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I received the same pm

I replied on the thread ..It was soon rr'd....just goes to show doesn't it...

Strange thing was, if my posts were that bad none had been reported up until this point :-S :-S

Think it was sent to get my back up so there would be a reason to report me :-D

Shall not be falling into that trap again

Roy


please do call me Sylvia .......

........ I do not object to a shortening of my Board Name, but prefer Sylvia to SIC :-D

Roy

I understand that several people received very similar pms.

At least 2 of us reported it as "internet bullying" to GR

As it happened, I was out of town for several days at the time, and so this is the first time I have mentioned it on site.


Otherwise, you can be sure that I would have joined you!

SylviaInCanada,

"Also, not until this year have I ever received a pm saying basically, if you do not remove your posts, I will take legal action against you"


I also had a very similar PM But unlike you I decided to post my reply on the thread concerned for all to see, I never mentioned on the thread/post that I had received a threat? but some may remember my post where I said in response to the PM,.....I have not used your real name and I have not broken any laws if you think I have then see you in Court.

Roy

I have reported posts several times in the 9 years that I have been a member ............................. for racist, homosexual, or very offensive remarks. Never for disagreement with me or a differing opinion in a discussion, or for malicious or tit-for-tat

That is ..................... not until this year have I RR'd anyone for "malicious" postings.

Also, not until this year have I ever received a pm saying basically, if you do not remove your posts, I will take legal action against you.

The posts????

They were not malicious, offensive or anything ................................. but I had used initials instead of the full name.

I, of course, reported that pm as "bullying", which I think it was ..................... and GR told me to just ignore it, there was nothing that the other person could do .............. but they would not issue a warning. They did not see it as bullying.



Like Roy, I was raised to be independent, and stand up for myself. I will not stand for bullying, either of myself or anyone else.


and I will not be baited by anyone else in an attempt to force me off the Boards.

GlitterBaby, I was aware of the circumstances of your ban at the time and also saw the support you had on GR's FB page highlighting the appalling way you had been treated,

I was banned from posting on GR's FB page for raising my concerns about decisions made by the GR team having not had satisfactory explanations from the team on this their main site, I'm still banned from posting on their FB page so I fully understand your situation,

Jax, As indicated by both my thread titles, Malicious reporting and this the Malicious threads/posts thread i suspect the "with malice, malicious intent" was the reason you were singled out,

Roy

I have had two warnings in the last 18 months, both times they were comments about GR and not bad. I have seen far worse on here so why were my posts singled out? one was on a long thread when GB was banned and everyone was complaining about it.....just my one was reported....very odd

I believe both were reported by the same person, if GR will not say who it was, that person is going to continue to get the blame.....I cant see it being anyone else anyway

Roy your post at 8:15

I got 3 warnings and a ban all within 3-4 hours. Was not insulting members or baiting then with stupid comments or reporting members to GR for their use of an avator etc. Guilty of having a go at GR themselves. Some of the questions I was asking have never been answered.

My ban was supposed to be permanent but a member of the GR Team looked into it and the ban was lifted. But I was still absent from the boards for over a week.

So I feel the current ban of a few days does not match the crime

I agree DC, I also see some forms of "cross posting" taking something said in one post by a member and starting a thread using the content out of context in order to try and intimidate another with malice, malicious intent, is another form of Bullying but to be honest whilst that may work as a tactic with some it will never work on others

I myself refuse to be Bullied by anyone, I was brought up to always stand up and defend myself and never allow anyone to bully me,

Whether in real life or on the web it's better to get a bloody nose with head held high than to let the bully get away with it.

Roy

RR'ing in many instances lately are in my opinion a form of bullying.

Yes, by all means RR an offensive post, but then when you get to the tit for tat RR'ing that then becomes bullying to try to deter others from complaining or commenting on the original post.

Totally unacceptable behaviour in all walks of life

To be honest there are some right eejits on here, who think they rule the roost and GR allows them to continue in this vein.... :-(

Joy, I note your frustration, Hope to see your thread back soon.

Susan, Some people think they are above the rest of us mere mortals and think they belong on a pedestal,

They are deluding themselves and just need all our help to bring them back down to reality :-D

Roy

Roy

Thank You for your reply.

My posts were not put back up so I suppose there were judged as bad.

I really love this site and do not want to change but it has gotten so bad of late nasty even.
I just don't understand what people get out of creating all this disruption :-S

Hope today is better for all of us :-D

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8 May 2012 19:59

Susan, I also being a member for 9 years and not had a post reported in all those years but I have had multiple posts reported in the last 12 months, some upheld and some reinstated, I had also never felt the need to RR anyone over those years but that has also changed in the last 12 months and all have been upheld.

Although I feel that GR don't appear to be even handed or take into account the interactions of the reporter and reported and any history they may have i don't live in fear of a suspension or a ban, (their are other sites) as has been said GR appear to not ban anyone and it appears a ban is only a ban from using the boards for a couple of days so absolutely zero deterrent at all or as my dad used to say "idle threats" are a waste of time

What ever you do don't "stay low" Stay strong and stand up to what is actualy just a couple? of individuals and a very small minority

Roy

Roy

Your comments .....1 Jul 2013 22:29

That was the message I received with regards to my postings and others about a member I do not see eye to eye with.

I have never been reported in the 7 years I have been with Genes,yet I got reprimanded for my comments and the perpetrator is still going around stirring people up on a regular basis.

If that member can't find a Thread to get into they creates one themselves or nudges up one we all left alone for 8 days ...I can't see why there are different rules for that member :-S

I have stayed low lately for fear of being suspended :-( and doing what Genes asked me to do but I am getting very fed up with this member spoiling Genes for everyone.
The boards are worryingly quiet :-( .

Genes can we please have the same rules apply to everyone and peace restored to the boards

I bet she was not!!



such accusations happen ............. but seemingly much more on GR than on other sites!

A lady I know who joined GR shortly after the death of her husband................to try to occupy her mind at that sad time.................was accused by a very long-standing member of being someone else, masquerading under a new board name.

The basis for this accusation was so flimsy as to be laughable, but my friend wasn't laughing................

Reggie


I've had the same experience .................

and we may even be thinking the same event!


I do know that way back when I first started posting on General Chat ....... for a very short period in 2004 .............. I was immediately harassed by one or two people who mistook me for another person called Sylvia, who had been a trouble maker.

She disappeared years ago ......... but was the reason for me adding "in Canada" to my name.

I did not post, or even look at General for at least another 2 years.

I was even accused on more than one occasion, and threatened with reporting unless I stopped posting, because someone thought I was our lovely friend JC. The rationale seemingly was that we both lived in Canada, and therefore must be the same person using 2 IDs????? :-S :-S :-S

PP ...................


it's all well and good having that in the Guidelines ............. but NOT if they do not follow through!

In my experience, GR are very selective about whose inappropriate posts they remove..................

The only person I can recall them banning in the 10 years I have used the site was someone who was the innocent victim of a hate campaign waged by one individual.

Instead of banning the person who caused the trouble, they picked on her victim.............that was when the site changed from a vibrant entity where threads moved so quickly one couldn't keep up with them, to the 'shadow' of its former self it is now