-3 months? Neoma Mar 2013 #25
Congratulations! Glad we got it going. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #28
It was needed. Neoma Mar 2013 #34
when I was on MIRT it was pretty often Kali Mar 2013 #26
MIRt alerting is a different animal, altogether. I mean that is like a j-o-b. job. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #30
Thank you! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #38
How often do you Alert? Flashmann Mar 2013 #29
please read the thread, it has been asked and answered. I don't alert. thanks. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #31
Once I think, maybe more, but not many, and years ago . . ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #36
I think I alerted once RudynJack Mar 2013 #37
I was going to press alert but thought better olddots Mar 2013 #41

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
40. Me either.
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 05:23 PM
Mar 2013

Never have.

It's almost like tattling as far as I'm concerned. I simply ignore posts that I find offensive in some way. Who knows...it may just be me that a post offends.

siligut

(12,272 posts)
9. I have alerted 3 times
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 03:17 PM
Mar 2013

One time the poster was PPR'd, one time I apologized to the poster for being an ass and one time the post was deservedly hidden.

It is a knee jerk reaction when I click Alert, something hot-wired in my head. I am usually a live and let live sort.

Good question, I think we could do an analysis and make some interesting observations about who does and who doesn't.

It is right now a sneaky thing, but hopefully that will be rectified. People have a right to know who their accusers are.

siligut

(12,272 posts)
21. Sometimes people don't have any idea of how they come across
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 03:48 PM
Mar 2013

One guy, a likable guy as it turns out, was smack-talking and that just doesn't communicate over the intertubes.

I am introverted, painfully at times, but I seem to come across as a jerk. I have had one post hidden, I suggested someone leave the country. I was tired of whiners. Maybe I am a little bit of a jerk.

I try to give people the benefit of the doubt when I am on a jury. It can be tough to decipher intention/motive.

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
23. good lord, siligut. you do not come across as a jerk. no way.
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 03:52 PM
Mar 2013

no. fucking. way.

I know I have but, it was intentionally because you know -they- started it ... and -I- just have to finish it

siligut

(12,272 posts)
27. Oh, thank you
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 03:59 PM
Mar 2013

I actually appreciate people who defend themselves well. I can just be too nosy. But thank you so much.

LeftofObama

(4,243 posts)
10. I alerted 3 times before the 2012 Presidential election.
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 03:21 PM
Mar 2013

All 3 were trolls and all 3 were banned. I think two of them started out with "You libs" or some such drivel and the third one was an out and out troll.

progressoid

(49,970 posts)
11. Few times. Mostly trolls that get PPRed.
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 03:23 PM
Mar 2013

A couple times for poster being nasty. One post was hidden. The other was voted 50/50 so it stayed.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
12. Once
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 03:24 PM
Mar 2013

Once, on a blatant piece of spam. It was gone before you could say antidisestablishmentarianism anyway.

I'm also pretty lenient on juries.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
22. I will not allow anyone to insult me! I intend to continue fighting for victims right.
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 03:50 PM
Mar 2013

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Neoma

(10,039 posts)
25. Every other 2-3 months?
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 03:58 PM
Mar 2013

Transphobia, homophobia, and ableism so far. I'd do sexism/racism but other people beat me to it anyways. But the ableism fight is going to be an on-going thing now that I'm co-host to the Mental Health Information group.

Neoma

(10,039 posts)
34. It was needed.
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 04:34 PM
Mar 2013

I've become an activist in a way because this group doesn't have a strong voice, are mostly closeted, and more likely to be victims.

Feminism has a large roaring voice right now compared to the Mental health issues. They have no good reason to hide. The stigma towards the mentally ill is way out of control and harms people's lives in too many ways. People are delving into ableism without even knowing that they are, sad to say.

You might know all of this if you were involved in the reason this group was made though. >.>

Kali

(55,007 posts)
26. when I was on MIRT it was pretty often
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 03:58 PM
Mar 2013

now? maybe once every two weeks or so??? would have to go searching through the inbox, but I tend to prefer telling the person in the thread. Not always, but mostly. (heh, sometimes I tell them then alert )

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
30. MIRt alerting is a different animal, altogether. I mean that is like a j-o-b. job.
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 04:03 PM
Mar 2013

kudos to those who serve.

 

ConcernedCanuk

(13,509 posts)
36. Once I think, maybe more, but not many, and years ago . .
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 04:58 PM
Mar 2013

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Was not pleased with the response, so will probably not do it again unless I know it is within the Admins priorities.

RudynJack

(1,044 posts)
37. I think I alerted once
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 05:06 PM
Mar 2013

on a post giving medical advice that would have been deadly if followed.

It was allowed to stand.


So now I don't bother.

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
41. I was going to press alert but thought better
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 05:43 PM
Mar 2013

Once I hit ignore and realized who am I to judge net behavior when I know personally no one here except for a few wonderful people who met up at some L.A. peace marches . I hate trolling if people do it here or people from here do it on wing nut sites ,I feel it widens the divide that has grown so huge.
I also have to put in check my desire to break up fights/arguments here because I never know who is just playfully goofing with each other

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