I've had several incidents now where I put a harassing account on ignore and am immediately attacked with bizarre and threatening notices that are supposedly from a jury. But what they say makes no sense. I haven't been here that long, so I don't get what that is or means.

that if you get a 5th post removed during the 90 day period, you are automatically put on Flagged For Review status and won't be able to post ever again, unless you beg the administrators to let you back in. So consider taking a break from DU for awhile until some of your removed posts drop out of the 90 day window. Even being real careful in what you post, it's too easy to slip up and offend an alerter and 4 out of 7 jurors.

"and am immediately attacked with bizarre and threatening notices that are supposedly from a jury."

that sounds like the standard messages that one gets from the software when one gets a post removed. The first one such is pretty mild, but each one after that gets more and more shrill, at least from what I've read from others (I don't think I've ever had more than 2 posts removed in a 90 day period, so all's I can say from personal experience is that the 2nd one is somewhat more stern than the first one.

I was thinking about DU-mailing you privately about the "don't interfere with forum moderation" rule, but apparently you know about that now from your last notice from the jury software. (I didn't want to reply to that (now removed) post#5 of yours in this thread as it might give somebody the idea to alert on that, and I was hoping you might rethink things and try to stay a member. But somebody (not me) did alert and oh well. ).

My reason for posting is this, in case you manage to come back by successfully appealing to the admins -- or starting a new account -- was this quote from #2

"I've had several incidents now where I put a harassing account on ignore and am immediately attacked with bizarre and threatening notices that are supposedly from a jury."

I've addressed the second part of the above in #4 (it probably comes from the DU software and is the same message for everyone who just got their nth post hidden, e.g. after say a 4th hide, everyone gets the same what I'll call "4th hide message", and is not personal). (I'm using "hide" and "post removed" synonymously)

But rather I post this to address the first part -- putting someone on ignore:

Please be aware that if you put someone on ignore, that person can still see all your posts and can alert on them. So it's no protection from alerts and juries. (And they can also reply to your posts)

All's putting someone on ignore does is make their posts invisible to you.

It's a common misconception that putting people on ignore works both ways -- making your posts invisible to them as well as making their posts invisible to you. Nope, it only does the 2nd part -- making their posts invisible to you.

I don't put anyone on ignore, and never have, because it's like sticking my head in the sand. The "ignored" person can still post replies that shred my posts with misinformation that makes me and my point of view look bad and silly to all the others reading the thread, and I would never know it. So I don't "ignore" people for that reason.