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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI wish there was an "Alert Undo" button
I stupidly alerted a post which I misread, where one word completely changed the context.
Moral: Never do anything permanent before coffee
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I wish there was an "Alert Undo" button (Original Post)
LongtimeAZDem
May 2019
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How'd it go. I've alerted the wrong message, fortunately the jury let it stand and another ...
marble falls
May 2019
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dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)1. I think I may have served on that jury.
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)2. If so, my apologies
marble falls
(57,649 posts)3. How'd it go. I've alerted the wrong message, fortunately the jury let it stand and another ...
alert got the one I missed hidden.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)8. I was confused.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)7. It confused me if that was it.
Maeve
(42,316 posts)4. Everyone makes mistakes
There is nothing permanent about an alert--even if it gets juried 7-0, you only lose alerting power for 24 hours. It's happened to me (more than once) and to a lot of folks.
Forgive yourself and pour another cuppa!
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)5. I've seen a lot of Alerts that were unnecessary. Disagreeing is not reason to Alert.
mountain grammy
(26,677 posts)6. If that's not a rule, it should be.
Probably impossible to enforce but its usually obvious..
watoos
(7,142 posts)9. I won't ever alert,
I find it better to personally respond to the poster. It's better to let everyone see who is doing the violating.