I Got An Infraction......

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MSE_Martin wrote: »

I've just seen this thread. I will ask the team to look at what's going on.

Thank you. The situation with that particular spammer really is beyond the pale.

~HotChocolate~

I got an answer and the reason was I used the f word so my wrists have been duly slapped and I promise to be a good member from now on :money:

leanneloves

~HotChocolate~ wrote: »

I got an answer and the reason was I used the f word so my wrists have been duly slapped and I promise to be a good member from now on :money:

Strange. another person used the f word yesterday and he is still posting
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=44294062&postcount=5

aliadds

leanneloves wrote: »

Strange. another person used the f word yesterday and he is still posting
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=44294062&postcount=5

Who's that then 'Leanne'?:)

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~HotChocolate~ wrote: »

I got an answer and the reason was I used the f word so my wrists have been duly slapped and I promise to be a good member from now on :money:

If you've managed dropped the F bomb then then it sounds like they've taken umbrage to you working around the swear filter.

gordikin

MSE_Martin wrote: »

I've just seen this thread. I will ask the team to look at what's going on.

...but will you come back and tell us what the outcome was? Get your forum team to show you the vile abuse browntoa a respected Board Guide was subjected to. Will you pursue this person and bring them to book? If this person had abused you the way they have abused browntoa I suspect more would have been done before now. Do you agree you have a duty of care to protect those who work for you? If you do why haven't you?

RuthnJasper

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https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3277908

Three AEs having a banter with each other. The same person who has registered dozens upon dozens the last few weeks.

And the abuse team is worried about doling out yellow cards to 'normal' members...

That thread seems, thankfully, to have been deleted. I actually came away from last viewing it feeling very sad for the person with all the AEs. It was so bizarre and unsettling, that he must have some fairly serious problems. Especially all the repetitive threats to kill and eat another user's cat, after the person disagreed with them.

Generally, though, I think the MSE forum team do a pretty good job, given the size and scope of the various boards and the number of users. It's such a valuable resource, and the odd few are always going to slip through the net somewhere along the line.

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RuthnJasper wrote: »

Generally, though, I think the MSE forum team do a pretty good job, given the size and scope of the various boards and the number of users. It's such a valuable resource, and the odd few are always going to slip through the net somewhere along the line.

I completely agree with you, but I think that the situation that has developed in the Praise, Vents and Warnings board of late is becoming a little more serious than minor things 'slipping through the net'.

This person is creating literally dozens upon dozens of alternate usernames (even to the point where they are using identical profile pictures with hair scribbed onto the new one and so on) and proceeding to post the most hideous abuse directed at other posters night after night. I myself was the target last night, DCFC79 was the target of the abuse the night before, the board guide Browntoa not so long ago...

I appreciate the whole 'hopefully they'll stop' approach but to be honest this doesn't seem to be working, and I would suggest that a more robust approach (as per the forum rules that talk of contacting ISPs etc) may be required.

As a member of the site I don't feel that it is acceptable to have this sort of vehement abuse directed at me, or indeed others. I know we can go down the route of 'this is a privately-owned site that owes you nothing so feel free to leave if you don't like it' but surely this is not the message we want to send out to members being targeted by this extremely abusive and persistent spammer?

Perhaps assigning some new board guides to the Praise, Vents and Warnings forum to keep things in check a little more closely (not moderate, simply close threads that become abusive as per their current duties) since one of the two board guides currently assigned to the board has been inactive for four months. At least until the board is brought back under control?

gordikin

RuthnJasper wrote: »

That thread seems, thankfully, to have been deleted. I actually came away from last viewing it feeling very sad for the person with all the AEs. It was so bizarre and unsettling, that he must have some fairly serious problems. Especially all the repetitive threats to kill and eat another user's cat, after the person disagreed with them.

Generally, though, I think the MSE forum team do a pretty good job, given the size and scope of the various boards and the number of users. It's such a valuable resource, and the odd few are always going to slip through the net somewhere along the line.

Yes they do a good job on the whole...but this guy is seriously taking the urine and should be taken to Court by MSE as per MSE T&C's. Did you see the vile abuse they subjected Browntoa to? I suspect not.

They will return tonight after 5pm I'm willing to bet...any takers?

gordikin

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I completely agree with you, but I think that the situation that has developed in the Praise, Vents and Warnings board of late is becoming a little more serious than minor things 'slipping through the net'.

This person is creating literally dozens upon dozens of alternate usernames (even to the point where they are using identical profile pictures with hair scribbed onto the new one and so on) and proceeding to post the most hideous abuse directed at other posters night after night. I myself was the target last night, DCFC79 was the target of the abuse the night before, the board guide Browntoa not so long ago...

I appreciate the whole 'hopefully they'll stop' approach but to be honest this doesn't seem to be working, and I would suggest that a more robust approach (as per the forum rules that talk of contacting ISPs etc) may be required.

As a member of the site I don't feel that it is acceptable to have this sort of vehement abuse directed at me, or indeed others. I know we can go down the route of 'this is a privately-owned site that owes you nothing so feel free to leave if you don't like it' but surely this is not the message we want to send out to members being targeted by this extremely abusive and persistent spammer?

Perhaps assigning some new board guides to the Praise, Vents and Warnings forum to keep things in check a little more closely (not moderate, simply close threads that become abusive as per their current duties) since one of the two board guides currently assigned to the board has been inactive for four months. At least until the board is brought back under control?

I'd suggest they give some regular users the power (wrong word I know) to delete/lock posts that are obviously from this nutter.