Trip Advisor - Just had my Account disabled

PompeyPete

Anybody else suffered from it?

See replies #76 and #89 on this thread, by an attention seeker [self-edited]..

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g293753-i9122-k7144098-Day_trips_from_Sousse-Tunisia.html

The bloke with all the first class postings [LancasterLad] reported the above postings as not only going 'off-topic', but also acting disrespectfully and in a way that had no intention to do anything other than hijack a very informative thread.

Guess what? Poor old LancasterLad, with over 5,000 postings on TA got the big heave from TA. Admittedly it wasn't a one-off, but it's so easy for the good guys to get ganged up on, and that's what happened to poor old LL.

LL now wants to plead his case direct with TA. Anyone know the online route to follow?

Tvm

PP

jpsartre

Why on earth are you posting about this in here? I can't even make out who you think is bullying who but if you think someone is posting against guidelines on the TA forum then report them there.

PompeyPete

I would go straight to TA, but I've had my account disabled, and finding it impossible to find a on-line route to follow.

I think you'd find it really annoying to post hundreds of excellent informative postings, and then get blown away because of a couple of persistent bullies!

Can you help with the on-line path to follow?

jpsartre

If you feel your account has been unfairly disabled then write TA support to plead your case.

PompeyPete

By letter or e-mail?
TA has got rapidly worse recently, and doesn't deserve all the positive people on their forums, if some bullying nuggets can gang-up and get accounts disabled.
As well as the 'Report inappropriate content' button, which takes a fraction of second to press, there should also be a 'Report the inappropriate use of the inappropriate content' button!
Btw, have you read the link I posted in the OP?

jacques_chirac

No different to what happens here PP, look at how many respected posters have been PPRed recently. I doubt an appeal would get anywhere, maybe re register under a different name?

jpsartre

By email to support@tripadvisor.com. That said, if you don't like the site maybe it's better to just stop using it.

jpsartre

jacques_chirac wrote: »

I doubt an appeal would get anywhere, maybe re register under a different name?

I know for a fact that you are wrong about this. Registering under a different name will get your account zapped.

poet123

So, are you LL?

I have read all the posts and I can't see much wrong with any of the posts aside from going off topic. I didn't see any bullying and the woman seemed a bit of a socialite (!) but did she warrant the names you have called her in the OP?

Unless there was more it looks as if TA have over reacted.

PompeyPete

jacques_chirac wrote: »

No different to what happens here PP, look at how many respected posters have been PPRed recently. I doubt an appeal would get anywhere, maybe re register under a different name?

I'm blushing now. I had a back-up account which I rarely use, but I got so fed up with being ganged-up on that I decided to use to try and get my own back. That account got disabled at the same time as my LL one.

There's a lot of collusion [imo] on the TA forums that makes it so easy for a couple or three bods to PM each other and all report inappropriate content at the same time. The speed in which postings often disappear proves [imo] that the TA Mods don't bother reading the postings bein reported and just simply act on the minimum number of 'button' pressers.

PompeyPete

jpsartre wrote: »

By email to support@tripadvisor.com. That said, if you don't like the site maybe it's better to just stop using it.

Excellent, vmt.
I'll sleep on it first though.;)