at least for me it is. Makes it easy.

Oops, I didn't read all your post. My bad.

There are about 500 responses in the thread. In jury service, they're tiled so that each one is slightly to the right of the above it. The post in question was down far enough that it scrolled off the page and no text was visible.

I've been on juries for a long, long time and had never seen one scroll entirely off the page. Usually, one can do a search and figure out which post it was, but that wasn't working, either. First time for everything!

that we were supposed to make the decision on.

There's no penalty for canceling jury service. In this instance, like you, I didn't see any other alternative.

I suspect they will look into it when everyone does the same.

I canceled out too.

The post was in red, but it was less than a half-inch wide and would not display.

Wrote a note about it under Ask the Administrators, but I’m not sure that was the best place to do that.

It was impossible to read the post that was to be evaluated. Don’t know if the thread was really that long or if there was some kind of glitch.

it just kept going further to right until it left the screen. I backed up and opted out. Never had that happen before.

nobody can read the jury thread.

From the way it was going, looks like no point voting to hide it anyway.

..Im not going to ruin someones day with just a guess.

First time that happened to me!
Just didn't want to be in jury duty jail or anything.

It seemed bogus to me so I canceled out also too many posts and could not find the one in question

When it gets that far out of hand, just delete the whole damn thing. Ugh.

Like others, I tried several times to read the reported post and couldn't. Then I went and read the OP and it was ridiculous what was going on. The whole thread should have been deleted. Just tit for tat. One of the posters I had on ignore for doing the same thing before.

I've never turned down Jury Service before.

It was a weird graphic problem.

Oh, well. The thread seemed pretty aggressive anyway.

It seemed bogus to me so I canceled out also too many posts and could not find the one in question

Unable to view the reported post.

going on, so I canceled.

For one reason, I seldom block posts unless the alerted post threaten someone or is a vile message. Just about anything else can be handled by rebuffing or rebutting the original poster if one doesn't agree with it.

Similarly, I seldom block posts that someone alerts saying the post is "pushing right wing talking points." Just because one says they don't support say mandatory Medicare-for-All, it is not a "right wing talking point." That "right wing talking point" is overused here and is usually just someone who doesn't like someone's opinion. We should welcome most opinions even if we strongly disagree. As above, if you don't agree with them, say so in a rebuttal post.

Another thing, it used to be that one could go back to the original thread before voting so that a jury member can determine the entire context of the alerted post. Since we can no longer do that, I seldom vote to block a post. As above, if you don't agree with the post, say so. Also, under the old system, you could actually write a comment about why you decided to hide or allow. And the alerted poster got to see those (but not the juror's name). I really liked that.

I'm a little more strict on thread titles because a lot of people just read those and not the thread. Thread titles should be accurate and fair.

In any event, you don't get disciplined for canceling out of a jury.

Oh, I have only alerted on one post in 15 some years here. It was one of mine that I thought better of later.

I let someone else decide in my place, someone who might know the background and context of the issue more than I do.

We are looking into it.

Knew you guys would be on it; was just trying to figure out how to get you!

Me as well.

Something tells me it's all the same thread.