Don't like spam? Be careful...

[East Hill]

Actually I happen to have a couple of e-mail addresses (because you can't use the pm function when you've been banned!), but I haven't heard back from the one person to whom I wrote. I will give him the benefit of the doubt, and assume that he hasn't gotten the e-mail yet. But what happens if no one wants to help?

I realize that I can (and will) set up another account on a different machine to contact a moderator, but I just can't get over how appalling it is that someone would wipe out my good name WITHOUT bothering to LOOK at what they just did.

East Hill

[mimitabby]

hey, you live 10 miles from me

good luck. stuff happens. I would definitely track down the moderator.

[Dianyla]

There should be a link to contact site support or the administrator. I moderate on another forum and people who are banned or locked out for whatever reason can contact us that way.

[emily_in_nc]

On Team E, you can report spam without any fear of retribution. It just goes away, and they certainly don't disable your account! Yay Team E!!!

Sorry this happened to you, and hope you can get it taken care of. Sounds like the moderator was probably in a hurry and just not paying attention. Good luck!

Emily

[East Hill]

Emily_in_NC--I think that that is exactly what happened. The moderator got in a hurry, but still, to ruin someone's reputation, even on a forum site, is reprehensible. I think that possibly TE is small enough, and we are friendly enough, that the mods would stop to ask a question. I haven't been that long on this site, and haven't posted that much, but even so, I would think that a mod would say, hmmm, East Hill has never given us any trouble, why would she start now?...

Dianyla--Incredibly enough, there is NO WAY to contact the moderators/forum owner. I too, am a moderator (on a UK genealogy site), and I believe that if we ever had occasion to boot someone off (we haven't ever had to do so!!!), there is a way for that person to contact us.

mimitabby-Where exactly are you? I am just about a quarter of a mile away from Kentridge HS. I look with envy at all of you planning for rides, but I work graveyard and it's almost impossible for me to join up with you, especially as I am down in the south end, and all of you like riding on the BG trail.

As of the moment (07:13 on Saturday) I still haven't gotten back any response from two of the members who I would have thought had good feelings toward me. Oh well, I am probably much better off at TE. Although, perhaps we need to start our own Classic and Vintage subforum (that's my specialty!).

Thanks for all the words of encouragement,

East Hill

[Trek420]

East Village, who needs that forum anyway? Our mods are the best, not to mention TE gals (and occaisional guys) themselves.

Welcome to TE or as it is sometimes called "heaven for women cyclists"

Have you surfed on over to the "getting to know you" thread? We also have a regional area.

[KnottedYet]

If you want to have some rides in the south end, just hop on the Northwest Rides thread and post up some ride times and places you are doing! That's all I did. And since I live in the north end, well, whaddaya know I posted rides I was doing up here.

Folks who can make it will contact you and then ride with you. I do a lot of rides by myself, because I never plan far enough ahead to give anyone the chance to meet up with me. (check out all the No Notice rides I posted!)

Betcha dollars to donuts there are a lot of TE'rs near you and MimiTabby who would come out of the woodwork for a south end ride!

(sorry for the drift/thread hijack)