Censorship Of Words

[ugly]

I am new to this forum, and for the first week or so it felt like a safe place to talk and listen to others that understand the pain that doesn't go away. However for the last few days I have been reading threads about rules and listening to so much anger, frustration and hostility. That has kept me from posting and even caused me to question if this is the place I want to be. I guess I find it hard to understand why so many have problems with rules and guidelines. I like boundaries and I like order, these things make me feel safe, even if it's a false sense of security. Controlled chaos is what I like to call it, so thank you Anthony and Nicolette for taking the time to do what you do.

ugly

 

[Nicolette]

Thanks Ugly. :smile: It's normally not that chaotic around here and I'll be glad when it gets back to normal. I don't think I've ever seen it this challenging in my time here! :rolleyes:

 

[anthony]

Ugly, I have banned both those members involved in the majority of this recent nonsense, as they did not bring harmony or really anything of value here, they just brought chaos. Not what a community as a whole needs IMO, and I decided to take action upon the many PM's I have received from members about these two recent cases. I do not care whether they are legitimate or not, the fact remains that if anyone brings this much chaos to this community where many standup and take notice, it just cannot be a good thing.

Problem fixed for now. Until next time....

 

[Grama-Herc]

Anthony

Thank you so much for the recent action you have taken in banning a couple of disruptive members.

I was ready to "'ring the bell'" myself this morning. While I may have caused a little bit of chaos myself in recent times, this was more than chaos.

I was actually getting frightened of the banned members and as such I pulled back from the forum. I need to come here and feel OK. The forum balances me and is a back up for the bad times.

Once again, THANK YOU BOTH for watching out for us. If we don't say it often enough, please know that "WE"/"I" appreciate everything you do.

As a side note, thank you for giving me the time to, shall we say, "grow up" here. I was not always one of the most well behaved members and I am grateful to you for allowing me to stay so I could learn to "play nice with others"

 

[midi]

Herc,

What a relief it is to hear that you felt the same way as I did! I thought I was just being paranoid, but I wanted to hide my little diaries and heavily censor myself! I was afraid to say how I felt because I believed I was being paranoid.

Whew!

 

[tardis]

Late to the discussion once again, not on here enough I reckon. :rolleyes: Have to comment though. I just don't understand the nitpicking at every little thing... I wouldn't even think to be criticizing over such a small matter as curse words, never even entered my mind. I have better things to do with my time... have a girlfriend in cancer treatment currently, who's dealing with a brother is being deployed to Afghanistan right away, and I've begun a demanding new job in a foreign country... come here for some support and see shit like this... sorry but it pisses me off quite frankly. As Hope related it draws attention away from what really matters here, which is supporting others and working on oneself. Trolling is a pretty accurate description from what I've read.

If someone has an editorial or administrative question, isn't the "About the Forum" area the place to ask it? I had thought so... I reckon if I had a question or concern I would address it in there or else PM an editor.

Thanks though and much appreciated to Anthony, Nicolette and Mina (just noticed Mina is an editor!) for keeping this place secure for those here.

 

[Deleted member 541]

I haven't been on the forum much in the past few weeks, dealing with my own issues, but I did lurk.....I too am grateful for the action that you took Anthony, those two weirded me out.... So I just want to say Thanks!!!!!!!

 

[Marlene]

More crap from people who's biggest thrill is stirring up trouble. After almost two and a half years on this forum I've seen a lot of these come and go. Glad to see the back of them!

Thanks Anthony.

Lisa