I accidentally alerted on a post in a thread rather than the OP as I intended.

[Ocelot II]

How do I fix that? Can I retract the altert?

[hlthe2b]

1. It probably won't receive a "hide" from the jury if it is obviously not problematic.

I don't think there is anything you can really do, except hope for the former. I suppose you could contact the admins, but I don't think they would intercede--or you could du mail the poster of the wrongly alerted post and ask that they appeal and cite your mistake should they receive a hide...

I'm sure many of us have inadvertently done this...

[Ocelot II]

4. I did mail the accidental alertee

but I’m in alert jail for 24 hours because they were unanimously acquitted, as they should have been. I just don’t want it on my Permanent Record.

[marble falls]

2. If someone got a hide I might go to Admin and report it. I've had to do it for a couple of OOPs I authored...

... they were helpful and non-judgemental!

Heck, they even reversed two hides I didn't deserve.

[TwilightZone]

3. I don't think the alert can be retracted.

My suggestion would be to keep an eye on the post you accidentally alerted and if it's hidden, contact Discussion Forum Administration on the page below and let them know it was in error. If it's not, no harm done, in my opinion.

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=contact