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In reply to the discussion: Should Democratic Underground switch to seven-person juries? [View all]winter is coming
(11,785 posts)As to your points...
1. There's an old ATA thread where Skinner points out that very few DUers send more than 1 or 2 alerts per day. The admins would know if someone is truly being alert stalked. But let's say there's someone out there who actually alerts on another DUer a dozen times a day. If they're that hell-bent on alerting on someone else, "outing" them as an alert stalker is far more likely to prompt a round of complaints and self-justifications from the alerter than it will any degree of reflection or remorse.
Take a look through the ATA threads, and notice how many of them are, "Why was this post hidden!?!" as if they honestly can't imagine why anyone would have hidden their stuff. A lot of the "I'm being alert stalked!" stuff comes from the same reservoir: people who can't/won't believe that they might be at fault.
2. When you see asshattery and viciousness in a verdict, alert on it to the admins. They've said that people who don't take jury duty seriously will be removed from the pool, and I'm pretty sure that's actually happened.