Fellow "deletees"

Marie .. yes. Melissa can most definitely see who is hitting the delete button.  And if it's a repeat offender, she can put them on restriction or ban them from this site.

Bren

Lewing was deleted too!

It's PAST TIME to call the deleters out and make them accountable for their actions. They get a free pass here while others get banned? I am sick of hearing this over and over again.

What's it going to take to get the deleters outed??

Cowards.

Melissa, I always have your back. It's time to be a hero now.

Melissa, I'm stepping up with my sisters to complain LOUDLY about the abuse of the "Report this post" function.  This abuse is nothing new.  Some BCO members have been complaining about it for years.  We know you can identify the people who are reporting posts, and you've assured us you will take action if it appears posts are being reported -- and deleted -- without justification.  Yet, it continues.

Please, can't we figure out a way to resolve this?  When we have people like konakat (and others) banned from the boards, or even just put on restriction, it means (to me) that the system is broken.  Whatever we are gaining by being able to stop SPAM automatically is resulting in serious loss at the hands of bullies.

The people abusing the "Report this post" function are doing so with impunity, because they've figured out how to game the login process through multiple usernames.  We know this.  Some BCO members can even cite the multiple names under which a given member operates.  But, of course, that member can easily register under yet another name when the first batch is threatened.

I'm afraid we're losing the civility that makes these boards so valuable.  What we are seeling is bullying, plain and simple.  How do we stop it?

otter

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I would have written last night, but my comp crashed.  Melissa, please reinstate the deleted posts.  No one broke any bco rules.  Please do something to punish those who unfairly delete posts.

Melissa,

It might be useful for you to know that I lurked for the better part of a year before registering and posting.  The reason I held off so long was because I saw the censoring that was going on here.  When posts that don't break the rules are deleted and not reinstated that says as much about the site as it does about those doing the deleting.

I respectfully request that the posts are reinstated, the deleted posters are given full rights and not restricted and that those doing the deleting have their user IDs revealed and have to answer to the community.

Thank you. 

Melissa, I dont participate on that thread, but it is beyond acceptable for someone to delete someone like KonaKat ( I am aware of who she is). I cant imagine anyone reporting her posts for any other reason then they disagreed.

Is there a way of putting a conditional restriction on those who abuse the "report" button? Or perhaps removing that privlegde from their account? 

It's unbelievable that over 3 years ago since the Report This Post function was first implemented and immediately abused by the "community" that this is still happening!  

Funny how the rules state that if one reports a post inappropriately that the reporter of the post will be penalized, and yet they never seem to be.  It's been over 2 years since the moderators have been able to see who it is that reports posts.  Perhaps it's time they share with the real community who has been abusing this feature and finally implement the feature that has been promised that would reveal the member ID of the reporter.  It's only fair that the entire community know who, in their name, is removing a post!  Otherwise it's ridiculous to even use the word "community".  I suggest when a post is removed, the removed post then show the five members ID name.

Over a year ago the moderators promised to bring back the Who Is Online feature after many members requested it.  Perhaps if it could be seen who is online when the "community" goes on a delete spree, it may deter some of that behavior.  At least until the mods implement the best deterrent which is having to be identified when one reports a post.

I remember a poster suggesting that there be a RESTORE This Post feature so that the "community" could reinstate posts that do not violate the BCO rules of conduct.  I'm intrigued by this idea, as long as it could not be abused by true spammers.  After all, if the community is policing this board and able to remove posts, they should also be able to reinstate posts.

Finally, it should be noted that although moderators can reinstate members and posts that haven't violated the rules, the software itself does not keep up with the fact that the banned member never should have been banned in the first place.  Eventually, even though the member was innocent, they will be permanently banned after the software counts the final strike against them.  There needs to be a way that the software recognizes when a post and member have been reinstated and remove the strike from the automatic tally of the software program.

*edited to correct typos 

Melissa:

I was put on "restriction" three weeks ago and I DID NOT break the rules - it was another one of those "massive sweeps" that the mods seem to be so fond of - now I rarely post because frankly it has hurt my feelings but wanna make me really mad - deleting Konakat, Enjoyful, Lewing, etc. these are good people going through rough times they WOULD NEVER abuse their privileges on this site and I think it's about time you got brave and did something about the deleters - you promised weeks ago that something would be done - when are you planning to handle this?????

Sandy

Kathy .. .nobody is going to ban you for speaking your mind.  I thought we got that all straightened out awhile back.

Hope you doing well.

Bren