I've seen posts re-instated pretty quickly in the past.

But not for the past year or so.

Have NEVER, NEVER, EVER heard back. No evidence that anything happens other than your clicking the "appeal" button or any kind of due process. Good luck, thin skin is in abundance here.

Don't have misunderstandings around here

See my signature line.

I know we don't all share the same sub-cultures in America - but it is an absolute tragedy if the brilliant, beautiful mind of James Baldwin is not a part of the American psyche through January 19, 2025.

The again - I think Alice Walker and F Scott Fitzgerald said more in one sentence than Chaucer, Rabalais, and all the Greek Philosopher's entire bodies of work - all put together.

I absolutely hate Fitzgeralds work. I'll be forced to read it in hell one day.

Never heard of him. Definitely going to check him out though. Looks very interesting, thank you!

Nothing ever, ever happens to the user who incorrectly turned you in. So no consequences for hitting "alert". So it would seem that you should feel free to turn in anyone whose post rubs you the wrong way.....or even ones you like....just for the hell of it. Alert, alert, alert.

If a jury unanimously rejects an alert, then the alerter cannot alert any more posts for 24 hours.

I don't alert often. It has to be like - spam.

"If you believe that your post did not break the rule and would like to appeal, click here"

and that link says, essentially, IIRC:

if your appeal is successful, you will be notified,
otherwise, no notification.

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The admins just don't have the time to argle bargle over every decision.

...I often get dinged; which is not to say I don't deserve it. Most of the time I do deserve it. I don't suffer fools well, so there's that.

I'm pretty cranky about the state of the world, particularly when it comes to environmental issues that I've spent decades working to understand while people chanted their rote dogma.

On occasion over the years, I have appealed some of the few dings I felt I didn't deserve, but I have never gotten a response, possibly because the administration agrees with the ding, or because, well, hell, they have better things to do than be concerned with my perception of injustice and there's not time to review my whining complaints about my hurt feelings.

I just don't bother we appeals now. It may or may not be a dead letter office.

It would be interesting to know if appeals ever work, but I have no evidence that they do, possibly because I'm a bad guy.

Here's some strategies I use to keep my head above water. If I get dinged for noting that an idiot is an idiot out loud - we do have some here - I add that person to my ignore list to avoid coming across them and perhaps expressing my feelings about them. I also keep my 25 member (maximum) jury block updated for supreme and/or persistent idiots, particularly those who seem to follow me around.

Don't sweat it. Even the best of us can get dinged, along with the worst, of course. There are some dings I've gotten that feel like a badge of honor.

The amount of time it takes me to get around to reviewing appeals varies. I don't perform reviews daily. So sometimes it will happen quickly, sometimes it will take longer. If your appeal is declined, you won't be notified.