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EarlG

(22,540 posts)
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 02:39 PM Mar 2024

We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from March 2024 - June 2024

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 Wednesday, March 20.

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 March 2024 - June 2024 (Original Post) EarlG Mar 2024 OP
I volunteer. Thanks. n/t FSogol Mar 2024 #1
I would like to volunteer again... Spazito Mar 2024 #2
I'm tanned and rested. I'd like to volunteer. marble falls Mar 2024 #3
I'm available to help again BumRushDaShow Mar 2024 #4
I'd Be Willing To Give It A Shot ProfessorGAC Mar 2024 #5
No trips planned...I am good to serve Behind the Aegis Mar 2024 #6
I volunteer. Kingofalldems Mar 2024 #7
I would love to ismnotwasm Mar 2024 #8
Put me on the motherfucking team goddamn it. I'll flush all MAGA fuckfaces outta here. Piss on those fucking turds. SoFlaBro Mar 2024 #9
I'm willing to give MIRT another shot meow2u3 Mar 2024 #10
I haven't done this for a while. I'm ready. RainCaster Mar 2024 #11
I am feeling great and wish to be a part of MIRT next term... thanks. Demsrule86 Mar 2024 #12
Definitely yankee87 Mar 2024 #13
I'd like to serve again mcar Mar 2024 #14
I'd like to volunteer nt maryellen99 Mar 2024 #15
I'd like to dip my toes in this pool for the first time. Why not? nt Xipe Totec Mar 2024 #16
I've been a good boy and haven't been spanked in over a year ;) I would like to volunteer, TY! n/t Cheezoholic Mar 2024 #17
Let me help you out. KS Toronado Mar 2024 #26
Ouch question everything Mar 2024 #28
I'd like to return if you still have room. Thanks, EarlG! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #18
I would like to give it a try, thank you. NT Tickle Mar 2024 #19
I'll volunteer. :) discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2024 #20
I'm game RocRizzo55 Mar 2024 #21
I'm interested AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2024 #22
I can serve again KelleyKramer Mar 2024 #23
Hey Kelley, hows everything going? Hadn't seen you in awhile. KS Toronado Mar 2024 #27
Oh, not still! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #29
It's been a roller-coaster with them KS Toronado Mar 2024 #30
Night before last was when I discovered a whole stream of them. Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #31
Hey there! KelleyKramer Mar 2024 #32
Thought the changeover would have happened yesterday. KS Toronado Mar 2024 #33
Sign me up! jimmil Mar 2024 #24
I'd like to volunteer LeftishBrit Mar 2024 #25

FSogol

(46,502 posts)
1. I volunteer. Thanks. n/t
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 02:43 PM
Mar 2024

Spazito

(54,309 posts)
2. I would like to volunteer again...
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 02:44 PM
Mar 2024

it is always a learning experience.

marble falls

(62,043 posts)
3. I'm tanned and rested. I'd like to volunteer.
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 03:02 PM
Mar 2024

BumRushDaShow

(142,217 posts)
4. I'm available to help again
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 03:18 PM
Mar 2024

especially given this is a BIG election year!

ProfessorGAC

(69,852 posts)
5. I'd Be Willing To Give It A Shot
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 03:28 PM
Mar 2024

I'm retired so very available, but I've got other things on my plate.
And idea how much time is devoted?

Behind the Aegis

(54,852 posts)
6. No trips planned...I am good to serve
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 03:45 PM
Mar 2024

Kingofalldems

(39,200 posts)
7. I volunteer.
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 03:52 PM
Mar 2024

ismnotwasm

(42,453 posts)
8. I would love to
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 04:34 PM
Mar 2024

SoFlaBro

(3,347 posts)
9. Put me on the motherfucking team goddamn it. I'll flush all MAGA fuckfaces outta here. Piss on those fucking turds.
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 05:12 PM
Mar 2024

meow2u3

(24,918 posts)
10. I'm willing to give MIRT another shot
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 06:20 PM
Mar 2024

I'm no longer woozy from surgery or from rehab.

