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In fact no where did I mention it. If you would like to see some of the jury results that led to my conclusions, I can share them with you via PM. I don't appreciate having my concerns mocked. I am far from alone in holding them. Clearly the site owners have an interest in maintaining the jury system since it frees up their time. However, some modest reforms would not be particularly time-consuming. Nothing I have proposed is onerous, with the possible exception of making names invisible.

Someone did an alert experiment where he posted the same thing that resulted in a hide from another member, a feminist, and had a friend alert on him. The results came back 2-5, whereas the woman's post was hidden. I think it would be interesting to see more such experiments. I expect the results would be enlightening. I will also point out that most of the recent PPRs of long-term members were people with relatively few hides. That should tell you something.

I think fairness is a worthy goal and not one that deserves ridicule. Just a two weeks ago people were making similar jokes about perceptions of the hosting forum operating dysfunctionally. Clearly they were wrong.