9th edition or maybe 10th I have lost count!!

chris7

Just what is wrong with my posting this here please?

Hi guys

I just wanted to call in here and send my sincere thanks to all those people who have supported me since I joined this forum especially to those on LW and WM.

I am sorry but since I have already received one permanent ban from the Moderators this week which for daring to have an opinion which differed from their own and was later retracted I feel sure another one is imminent and did not want to disappear quietly as others have felt if necesssary to do. I have once again asked questions on Chit chat which the Moderators will deem to be against the purpose and mission of AC. So be it. I am sick of the way this forum is being run in such a biased way for the few dominent posters to whom the house rules do not apply while others are bullied off the forum or feel is necessary to leave quietly.

I send my sincere hugs to so many of you and if by any chance any of you actually see this before it is removed please know I am grateful to you all. Can I please leave special hugs to Cris, Elna, Weejean, Iris, Ironic, Debs. Wonky, Vonski, Speedy, Hilleena, Lynn, Ange, Legs, Karen, Barbara, Elizabeth, Toni, Wonky all of whom I would sincerely love to be able to continue to support and who's advise and friendship I have been grateful for.
There are more but forgive me I cannot list you all and doubt this thread willl even survive for you to see.

please to all of you who look in, take care and thank you for your advise, support and companionship which I have so needed.

I hope at least some of you see this and can let others know my thoughts here simce I feel sure my latest comments on Chit chat on rehab thread for the moderators will result in my being banned yet again.

apologies to any new members looking in and I hope you find the forums as helpful as I once did. There are certainly many people here who are sincere in their advise, support and friendship so I hope you benefit as I did.

Good luck and best wishes to you all.
take care and I will miss you
love and my usual hugs to those who need them (((( ))))
Chris

tkachev

Chris keep in touch

Elizabeth x

tkachev

Thanks for the messages of support
E x

tkachev

Chris if you need my email address let me know.

E x

woodbon

I'm sorry all this has happened to you. I don't know the cause, but its a shame. All good wishes for the future. Love Sue.xx

elnafinn

Dear Chris

I am in touch with Elizabeth, so will find you. No worries.
You will not be left high and dry, should you not be able/choose not to stay in contact on here.

I can here Lola, chattering, must go

Love
Elna x

tkachev

Have a lovely day with Lola. Take it easy if you can,

Elizabeth

coco67

it says more by deleting your message chris, about the people who do this than anything negative or not said by those who are guenuinly careing and here for the right reasons. you being one of the most caring. im sorry you have had the treatment youve had, esspecially as you have been so supportive to many here, im sending you hugs and no doubt will be banned also. again :roll: because what i have just said is so so bad and i should be condemed to the banned club. i will be withdrawing my funding and fund raising and take it else where if this is the case.

i wish you well chris, xxxxxxx

tkachev

I will be withdrawing my funding too.


Elizabeth

tjt6768

I've no idea what has happened to you Cris, just wish you well.

traluvie

Me too i have no idea..
Just wanted to wish you well..x

skezier

Oh Chrissy,

I am so sorry you have felt this bad about this place.

i don't much about whats been going on but am sorry you have felt this cornered cus i know your probably feeling very upset and well all i can say is retaliate i will always be there for you flower and hope so much that you know it.

ever since you joined you have shown me real kindness and support and i am so upset you are leaving us and hope very much you will change your mind.

the forum does have a few things that have changed and not always or the best or for the harmony but it is still, essentially, the most supportive and informative place and well flower you have been one of the folks that come in and support folks.

if you do go you will be so missed and the forum will lose something again. i will keep in touch though cus i value you as a friend.

Chrissy re-think it cus i for one will truly miss you. Love and a skip load of fudge and cream with side dish of hugs and a plee that you don't leave. Cris xxx

tkachev

webmanager wrote:

((I am duplicating this off CC))

Dear Chris7,

Overnight the mods quarantined at least 10 copies of this post because they felt it broke the rules of the forum:

3.10 Arthritis Care may from time to time edit or remove posts that are contrary to these terms and conditions or not constructive to the overall purpose and mission of Arthritis Care or create a distraction to that purpose and mission.

As you know this week has seen a series of unhelpful threads attacking the moderators following an incident on another forum run by someone who was twice banned from here.

The moderators are all volounteers and like you have arthritis. They give up their time to help keep the forum a safe place. All forums have their characters and they keep the conversation moving. In any group of three to five hundred people you will find those you like and those you don't.

Chris, we do not want to loose you as you have over several years been a positive voice on the forum.

