Is it Time?

I did the report post thing the other day for the first time. It was a blatant attack on someone.

The person who wrote the post clearly new the OP IRL and either just joined OB to post something really nasty or made up a new user name to do it. I think I must have seen it just after it happened as there was no other post after the nasty one, so I don't think that the person it was directed at even saw it - at least I hope she didn't .

The thing that I didn't realise was that the whole tread disappeared . I thought it would just be that post. What I found a bit strange was it vanished and I didn't hear from admin, thought that it would be good to say "yes that was a bad post, thanks for letting us know" or "you are over-reacting, don't be so silly" - just to let me know that they had seen it.

As for the moderator group, I think that being able to flag admin of something nasty is good and for people to do that a bit more if things are getting nasty/personal.

As for a closed area, maybe, some of the stalking stuff that has been going on is pretty scary.

cliandjack it us up next to the date on each individual post... it says posted 22 march....   then IP logged then report post.

i use it for spam ...

jaycee I reported the post you're talking about too and thought it was weird that the whole thread got deleted. A shame as there was some great info for others if it was ever needed too.

I'm another one on the fence with moderators. I think Admin here do a pretty good job of shutting things down when necessary and I have seen Maya/Emma jump in with the "official" line a few times too, when someone asks a specific question regarding the "rules."

There certainly isn't much name calling/bad language/blatant spam on here as I've seen on other forums. Having said that, I also visit a couple of expat forums that are so over-moderated that if someone asks for a Ob/Gyn recommendation any response with a name of a doc gets deleted    I'd hate to see that happen here!

With regards to stalking, I would also prefer if people had to log in to view threads but I don't think that would really stop anyone stalking an OB member. I do think that we all need to remember that anything online can come back and bite you. I've stopped posting photos on here and took a lot of info off my profile "just in case" - I would hate my MIL to stumble across a rant about her for example!

I don't reckon it needs more tbh.. People should just be made aware of the report post button so it can be utilized more. It's not just for spam, it's for anything you want to report and for admin to look at.

Some people get overly excited about becoming a moderator too, so there could be over-moderating happening.. I hate that.

I nominate AlloAllo for moderator !

Hi all,
Thanks for your feedback . We agree that things on the forums seem to tick along quite nicely most of the time, and when we have a little bump in the road, you're pretty good at letting us know via the 'Report Post' function, or by PM or email.
At this stage, we won't be appointing any further moderators, but rest assured that we make decisions related to the forums, individual threads etc. as a team, so we have that collective objectivity that is often hard for an individual moderator.
If you have any questions/feedback etc., do post it here, or PM or email one of the admin team - we always love to hear from our members, as you are what makes our online community so special .
Hugs,
Emma