I have a current event issue...related to DU. "jury duty"

[Stuart G]

Every day, twice a day I am called to. "jury duty". It is ok, much of the time I serve, often..no. I ask only one question for discussion. Why am I called so often?..Why? Not that I mind, I don't. but..why?

[Drahthaardogs]

1. I always say no now.

I have no interest in serving on a jury if I cannot see the results. If you are a star member with no hides you get selected often.

[PearliePoo2]

2. Yeah, same here. I'm getting called two to three times a day recently.

I almost always serve also, but I'm wondering what's going on.
Is the jury pool really small right now or are people flagging posts more than usual? Don't know, but interesting.

[emulatorloo]

3. Look on your profile page

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=211899

There is a section about your eligibility for jury duty and a link that says "explain".

That link will take you to the criteria and your scores.

[Stuart G]

4. I am very eligibil ....I am only asking why so much?..are we gettin more nasty here?

I can see lots of people are just mad...I don't know..

[msongs]

5. war is a racket - gen.smedley

[JenniferJuniper]

6. Lots of personal or petty disputes,

I only see actual violations about 10% of the time.

Probably going to stop "serving" if it keeps up.

[canetoad]

7. If you are eligible

And willing to serve on juries, IMO two or three times a day is pretty normal. I've noticed that the particular rule that is alerted on tends to vary in a general sort of way; for example recently most of the alerts seem to be for 'bashing democratic public figures'. I guess it depends on what is going on in the real world.

[petronius]

8. You could ask in ATA, but I'd guess it's one of the following

1) Fewer active DUers overall, but the ones still here are the ones who are more typically likely to use the alert system.
2) More people choosing not to participate in the system (jury willingness set to no).
3) More people made ineligible for juries by Admin decision.
4) We're just a lot nastier and prone to backbiting these days.

Probably a combination of more than one, really...

[Alea]

9. I have a 78% chance of being selected but have never been asked to serve

I've been on 2 real world juries in the 8 years I've been eligible. Neither of my parents have ever been asked and have been registered voters all their lives. Strange how that works.