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6. I'm sorry to see this happen --
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 07:28 PM
Mar 28

I was thinking about DU-mailing you privately about the "don't interfere with forum moderation" rule, but apparently you know about that now from your last notice from the jury software. (I didn't want to reply to that (now removed) post#5 of yours in this thread as it might give somebody the idea to alert on that, and I was hoping you might rethink things and try to stay a member. But somebody (not me) did alert and oh well. ).

My reason for posting is this, in case you manage to come back by successfully appealing to the admins -- or starting a new account -- was this quote from #2

"I've had several incidents now where I put a harassing account on ignore and am immediately attacked with bizarre and threatening notices that are supposedly from a jury."

I've addressed the second part of the above in #4 (it probably comes from the DU software and is the same message for everyone who just got their nth post hidden, e.g. after say a 4th hide, everyone gets the same what I'll call "4th hide message", and is not personal). (I'm using "hide" and "post removed" synonymously)

But rather I post this to address the first part -- putting someone on ignore:

Please be aware that if you put someone on ignore, that person can still see all your posts and can alert on them. So it's no protection from alerts and juries. (And they can also reply to your posts)

All's putting someone on ignore does is make their posts invisible to you.

It's a common misconception that putting people on ignore works both ways -- making your posts invisible to them as well as making their posts invisible to you. Nope, it only does the 2nd part -- making their posts invisible to you.

I don't put anyone on ignore, and never have, because it's like sticking my head in the sand. The "ignored" person can still post replies that shred my posts with misinformation that makes me and my point of view look bad and silly to all the others reading the thread, and I would never know it. So I don't "ignore" people for that reason.

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