RainCaster

(11,543 posts)
11. I haven't done this for a while. I'm ready.
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 06:34 PM
Mar 2024

Demsrule86

(71,021 posts)
12. I am feeling great and wish to be a part of MIRT next term... thanks.
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 06:45 PM
Mar 2024

I have missed MIRT.

yankee87

(2,339 posts)
13. Definitely
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 06:48 PM
Mar 2024

Need to keep an eye out for MAGAts

mcar

(43,498 posts)
14. I'd like to serve again
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 06:48 PM
Mar 2024

I've had a nice break and I'm ready for election year shenanigans.

maryellen99

(3,798 posts)
15. I'd like to volunteer nt
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 07:01 PM
Mar 2024

Xipe Totec

(44,061 posts)
16. I'd like to dip my toes in this pool for the first time. Why not? nt
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 08:14 PM
Mar 2024

Cheezoholic

(2,612 posts)
17. I've been a good boy and haven't been spanked in over a year ;) I would like to volunteer, TY! n/t
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 08:20 PM
Mar 2024

KS Toronado

(19,565 posts)
26. Let me help you out.
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 03:08 PM
Mar 2024

question everything

(48,797 posts)
28. Ouch
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 03:41 PM
Mar 2024

Rhiannon12866

(222,070 posts)
18. I'd like to return if you still have room. Thanks, EarlG!
Wed Mar 13, 2024, 10:04 PM
Mar 2024

Tickle

(3,068 posts)
19. I would like to give it a try, thank you. NT
Thu Mar 14, 2024, 11:08 AM
Mar 2024

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,576 posts)
20. I'll volunteer. :)
Thu Mar 14, 2024, 11:23 AM
Mar 2024
Thanks.
 

RocRizzo55

(980 posts)
21. I'm game
Thu Mar 14, 2024, 11:49 AM
Mar 2024

AZSkiffyGeek

(12,598 posts)
22. I'm interested
Thu Mar 14, 2024, 08:10 PM
Mar 2024

KelleyKramer

(9,828 posts)
23. I can serve again
Thu Mar 14, 2024, 10:27 PM
Mar 2024

KS Toronado

(19,565 posts)
27. Hey Kelley, hows everything going? Hadn't seen you in awhile.
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 03:13 PM
Mar 2024

Just getting off the team, LG has been a real PITA lately.

Rhiannon12866

(222,070 posts)
29. Oh, not still!
Wed Mar 20, 2024, 11:45 PM
Mar 2024

I got called for a jury at the crack of dawn day before yesterday and after that spent my time alerting on more Spammers. So I guess that the Spamming Hour is still a thing.

KS Toronado

(19,565 posts)
30. It's been a roller-coaster with them
Thu Mar 21, 2024, 12:01 AM
Mar 2024

Sometimes none for weeks in the wee hours, then a couple every night, mostly from India.

Rhiannon12866

(222,070 posts)
31. Night before last was when I discovered a whole stream of them.
Thu Mar 21, 2024, 12:05 AM
Mar 2024

KelleyKramer

(9,828 posts)
32. Hey there!
Thu Mar 21, 2024, 10:50 AM
Mar 2024


She is still at it? Good grief, After that super busy last term I figured she would burn out and fade away (at least for a while).

Man, she really needs to find a new hobby

Good to see you again, hope you are doing well



KS Toronado

(19,565 posts)
33. Thought the changeover would have happened yesterday.
Thu Mar 21, 2024, 12:28 PM
Mar 2024

Doing OK except for a sore throat I can't get rid of, still cancer free.

jimmil

(632 posts)
24. Sign me up!
Fri Mar 15, 2024, 07:42 AM
Mar 2024

LeftishBrit

(41,303 posts)
25. I'd like to volunteer
Fri Mar 15, 2024, 02:00 PM
Mar 2024
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