But that is my strategy. A feeling about who is spiteful and plays favorites - and a few who just creep me out.

You have been here longer than I have. Do only star members serve on jury? As of late, I think I may need one. TIA

I also know the people on my list - I can't be neutral if I end up on one of their juries.

The official explanation includes this passage:

Let's face it, there is a lot of animosity among members and I'm sure there are serial alerters and even people who work with others to target individuals that they may not like.

It's a plain fact.

And your advice is good advice.

Thanks.

who simply want equality with white males, on average.

and plenty of them are on my jury blacklist too - I wouldn't trust them to make ANY kind of decision

My guess is that there is absolutely no collection of DUers with a particular viewpoint that is completely free of alert abusers.

Of course, that only reinforces your advice about using the jury blacklist.

You referred to problems that can face a DUer who is "a feminist or other type of liberal or civil rights activist...."

I was simply expanding on your comment. I believe that the type of alert abuse you described also affects other DUers, and is in fact sometimes employed by people who would vehemently proclaim themselves to be feminists or other type of liberal or civil rights activists. If you agree with me, I'm glad, but that wasn't obvious from your OP.

I certainly agree with you in rejecting all-or-nothing thinking, at least when it comes to civility on DU. More than once, I've been called to jury a post that I thought was clearly wrong but not hideable; then when I read the alerter's explanation, the stupidity of the alert has astounded me. Thus, I know first-hand that there are people who agree with me about a particular issue but who can still abusively alert about that issue.

if you want to post advice to the men's group folks, go for it.

i'm not here to help what they are trying to do.

Please note that this is a thread within a feminist group, thus making a statement about using your jury blacklist to avoid those who may alert maliciously on that basis is appropriate and within the SOP.

Arguing here that the poster is just imagining it is not.

Thanks,
Gormy Cuss

I wasn't arguing that the OP was just imagining alert abuse. To the contrary, I opined "that there is absolutely no collection of DUers with a particular viewpoint that is completely free of alert abusers."

My only difference with the OP is that the OP mentioned only one aspect of alert abuse, and I think the problem is broader than what the OP said. That's why I said to CreekDog that my addition "only reinforces your advice about using the jury blacklist."

You seem to think that if i post this advice here i only think the advice is useful or applicable to people who read this group.

Think harder.

And zero hides on DU 3.

I choose my jury blacklist very carefully; it is comprised almost entirely of conservative Third Way or Republican trolls. Ther conservatives are the only ones here at DU who will result to total subjectiviity and underhanded tactics in order to alert and hide posts, and are by far the most likely to have sock puppets.

I review my jury blacklist frequently to eliminate the conservatives who have been tombstoned.

Oh, yeah, on edit: Check how often the posters on your jury blacklist post. If they rarely post, it may be that they don't spend much time here, and you may want to consider replacing an infrequent poster on your jury blacklist with a different "suspect" who posts every day or almost every day.

The more conservative the poster, the more probable they will try to cause you harm.