GrahamM
Managing Editor
- Joined
- Feb 23, 1999
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It's been obvious for some time that certain anglers are usingFishingMagic's Barbel Forum (and other website's forums)to stalk and harrass certain other individuals and the Barbel Society in general.
Myself and FM's other moderators have been pretty lenient but of late it's reached the stage where we are no longer being left with any choice but to take a harder line. The forum is being disrupted assensible threads are edited, locked or deletedto prevent further escalation into chaos.
For the sake of all sensible and moderate posters (the majority of the membership)there will from now on be zero tolerance towards those who are deemed to be using FM for their own personal vendettas and hate campaigns against other anglers. I used to think that this little gang of trolls andparasitesdidn't realise that they were offending everyone's forum experience, but I now realise that it's more simple than that: they don't care.
So why should we give them anyof ourconsideration?
Initially, posts will continue to be edited, locked or deleted, but if myself or any moderator decides that someone can't take a hint and is obviously out to make a nuisance of themselves, they will be removed from the membership database and prevented from making any further posts on FM.
No explanation will be offered, but if someone thinks they need an explanation they can contact me or any moderator by Personal Message to seek one.
I apologise to all our reasonable members for having to take this harder line, but it needs no further explanation from me as to why it's become necessary.
Myself and FM's other moderators have been pretty lenient but of late it's reached the stage where we are no longer being left with any choice but to take a harder line. The forum is being disrupted assensible threads are edited, locked or deletedto prevent further escalation into chaos.
For the sake of all sensible and moderate posters (the majority of the membership)there will from now on be zero tolerance towards those who are deemed to be using FM for their own personal vendettas and hate campaigns against other anglers. I used to think that this little gang of trolls andparasitesdidn't realise that they were offending everyone's forum experience, but I now realise that it's more simple than that: they don't care.
So why should we give them anyof ourconsideration?
Initially, posts will continue to be edited, locked or deleted, but if myself or any moderator decides that someone can't take a hint and is obviously out to make a nuisance of themselves, they will be removed from the membership database and prevented from making any further posts on FM.
No explanation will be offered, but if someone thinks they need an explanation they can contact me or any moderator by Personal Message to seek one.
I apologise to all our reasonable members for having to take this harder line, but it needs no further explanation from me as to why it's become necessary.