These events alert the moderator of the need for some change in the plans. In a short e-mail chat with Dorothy and other very active users of the forum, it is decided not to hand over the petition because this could possibly damage the image of DEMOS as "the people's voice", as it has been called in the media.

Meanwhile, hostilities seem to have broken out between supporters of different viewpoints, resulting in a flurry of aggressive e-mails., Some of the DEMOS workers are confused by these unexpected reaction. To find a solution to the problem, the people with responsibility for the forum decide to engage an external mediator to bring the different interests together.

DEMOS is switched into the activity level 2-mode for the mediation process.