Yours
Webmanager

So Where do the two people you chose to ban now stand? As a friend and fellow AC forum user I really would like to know. I waited patiently over the past few days having been told by another poster you were looking into it. Have you made a decision yet? during these past few days all you keep repeating is it is an incident on another forum and neglecting the fact that the banning and blocking took place on AC forum.

Elizabeth

tkachev

Thank you I appreciative your reply,

Elizabeth

frogmorton

3 times l have tried to post on here Chris. This is a 4th and still rubbish attempt, sorry.

l still don't know what to say and my old faithful smileys aren't helping me either.

I just need you to know that l will miss you very much.....you along with a fair few others have been here for me over the years. We have shared some laughs too along the way and l am not happy at all that it is ending now.

Please take good care of yourself

Love

Toni xx

ironic

Hi Chris,

I am so sad to hear this and I do hope you will decide to stay after all.

You have always been so kind, sympathetic and supportive to us all. You would be greatly missed if you left and I for one would be very sad to see you go. I will always be grateful for your understanding and warmth. We will not lose contact; and I know you will be supporting us in your thoughts.


You take care of yourself Chris and I hope things can be resolved sooner rather than later.

Gentle hugs,
Lv, I x

tkachev

tkachev wrote:

Thank you I appreciative your reply,

Elizabeth

Whoops I mean appreciate. Thank you mods for allowing people to post their goodbyes. It means a lot to the person leaving.

Elizabeth

hileena111

Hi Cris
I dont know whats happening but I so sorry to hear ab out you leaving
I hope you change your mind about leaving
Love
Hileena
ps sorry I'm just seeing this now

lululu

Chris next month this will all be history. Please don't go. what song is that from? I really hope this can be sorted. My very best wishes to you.

chris7

Many thanks to everyone who has sent good wishes here and elsewhere, they are very much appreciated.

I am sincerely grateful that this was at last allowed to be seen, but regret still fail to understand why this thread broke any rule and why I was simply not informed it had done so, instead of it being constantly removed without reason when my reasons for posting it were hard enough but what is done is done. I expect no answer.

I thank the webmanager for his response here but regret to add the rule 3.10 quoted here is to me at least, a meaningless sentence open to different interpretations by different individuals? To me this is merely a rule to prevent spam being posted. Perhaps the purpose and mission of AC needs explaining to those who post on a sticky for future reference so no one else unwittingly falls fowl of this rather ambiguous sentence?

It is as you say appropriate to and easy to avoid those few people who don't like you but if they should stalk you and your friends anonymously merely to cause trouble I think they and their allies must surely expect to find it. I have said my piece.

thanks again to all those who have given me the much needed support and friendship I have found here. I will wait to hear from the Director before deciding what to do in regard to my continued membership
take care of yourselves, there are some very special people here.
love
Chris xx

skezier

Hi Chris,

you know i so wish you weren't feeling like this.

i know there is a lot going on and i know your are hurt but Chrissy this is a better place with you as part of it. Ange too cus you have both helped, supported and been kind to so many people.

i hope so much that it can be resolved and Chris i just don;t want you to leave. it really is that simple. i also don;t want you upset either.

i apologies for using the word want... i don't often use it but i hate this.

get some sleep my friend and just know your valued as a member here. love, cream fudge and a cream egg before Lynn gets it so move fast. hugs and a cuppa. Cris xxx

tkachev

Very well said Chris.


Elizabeth

tkachev

Too late Lynn's already nicked the cream egg!

E x

elnafinn

I have always admired how you convey what you mean so eloquently dear Chris.

You say there are some very special people here and indeed there are, but please always remember, that you are very special too and this forum would be a poorer place without you. We are losing too many good people and it is a great shame.

Love
Elna x

angel1

As I said in my last post, I will not comment further on the recent happenings. Suffice it to say, that I am not normally a confrontational person. I have spent my entire professional life helping others. I despise injustice, however, especially towards those less able to deal with it than I am.

However, I just wanted to support everything that Chrissie has said. I am not too concerned what the outcome may be, because I gave up posting regularly, a long time ago, along with many others. I am in touch with so many friends, in other ways.

I truly hope the outcome of this mess is a good one, whether it involves me or not, and that those desperately in need of advice, support, or sometimes just a shoulder, whilst in the throes of this very scary disease, find all the help they need..........Ange.x.

elnafinn

Dear Ange

This forum lost out when you left. You helped a countless amount of people and knew your stuff. We could always rely on you to be there for us and especially when someone needed that little extra bit of help/guidance and that was a great comfort. You are another person that always conveys what you mean so eloquently. Without a doubt you are being appreciated by many that you are now helping elsewhere.

Love
Elna x