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EarlG

(22,540 posts)
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 11:12 AM Jul 2022

We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from July - October 2022

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

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.

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 Tuesday, July 26.

NOTE: If you are a current MIR Team member who is eligible to serve next term, please do not state your intentions in this thread. Instead, use the thread in the MIRT forum. Thanks.

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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from July - October 2022 (Original Post) EarlG Jul 2022 OP
I'd like to give it a try. KS Toronado Jul 2022 #1
I'll volunteer for another term BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #2
You arethe best and most conscientious MIRTER Imho! NNadir Jul 2022 #4
The greatest of all time! Kingofalldems Jul 2022 #9
You're the best! DU needs you more than ever on the run up to November. Thank you in advance! ancianita Jul 2022 #11
Queen MIRT says what??? 🤣🤣🤣 Docreed2003 Jul 2022 #19
Hey!!! sagetea Jul 2022 #3
I would like to be considered for the team, but I'll need some coaching FakeNoose Jul 2022 #5
There are instructions plus seasoned members brer cat Jul 2022 #14
We all need coaching in the beginning and we all learn from each other Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 #25
I would like to volunteer again, it is always a learning experience. Spazito Jul 2022 #6
I'd like to volunteer. Kingofalldems Jul 2022 #7
I volunteer Comfortably_Numb Jul 2022 #8
I'd be happy to volunteer. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2022 #10
I'm volunteering live love laugh Jul 2022 #12
I'll volunteer Mersky Jul 2022 #13
I'd like to do it again. Behind the Aegis Jul 2022 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author ificandream Jul 2022 #16
I'd like to put my name in as a volunteer. Look forward to hearing from you. n/t Akoto Jul 2022 #17
I volunteer. Lasher Jul 2022 #18
I can do the night shift n/t Soph0571 Jul 2022 #20
Please sign me up. ShazzieB Jul 2022 #21
I would like to serve again. Thanks, EarlG Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 #22
Another of the all-time great MIRTers and DUers! Would be great to have you on board MerryHolidays Jul 2022 #31
Awww, thanks so much, my friend! Almost missed this! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author yankee87 Jul 2022 #23
I can serve again KelleyKramer Jul 2022 #24
I would like to serve...thanks Demsrule86 Jul 2022 #26
I have not done it in a couple of years, but I'd like to try again. William769 Jul 2022 #27
I'm rested and ready. marble falls Jul 2022 #28
❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️ Lucinda Jul 2022 #29
I would like to be on the MIR team this session as an act of service to the community that I love. Habitation Jul 2022 #30

KS Toronado

(19,565 posts)
1. I'd like to give it a try.
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 11:26 AM
Jul 2022

BumRushDaShow

(142,217 posts)
2. I'll volunteer for another term
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 11:27 AM
Jul 2022

We are starting a long heatwave and it's too hot to be outside as it is!

NNadir

(34,654 posts)
4. You arethe best and most conscientious MIRTER Imho!
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 11:31 AM
Jul 2022

Kingofalldems

(39,200 posts)
9. The greatest of all time!
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 12:09 PM
Jul 2022

ancianita

(38,514 posts)
11. You're the best! DU needs you more than ever on the run up to November. Thank you in advance!
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 12:44 PM
Jul 2022

Docreed2003

(17,801 posts)
19. Queen MIRT says what??? 🤣🤣🤣
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 03:33 PM
Jul 2022

I kid, I kid

sagetea

(1,438 posts)
3. Hey!!!
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 11:28 AM
Jul 2022

I was a member of MIRT in 2017. I learned so much, and would like to do it again!

Thank you,

sage

FakeNoose

(35,657 posts)
5. I would like to be considered for the team, but I'll need some coaching
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 11:34 AM
Jul 2022

I'm on DU almost every day, and I appreciate the hard work others are doing on our behalf. It's time for me to step up and take on some of the work. However I've never done MIRT so please give me instructions.

brer cat

(26,250 posts)
14. There are instructions plus seasoned members
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 01:34 PM
Jul 2022

willing to help you learn the ropes. I think you will enjoy it.

Rhiannon12866

(222,070 posts)
25. We all need coaching in the beginning and we all learn from each other
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 07:08 PM
Jul 2022

You'll have plenty of support, as brer cat said, so no worries.

Spazito

(54,309 posts)
6. I would like to volunteer again, it is always a learning experience.
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 11:41 AM
Jul 2022

Kingofalldems

(39,200 posts)
7. I'd like to volunteer.
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 11:50 AM
Jul 2022

Comfortably_Numb

(4,108 posts)
8. I volunteer
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 11:50 AM
Jul 2022

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,576 posts)
10. I'd be happy to volunteer.
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 12:19 PM
Jul 2022

live love laugh

(14,395 posts)
12. I'm volunteering
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 12:45 PM
Jul 2022

Mersky

(5,255 posts)
13. I'll volunteer
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 12:49 PM
Jul 2022

My schedule will be a bit weird through the first week of August, but that’ll leave like 10 weeks of helping out my favorite site.

Behind the Aegis

(54,852 posts)
15. I'd like to do it again.
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 01:43 PM
Jul 2022

Can't miss an opportunity to work with BumRushDaShow!

Response to EarlG (Original post)

Akoto

(4,272 posts)
17. I'd like to put my name in as a volunteer. Look forward to hearing from you. n/t
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 02:10 PM
Jul 2022

Lasher

(28,369 posts)
18. I volunteer.
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 03:04 PM
Jul 2022

Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
20. I can do the night shift n/t
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 04:07 PM
Jul 2022

ShazzieB

(18,641 posts)
21. Please sign me up.
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 04:17 PM
Jul 2022

I know these next few months are going to be important ones and would like to help.

Rhiannon12866

(222,070 posts)
22. I would like to serve again. Thanks, EarlG
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 04:59 PM
Jul 2022

MerryHolidays

(7,715 posts)
31. Another of the all-time great MIRTers and DUers! Would be great to have you on board
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 11:28 AM
Jul 2022

and also during the November mid-terms. Suspect it "will be wild" to paraphrase a ketchup-flinging backseat-strangling former occupant of the White House.

Rhiannon12866

(222,070 posts)
32. Awww, thanks so much, my friend! Almost missed this!
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 05:53 PM
Jul 2022

I sure hope you'll still be with us, too - we'll need all experienced MIRTers on board!

Response to EarlG (Original post)

KelleyKramer

(9,828 posts)
24. I can serve again
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 06:42 PM
Jul 2022

Always glad to help the late night shift

Demsrule86

(71,021 posts)
26. I would like to serve...thanks
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 07:26 PM
Jul 2022

William769

(55,815 posts)
27. I have not done it in a couple of years, but I'd like to try again.
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 08:20 PM
Jul 2022

marble falls

(62,043 posts)
28. I'm rested and ready.
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 10:09 PM
Jul 2022

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
29. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️
Tue Jul 19, 2022, 10:50 PM
Jul 2022

I would be happy to help

Habitation

(5,684 posts)
30. I would like to be on the MIR team this session as an act of service to the community that I love.
Wed Jul 20, 2022, 07:37 AM
Jul 2022

I would like to be on the MIR team this session as an act of service to the community that I love.

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