Announcements
Related: About this forumWe are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from August - November 2019
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 Thursday, August 1.
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.

radical noodle
(9,559 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,630 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(177,384 posts)Thanks, EarlG!
CaliforniaPeggy
(153,134 posts)Thanks for considering me, my dear EarlG!
Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)mcar
(44,145 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,990 posts)Different Drummer
(9,052 posts)DD
George II
(67,782 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Soph0571
(9,685 posts)sheshe2
(90,327 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Last edited Thu Jul 25, 2019, 05:28 PM - Edit history (1)
mokawanis
(4,476 posts)thanks for the consideration.
brooklynite
(96,882 posts)maryellen99
(3,798 posts)LeftishBrit
(41,318 posts)erronis
(18,149 posts)tenderfoot
(8,982 posts)Thank you!
marble falls
(63,643 posts)budkin
(6,849 posts)Me me me me me! Really though, would love to do it.
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)Last edited Sat Jul 27, 2019, 11:00 AM - Edit history (1)
I would like to volunteer!
KelleyKramer
(10,168 posts)DashOneBravo
(2,679 posts)Thank you for not making it 2000 posts.
applegrove
(124,927 posts)Rhiannon12866
(229,762 posts)Thanks so much, EarlG!
ADX
(1,622 posts)...Thanks in advance for your consideration...
alittlelark
(18,963 posts)
Throckmorton
(3,579 posts)It has been a while since I last helped out.
live love laugh
(15,026 posts)angrychair
(10,293 posts)Thanks!
ornotna
(11,210 posts)If there's room count me in.
Politicub
(12,309 posts)Thanks for your consideration!
rownesheck
(2,343 posts)if needed.
DownriverDem
(6,760 posts)to try.
RainCaster
(12,284 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(32,671 posts)uppityperson
(115,916 posts)WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)Demsrule86
(71,046 posts)bitterross
(4,066 posts)I think I have a record of opinions that span the gamut. I've been out on a limb on unpopular opinions here. Which is probably a good thing because I might be able to balance other's opinions while they balance mine.
Sophiegirl
(2,338 posts)....and would be happy to serve again.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)Thanks!
The Polack MSgt
(13,532 posts)Sign me up
Silver Gaia
(5,023 posts):::raising hand:::
If I'm not too late?
jimmil
(634 posts)meow2u3
(25,080 posts)I'm a bit rusty, but I'll be glad to volunteer.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Surely this will leave a mark.
If not, I am afraid of what that might mean.
CaliforniaPeggy
(153,134 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)How very odd. I thought I had replied to a Moscow Mitch thread. Not at all sure how that happened.
So sorry. No time to be on MIRT. Sure do appreciate that team, though.
TrogL
(32,825 posts)I drive truck all day with time between loads. I dont sleep much so Im up half the night
JudyM
(29,540 posts)Thanks, EarlG!