ILuvChubbyChix:
I think a lot of people may not fathom the amount of effort it can take. Sometimes, it takes hours, at least due in part to how I don't want to be sloppy and check things out. I'm happy to continue engaging in the effort though, to give back to a community that has given me a lot.
Stopping the scammers who manage to register anyway, is a never ending game of whack-a-mole. And for the most part, it's volunteers who stop them.
There's no set schedule, it's whenever we have a free moment. We do have lives and obligations.
Given we have quite a large, diverse membership, it's pretty much guaranteed that not everyone will like everyone else. However, everyone is expected to get along with everyone else, at least in public. The simple fact of the matter is, there can be user disagreements that aren't covered by the rules. That's just life.
This is why blocks only prevent private messages from that person. However, one small change I may like to see is for the block to prevent comments on one's content (such as pictures) from the blocked person.
I saw one person reply to this thread about other users who are "not respecting boundaries." While it can sometimes be difficult to prove, this is unacceptable behavior under rule #3 (respect others). So please, report this behavior.
A single report is not guaranteed to result in bans, particularly since without evidence provided, it does turn into a "he said, she said" match, and because real users are typically given chances to not repeat this behavior. However, multiple repeated incidents can and do eventually result in bans of varying lengths.
One more thing... if the blocks are being used up because of scammers, please... don't do this.
Don't just block scammers and hope they go away. That just gives them more opportunities to scam others. Report them, and give as much information as you can. If you can provide a link of say, where stolen pictures came from, even better.
If we determine they are scammers, and we often do, rest assured, they will get banned. Scamming is an instant ban offense upon discovery.
However, it's not always feasible to check every single account, which means we rely a great deal on you, the users to point them out.
I hear what you saying but see? Here’s the flaw with that. Someone on this thread brought up the guy with The Weekend profile pic and how much of a menace he was. But there is another individual who is equally just as bad if not worse because they make sure not to technically violate the rules, while still being a nuisance. Which means they’re doing it on purpose. And you know it’s bad literally people are is messaging each other venting about this individual being the common denominator.
So what do you say to that? We can’t report them, because they technically don’t violate the rules. But we can block them which would stop them from seeing our comment and replying to it on public forums. So what the alternative? We just continue to put up with their nonsense on every single forum? That’s gonna make people not want to come back to this site.
This is a niche website. The stuff we want to talk about here, we can’t talk about on other platforms unless we’re willing to fight in the comment section. That’s literally why the site exists but if we’re gonna fight anyway, then what’s the point?
