• lfbno7 said on Apr 14, 2008....

  What reason were you given for being banned? What did people object to about you?

• hottips4u said on Apr 14, 2008....

  In my opinion, abuse can take on many forms and, is isolated not to degradation alone.  The oppression as personalized shunning, is a censor so imposed upon an offender (different minddet) by the directions of more influential members thereby publicly subjecting such an offender to public humiliation, social community isolation and unabated intimidation is utilized is such a fashion to hasten the ultimate death of a username / persona ; but moreover is compounded by watching those one time associates of the offender being caught in the undertow w/ but little choice to go w/ the flow, or..... suffer a like fate as exampled at prime opportunities and layered upon the chosen offender until the burden becomes to heavy upon the psychic for most to bear.  Sunning is an effective torture,but torture it is nonetheless and oppressive ; not just to the intended target, but to those bearing witness as well, after all....each may face a similar fate outside the box, or much closer to the truth, outside the group.
  
  That is my Opinion, and based upon my own experiences  here.  Intimidation is always one click away for me, my conversations tab... have transformed into my nightmares and fruition's folly of digging a mote w/ a tee spoon all to apparent.
  
  But I am the kind that was taught to scream and scream and scream some more.....sooner or later "someone" will hear you, some one who understands...if you kowtow to the pressures of a mighty few for acceptance, than you are evidence many many more will follow one day in your footprints and suffer no doubt at least an equal fate, if not even more cruel and more refined as the number of practice opportunities mount ....so too the numbers of victims. 
  
  It takes time to learn some of the pitfalls here, but they are challenging and ever evolving.  The urgency by some here to refine and improve upon shunning delivers the majority behind the shield of "messages", some of which many have shared w/ me.....
  
  Its sometimes difficult to sit....mouth clamped shut if silent fury @ the audacity of some who skinned you as incestuous in a private message and in the next nano-breath be in your post...in ur face....telling you how they understand....then immediately go and visit with your attacker....publicly.
  
  So, yea, I have a slight insight to that of which you address above.  By all means, I have been attacked and I am here only because I bit back...sometimes hard truths, but never against another life, or their child's life.  I am not willing to lay down and assume the fetal position...thus I remain, well, at least up until the instant point, in any event.
  

• Expendable said on Apr 15, 2008....

  Everyone runs into internet abuse sooner or later, unfortunately.
   
  Shunning does happen here at SoulCast but there's two kinds. The first was built in - you can delete someone's reply or block them, which stops them from replying to anything you post. Helps keep some of the flaming down, but like anything this gets abused.
   
  You can post anonymously but because some were abusing that, many chose to block anonymous posters. You can do that by posting anonymously to your own blog and then click on block.
   
  The second kind every forum does sooner or later - the others start ignoring an abusive poster. They don't reply to their postings and may warn privately anyone new that does.
   
  Some forums I know have a no "troll-baiting" policy - if you get caught up in a flamewar with a troll, the mods will ban the both of you. Here, we've only ever had one person banned for abuse but it hasn't stop them from coming back with a new name.
   
  I hope you have a better time here. ^_^
  -ex

• hottips4u said on Apr 16, 2008....

  Here, we've only ever had one person banned for abuse but it hasn't stop them from coming back with a new name.
  
  Censoring what never existed as an example to reflect a warning to others hardly constitutes "banning"....
  
  This isn't another forum, its soulcast.  The Trolls you refer to you commonly saddle up with around the water cooler, imo.
  
  You want to ban me go for it....I also know who flamed these wars you mention and it wasn't me but I know what uncensored means, and banning constitutes a form of censorship where none should exist, which is...hehe...go ahead, thats all I am saying, the intimidation is getting ridiculous.
  
  jessi.
  

• Expendable said on Apr 16, 2008....

  You've blocked me so apparently you only object to censorship when you think it's about you. But you can still post so you're not being censored - maybe it's just fewer want to have anything to do with you. And who's fault is that? Not mine.

• anonymous said on Apr 19, 2008....

  hottips you fucking idiot grape is expendable who is travelr and frit and you are a idiot.  fucking dumb cunt go and report it to soulcast he is soulcast you are a stupid cunt go call a cop cunt. lol
  
  lololololololololol 

• Expendable said on Apr 19, 2008....

  This is why you should block anonymous posters. Carrying coals to Newcastle. Just silly games.

• anonymous said on Apr 19, 2008....

  lol anything you say grapey i mean expendable  no games lol
  
  lololololololololololol
  

• anonymous said on Apr 20, 2008....

  So just how many accounts are you going to make, hottips?
  

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