Obnoxious new members

[Marisa6826]

Any rules here about common courtesy? I can't remember if we all agreed to a basic code of ethics/values.

There's a new member here who's sole purpose seems to write obnoxious/nasty responses to peoples' threads.

Just wondering

-m

[Dcclerk]

Marisa,

Did you get any answer on this? Not_a_Nice_Person might want to review that code. I hate that some of the nicest people on this board feel that they have to defend themselves to the rudeness of this person.

[alandenisefields]

Just an FYI: We have updated the acceptable usage policy for the boards to reflect a new "no flame" policy. Here it is:

NO FLAMING POLICY: We created these boards so parents could discuss baby products, issues and other parenting topics. Please keep these discussions CIVIL. That means treating other users with respect . . . debating the issue, not the person. Any user who personally attacks another user (name calling, etc) will result in their posts deleted and account terminated. Let's all just get along!

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[deborah_r]

I sure hope this doesn't mean that the people who responded to the obnoxious poster have been locked out!!! There are 3 people in the baby shower thread with deleted messages who are regular posters and wonderful people, and I'm sure they were only trying to defend against this person who was posting only to insult someone.

[egoldber]

For whatever bizarre reason, there are people who get a kick out of being "trolls", joining message boards for the sole reason of being hateful and stirring up controversy. When these obvious troublemakers show up, the best thing to do is ignore them and send an e-mail to Alan and Denise. By responding to their posts, you're giving them exactly what they want.

Please don't feed the trolls! :)

[Momof3Labs]

I'm not locked out! My message, in fact, was to just ignore that post - that I had already reported it to A&D.

[alandenisefields]

No one has had their account deleted as a result of that post; we just warned the poster to not do it again!

Alan & Denise

[McQ]

Thanks Deborah. I'm not locked out. But my message was deleted. And I was sticking up for Kathryn (SeekerMage). But like Beth suggests, I'll do better to ignore next time. And hopefully there's not a next time!

Allison
~ mommy to Declan 3.24.03

[deborah_r]

Whew!!!!

That's very good to know!

[Rachels]

I saw a refrain on MDC that I like:

Troll, troll, go away
No one here is going to play.

Too bad we don't have a basic eyeroll emoticon. :)

-Rachel
Mom to Abigail Rose
5/18/02