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EarlG

(21,894 posts)
Tue May 2, 2017, 01:05 PM May 2017

We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from May - August 2017

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 Tuesday, May 9.

[font color="red"]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.[/font]

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We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from May - August 2017 (Original Post) EarlG May 2017 OP
I'd be happy to serve. discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2017 #1
I would like to volunteer. hrmjustin May 2017 #2
I'd like to give it a try. k8conant May 2017 #3
I'd like another whirl on the crazy train. Behind the Aegis May 2017 #4
I'm would like to give it another go ismnotwasm May 2017 #5
I'll do it again Recursion May 2017 #6
I would like to serve. Kingofalldems May 2017 #7
I'll volunteer again. Amimnoch May 2017 #8
I'd like to serve again if there's room. herding cats May 2017 #9
I'd like to serve again mcar May 2017 #10
I'd be happy to help DU again in any way that I can. nt WePurrsevere May 2017 #11
i can do it. mopinko May 2017 #12
I'd like to join! tallahasseedem May 2017 #13
I'm happy to serve volstork May 2017 #14
I would be interested in serving again. MoonRiver May 2017 #15
Would like to try it.... bobGandolf May 2017 #16
If you need more, I am in. longship May 2017 #17
I'd like to serve, thanks. Hortensis May 2017 #18
I would like to volunteer......... mrmpa May 2017 #19

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,470 posts)
1. I'd be happy to serve.
Tue May 2, 2017, 01:09 PM
May 2017
 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
2. I would like to volunteer.
Tue May 2, 2017, 01:09 PM
May 2017

k8conant

(3,030 posts)
3. I'd like to give it a try.
Tue May 2, 2017, 01:16 PM
May 2017

Behind the Aegis

(53,831 posts)
4. I'd like another whirl on the crazy train.
Tue May 2, 2017, 01:39 PM
May 2017

Thanks!

ismnotwasm

(41,919 posts)
5. I'm would like to give it another go
Tue May 2, 2017, 03:39 PM
May 2017

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
6. I'll do it again
Tue May 2, 2017, 07:14 PM
May 2017

If there's still room in the inn.

Kingofalldems

(38,361 posts)
7. I would like to serve.
Tue May 2, 2017, 11:41 PM
May 2017
 

Amimnoch

(4,558 posts)
8. I'll volunteer again.
Wed May 3, 2017, 05:25 AM
May 2017

herding cats

(19,549 posts)
9. I'd like to serve again if there's room.
Wed May 3, 2017, 02:00 PM
May 2017

Thanks!

mcar

(42,210 posts)
10. I'd like to serve again
Thu May 4, 2017, 06:05 PM
May 2017

ThanksEarlG.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
11. I'd be happy to help DU again in any way that I can. nt
Thu May 4, 2017, 06:07 PM
May 2017

mopinko

(69,806 posts)
12. i can do it.
Thu May 4, 2017, 06:17 PM
May 2017

seems like it's kinda all hands on deck time.

tallahasseedem

(6,716 posts)
13. I'd like to join!
Thu May 4, 2017, 06:53 PM
May 2017

volstork

(5,394 posts)
14. I'm happy to serve
Thu May 4, 2017, 08:09 PM
May 2017

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
15. I would be interested in serving again.
Sat May 6, 2017, 03:45 PM
May 2017

bobGandolf

(871 posts)
16. Would like to try it....
Mon May 8, 2017, 12:28 AM
May 2017

I believe getting more involved might help reignite my involvement in DU. I have enjoyed helping with jury duty.
When I changed my "name" I had to start a completely new account.
I meet your MIR Member requirements under my previous account as bobburgster....I was a Star member, had over 1000 posts. As bobGandolf I became turned off by the treatment of new members, and their posts.
Not sure what you new membership numbers are, but if they are stagnant, or lower, you might want to get the "mega number of post veterans" to ease up on their criticism/ridicule of new members' posts. I know it is difficult to see the same mistakes over, and over again, by new members, but a little more patience will go along way.
I will leave it up to you to decide whether my background, and opinions, would help, or hinder, as a member of the MIR Team.

"IMPEACH TRUMP NOW"

longship

(40,416 posts)
17. If you need more, I am in.
Mon May 8, 2017, 12:30 PM
May 2017

I served two terms in the winter. If I am elegible again, I would serve again.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
18. I'd like to serve, thanks.
Mon May 8, 2017, 06:27 PM
May 2017

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)
19. I would like to volunteer.........
Tue May 9, 2017, 10:36 AM
May 2017

thanks

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