As you may have guessed, those of us here don't want flame wars of any kind to be the norm on our  2 "home boards".  We require civil discussions. Naturally, people will disagree, but there's no excuse for being disagreeable about it. When anyone is, we tend to apologize after we simmer down. 

Here, on Boardhost we have the luxury of unlimited blocks on IPs and the ability to require registration to keep the trolls OUT. Something we didn't have on Webapps, TBQ, MSNBC, and other platforms prior to moving here.

When I was creating this forum, I added in the Back Alley for a specific reason. On other platforms where I ran boards, I realized that people do get angry during heated discussions so sometimes they needed an outlet where those not involved didn't have to see it play out. I didn't moderate the back alleys because it was kept off the main board where it didn't belong so I saw no reason to ban anyone for getting ugly where it was allowed and all who entered knew the score if they did. 

Those of us registered on both Blue boards prefer civility in our discussions.  However, there little to nothing that we can do about the "sister boards" where trolls run free and where we all also used to post pretty regularly with the groups there. 

Trolls & rabblerousers have always existed anywhere that people gather. Some folks just like fist fights and savage brawl, especially where they feel anonymous and safe from harm. The problem is when some of them take things to real life to harm strangers who are mere blips on a screen to them. THAT goes way too far. As you may have guessed, we have too many of THAT type hanging around on the other boards who still hate us. Personally, I have no desire whatsoever to engage them or even see their "names". It's just amusing sometimes to guess which of the sock puppets are them. 

With the influx of "new blood" from other forums we never engaged with, it's not always as obvious as it used to be who is playing extra characters. But truth is, it's really not very important. 





 

I'm not upset about you bringing it up. It is reality. Some people live for the battles. I used to indulge when the mood struck me and enjoyed teasing the animals. Once it left the cyberworld and infected real life, I put an end to my participation in it. 

I already know the name and real life of my major tormenter. I can't share that info though. In spite of the terrible things he's done and continues to do, I do NOT expose ANYONE to others. It's just wrong on every level. 

Oh that was done.  I wouldn't let anyone get away with real life harm to me or my loved ones. 

I meant not expose someone to other posters. Well,  unless they were also injured by the same person, like one other in our group was.  Everyone else has no right to know real life deets on anyone else, especially if there's bad blood there too. 

I neglected to mention that someone else invaded my real life long ago and threatened my children. I moved to another state to get away from them and let police handle it.