Rebels complaint

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[lindajean777]

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I would like to complain about the site http://rebels.myfreeforum.org Where I have been the subject of bias on the part of one of the administrator. Offensive posts have not been deleted  that have called me Hitler, a murderer and other names. I was given an administrative warning for responding but no one else has been. See the following link

http://rebels.myfreeforum.org/ftopic6396-0-asc-285.php
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As we have already stated, admin bias is no grounds for complaint.
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[lindajean777]

But I believe in the terms and conditions and I quote not deleting offensive posts in a timely manner is.

[admin (no pm's please)]

Name calling on a forum does not violate our conditions, allowing it may not be good practice but it is not a conditions violation.
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[lindajean777]

Well I am going to take my complaint to ecommerce.gov then that is beginning to regulate internet activity and include My Free Forum in the complaint.

How is name calling not offensive material and not in violation? What is considered a violation then of the above quote?

[admin (no pm's please)]

The word "offensive" does not even appear in our T&C.

forums that allow offensive stuff and have bad administration are best dealt with by leaving said forums.

We will not micro manage such matters.
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[lindajean777]

That's alright. I have already filed a complaint against Rebels and My Free Forum with the Federal Trade Commission/Consumer Protection Agency for discriminatory practices. I just came from filling out the form.

I presume that they will decide the issue in a fair manner as to whether you allow discriminatory and offensive material to be posted on the sites within your domain.

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[lindajean777]

Freedom of speech however is not absolute. It is curtailed at times, such as 'you can not cry fire in a crowded building'. That would be considered a crime and could be prosecuted.

In this case a small group of pro-life advocates go after everyone who is pro-choice. It is not just an occasional insult. It is a concerted campaign of ridicule, humiliation and name-calling. I was called less than intelligent, idiot, murderer, compared to Hitler, etc and so on. When I retaliated I was the only one given an administrative warning. The admin follows the pro-life belief. He is not fair in how he treats people. In actuality the site is supposed to be a Star Wars roleplaying site not a political site. One of the young people, Lord Invictus was under 13 and on there without a COPPA agreement. He is one of the chief offenders. There is even a posting about his age. (He just turned 13)

If any of that is right, then I am just shaking my head. I am going to delete my own forum as well. I really do not feel that I can be a part of My Free Forum if you allow this kind of activity to go on. I know of at least one other young person who left there due to being humiliated. It is a form of cyber-bullying and no expert will tell you it is appropriate.

So I will say my goodbyes to My Free Forum and sign up somewhere else with my own forum.

[admin (no pm's please)]

Consider the implications of us trying to deal with every issue like this?

It would be utterly impossible both for us, and for forum admins to be subject to our judgment on how they run their forums.

I will say again, if a forum is badly run, then leave it and take others with you.

You will have a hard time finding a forums system that takes a different attitude.
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Just as a small aside, all these nasty type of people usually want a response of some kind.  I've been called all sorts of things on the internet, the latest just a couple of days ago, I believe the latest name I got was a male chicken  

Best thing to do is ignore them, it's the people who carry out the name calling that look bad, not the person they are directing it at.  Most folk think 'what an idiot' with regard to the offender and don't give a second thought to the victim.  I (and many others) have found that ignoring these 'trolls' is the best method, for that way you remove their reason for posting, which is to elicit a response.

They are cretinous creatures, just move on, leave the forum and find a friendlier one.

Also, leaving MFF is of course your choice, but again you let the aggressors win as you are losing a forum on easily the best free forum hosts on the net, my grandmother used to call it 'cutting your nose off to spite your face'.
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[lindajean777]

Thank you for the advice. You seem like a nice person. I have made up my mind. I disabled the board already at my forum and I need instruction in how to delete it. Would someone please let me know how to do it? Thanks.

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[admin (no pm's please)]

http://forum.myfreeforum.org/ftopic5090.php

In terms of being a bad admin, pulling a forum out from under an active membership is not good!
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[lindajean777]

Thanks for the information. Good luck to all of you.

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