An apology

Jude57

canaldumidi said:

I know we have to be welcoming and kind to newbies, but it does seem unjust and counter-productive when someone with half a dozen posts takes umbrage at a reply they dislike often because it's not the answer they wanted, complains, and someone with several K posts who has helped countless people gets penalised.

I couldn't agree more. I recently posted on the Benefits board where you are regular contributor for help for my neighbour. You gave a quick, polite, clear and concise reply with no touchy feely gubbins. It wasn't what I wanted to hear but it WAS correct. I'd gladly forgo any amount of fluffiness for expertise and knowledge but I'm not that easy to offend.

P.S. Thanks again!

GaleSF63

The problem with "quietly slip away unnoticed" is that it leaves a question the answer to which may be Covid-related. I would prefer to know that (ex) regular posters who leave are at least safe. 

robatwork

Doozergirl said:

Furts. 

Except his account still exists and he hasn't logged in since 2018 after 6 years of regular posting.  😕

Hopefully he just found something more interesting to do.  

That was also doing my head in and I was about to go to IMH and do some searching so thanks.

Furts was the equivalent of AdrianC - blunt but knowledgeable. One of their posts were worth 10 of the "hot air" speculative kind. The sort that I post 

I can't believe Davesnave got banned, a more mild-mannered and amusing resident of this parish you couldn't find. It seems a decent posting history counts for nothing. 

And I have had a yellow card - for calling out someone defending what was obviously an investment ponzi scheme and in the same post defending a poster with 70000+ helpful posts. The latter got banned and re-instated while the former hasn't been back to mea culpa. I expect my yellow is still on the books.

The fundamental issue is that the moderators/admins don't participate in or even know who is who on the busier sections here. So while a quiet word would be appropriate, a blanket ban is easier to enforce when they don't know better. 

YoungBlueEyes

Re davesnave - just had a thought. Wasn’t he a bit of a beggar with his signatures…? Is that maybe it? I can’t believe it’s something he posted.

elsien

Some of his vaccination comments  weren’t appreciated when they veered too much towards discussion and pointing out there were alternative scientific views. That ruffled a few feathers, unfortunately.

To be honest, I’m surprised this thread has lasted this long.