My Fellow Deletees and The Cyberbullied Sisters

ok I don't post very often and only pop in from time to time. I have followed a bit of what is going on.  I  just don't understand how people have the time to waste on petty behaviour. I think there should be accountability ie: reporters should be identified. What have they got to hide?

retaliation usually follows provocation. I sense that the misuse of the report feature recently is a result of people feeling bullied, and feeling they have no other resource but to report, in an attempt to expose threats or ridicule, it seems to me the action of those who feel in a minority. 

personally, i have reported only spam, as far back as i can remember anyway.

if individual experience and beliefs are respected and responded to accordingly, i would imagine abuse of this feature would cease.

i like the idea of a like/dislike button.

Thanks for all your feedback everyone. We have made and will continue to make changes to the "report this post" function. We sincerely appreciate you all working together to maintain a supportive and respectful climate. 

Best,

Your Mods 

We know, and have them all documented   Thanks very much!

I stopped posting a long time ago but popped on just to check out how elizabeth (konakat) was doing.  tragically, she is now with the angels.

I stopped posting because of a specific small group of didactic bullies.

Yay - exactly the same people are in this thread!

what a pity. 

London .. I had to look up the word 'didactic.'  Now I understand what you're talking about.

Apple .. Maybe if the feature said "report this spam" instead of "report this post" it would cut down on unnecessary reporting.

Bren

Virginia!  Good to see you visiting once again.  Hope you are doing well!

Hugs,  Linda 

RE reporting: Spam cures, i believe, are of concern and should be
our focus more so than policing personal opinions of members.

RE :"sock puppets".. moderators say they are now able to identify them, hopefully there will be change in the future, and one id only for members.

RE apple: ive lost touch with who is fighting for sock puppet rights? and with who is a sock puppet...puppets/pilot fish/...what a waste of energy and time for all...and the member tv, i actually felt sorry for her, as much as i did for yan that day...every one was emotional i think, there was so much shock and sadness running through the board. 

fair enough point gracie...i thought spam was a new member 'selling' a product...like the vitamin C private message that was going around, and also 3 posts for that treatment in the alt forum. they asked for $100.00?...i think the moderators decide what is spam?, after receiving reports on pms and posts.

I consider spam the tons of posts about nikes, purses, etc. I've never really seen anything I consider spam that was a so called "cure". There was someone on the other day who posted in 4 or 5 forums about a friend who had been cured of some kind of cancer using alternative methods. I think there was a link to a web site. Those posts were removed by the community, but when that happens if the mods think the post was legit they'll reinstate it.

Allison .. I consider that spam too, as well as links on posts to promote someone's own website selling something or selling a cure. 

I don't consider posts I don't like to be spam .. just a difference of opinion.  But some folks do like to report posts that have a differing opinion than theirs.

Bren

Nancy  ... it's okay, the mods know who is hitting the 'report' key and they are on top of it.  It still sucks to get reported though.  You're in good company here.

Bren

Thank you Susan for your advice. Maybe you should follow it.

Susan, since you had a number of posts deleted yesterday, welcome to the club!