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Post by RWels on Dec 15, 2020 23:45:48 GMT
Unfortunately it seems that the Mausoleum Club - which some here will know - takes a lot of liberty with members privacy.
After a recent unfortunate disagreement, I found not only that I had been banned, but also that my password had been changed.
Leaving the ban aside, which is my private problem, I can't really think of any other reason for a password change than that the staff wanted to spy in my account details and private messages.
I feel it's only fair to warn people when stuff like this is happening. Very disappointing.
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Post by John Green on Dec 16, 2020 0:12:26 GMT
I've heard of similar things happening on other sites recently.
Sorry you've been banned. I can understand your concern.
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Post by Stephen Byers on Dec 16, 2020 15:18:41 GMT
Yup - I'm afraid the mods of many of these forum sites have a power complex. They changed your password 1/ to show you that they could be b'stards if they liked, and 2/ spitefully to stop you accessing your private messages and personal details etc. However these sites always seem to allow for mods to access personal details end even change them. If you can still communicate with them you need to state that if they release your private details to any third parties etc. without your explicit permission then you will take legal action. Now what you need to do is to create another account under a pseudonym.
As an aside I applied for access some years ago. This was ignored. I also applied to the 'Roobarb' forum (whatever) - I would have much to offer this - but again I was ignored. That kind of attitude pi$$es me off as much as getting banned.
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Post by RWels on Dec 16, 2020 15:58:24 GMT
As an aside I applied for access some years ago. This was ignored. I also applied to the 'Roobarb' forum (whatever) - I would have much to offer this - but again I was ignored. That kind of attitude pi$$es me off as much as getting banned. ==== You were unable to register for roobarb? How strange! You could try again if you still wanted it? As for registering under another name - it didn't seem like that sort of place at all. It wasn't your average youtube comment section, if you catch my drift. Much more grown-up - or so it seemed for a very long time anyway. |
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Post by John Green on Feb 16, 2021 12:33:33 GMT
Just been re-reading this thread, and I have to admit that every time the MC is mentioned, I've been reading 'Roobarb'! If you sign up for the latter, full membership, you can expect largely-unmoderated pile-ones if you don't toe the Party line. Again, if you're one of the banned, you're blocked from reading anything on the site, never mind accessing your PMs or personal details. I'd suggest warrrinessness.
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Post by RWels on Feb 16, 2021 14:27:22 GMT
I have no experience with roobarb fallouts. It took me long enough to get kicked off the MC.
I know these things happen and people move on. It's just that actual hacking of user accounts seems a whole new level.
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Post by richardwoods on Feb 16, 2021 17:02:51 GMT
Just been re-reading this thread, and I have to admit that every time the MC is mentioned, I've been reading 'Roobarb'! If you sign up for the latter, full membership, you can expect largely-unmoderated pile-ones if you don't toe the Party line. Again, if you're one of the banned, you're blocked from reading anything on the site, never mind accessing your PMs or personal details. I'd suggest warrrinessness. Warrrinessness indeed! |
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Post by Stephen Byers on Feb 17, 2021 14:50:57 GMT
A good friend of mine got permanently kicked out of this very forum some years' back. This happens too many times on Facebook too, even in the OTR world. And folks banned are never contacted by the mods to find out why they may have posted or even to apologise for a posting transgression. And as I said about Roobarb no-one ever bothered to contact me as to why I wanted to join that forum. Their loss. W.r.t. to our hobby of researching / searching for / recovering 'lost' recordings this lack of courtesy puts back our efforts by many years by removing opportunities to contact and work with like-minded others.
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Post by RWels on Feb 17, 2021 15:31:38 GMT
OK, but for those who weren't there, it's hard to judge these things. That's why I don't expect people to automatically choose my side or waste your time lamenting how unprofessional the MC staff was. People are bound to say such things.
You could give roobarb another shot, if you weren't even able to register. Could be a simple technical glitch. Emails do sometimes still disappear into the spam folder.
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Post by John Green on Feb 17, 2021 16:07:28 GMT
The MC can be very, very difficult to join. Roobarb can have a frustratingly-long pre-moderation period for posts, but I don't think I've heard that it's difficult to join. (You get a very limited view of the contents if you aren't registered. Paying a small fee means you can even view the 'difficult' political threads, though that's the quicksand. If you aren't on-message, you'll soon be out. Due to this, I suspect, the fee was made refundable for those who were expelled from the select-space. This is from memory, since I can't even view the telly pages anymore).
Missing Episodes? I don't think I'd heard of anyone being expelled, until Stephen's post above....No, come to think of it, wasn't there someone who rejoined under various guises yonks ago? Anyway, ME is the only one I believe, where they ask for real names, as opposed to 'The Infallible Magus', or 'The Great Comet'...
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Post by richardwoods on Feb 17, 2021 18:06:39 GMT
Mr Comet eh? He comes around regularly or maybe just once in a lifetime.... I think I’ll get me coat!
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Post by John Green on Feb 17, 2021 18:26:16 GMT
Mr Comet eh? He comes around regularly or maybe just once in a lifetime.... I think I’ll get me coat! The Kohoutek, you say! |
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Post by richardwoods on Feb 17, 2021 20:39:39 GMT
Mr Comet eh? He comes around regularly or maybe just once in a lifetime.... I think I’ll get me coat! The Kohoutek, you say! He came around & never really appeared! |
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Post by Robert Lia on Feb 18, 2021 0:59:05 GMT
I was a member of the MC a long time ago then after a computer hard drive crash I eventually lost the link to the web site and have no way of reconnecting with it. As for Rhubarbs I do not know what the issue is with that place. I joined like 3 or 4 years ago and was able to view forums but was not able to post even once there. I could not find a way to PM an admin to ask for help so I gave up. This went on for at least 3 years and still could not post in any thread. Last time I went there (before the latest hard drive crash and still nothing.
I dont know what the place had against me either. More than 3 years not being able to post?
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Post by RWels on Feb 18, 2021 15:46:12 GMT
Either of you could always ask someone to raise the matter there on your behalf.  |
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