Heads up! Abusive user
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2015 9:07 am
Hi all,
We just want to give you a little heads-up on something that's happening behind the scenes at the moment. A user was banned a while back and recently created a new account to post here again. We are confident in our decision and will not be unbanning this user.
The reason we are posting publicly is that this user has been creating further accounts to email us. We are concerned that they may also be messaging other users. They are asking for in-depth psychological support and we are worried that their emails may be triggering to our users. They have also, so far, posted on this forum using four different accounts, and we worry that they will circumvent the ban again. We'd like to keep you all informed so that you can keep yourselves safe and healthy.
The usernames are:
Sardonyx (past thread here - TW for self-loathing, anger and some real meanness to people trying to help)
themittenkitten (past thread here - TW for self-loathing, anger and suicide)
ArcturusGemini (past thread here - TW for self-loathing, anger, suicide and rape)
onceUponAGoldenMoon
SaggitariusSol
The latter two usernames were not banned for their forum posts, but both usernames sent the mods highly triggering suicidal private messages. They insisted that this forum and our mods alone are the only possible way that they could get help, and demanded that we provide them with therapeutic support. We found the messages to be extremely inappropriate, manipulative and triggering. This behaviour is abusive and we want to let you know so that you can be prepared in case this user appears again.
We want to reassure all of you that you do not need to respond to this person. Please feel free to report their emails to us. Make sure to practice excellent self-care around this situation!
Unfortunately, as they are creating new accounts with throwaway emails, it's hard for us to prevent them from reappearing. We are doing our best to stay on top of this, but please do let us know via the report button if you spot a forum post or private message that you suspect to be from this banned user.
If anyone needs to talk about this, please feel free to post in this thread or message me privately.
We just want to give you a little heads-up on something that's happening behind the scenes at the moment. A user was banned a while back and recently created a new account to post here again. We are confident in our decision and will not be unbanning this user.
The reason we are posting publicly is that this user has been creating further accounts to email us. We are concerned that they may also be messaging other users. They are asking for in-depth psychological support and we are worried that their emails may be triggering to our users. They have also, so far, posted on this forum using four different accounts, and we worry that they will circumvent the ban again. We'd like to keep you all informed so that you can keep yourselves safe and healthy.
The usernames are:
Sardonyx (past thread here - TW for self-loathing, anger and some real meanness to people trying to help)
themittenkitten (past thread here - TW for self-loathing, anger and suicide)
ArcturusGemini (past thread here - TW for self-loathing, anger, suicide and rape)
onceUponAGoldenMoon
SaggitariusSol
The latter two usernames were not banned for their forum posts, but both usernames sent the mods highly triggering suicidal private messages. They insisted that this forum and our mods alone are the only possible way that they could get help, and demanded that we provide them with therapeutic support. We found the messages to be extremely inappropriate, manipulative and triggering. This behaviour is abusive and we want to let you know so that you can be prepared in case this user appears again.
We want to reassure all of you that you do not need to respond to this person. Please feel free to report their emails to us. Make sure to practice excellent self-care around this situation!
Unfortunately, as they are creating new accounts with throwaway emails, it's hard for us to prevent them from reappearing. We are doing our best to stay on top of this, but please do let us know via the report button if you spot a forum post or private message that you suspect to be from this banned user.
If anyone needs to talk about this, please feel free to post in this thread or message me privately.