In the case of someone who is recovering from cult expulsion there are emotional issues that raise the stakes. Being debarred from communication, with those who an individual thought of as a support network in the absence of former family and friends, can have psychological consequences. For some this goes beyond mere frustration, and reinforces morbid feelings of rejection.
I understand what you are saying Ross, but I disagree when someone is deleted from the forum they are not barred from communicating with friends. Which is what happens with disfellowshipping, how many people have gone straight over to one of the other Exjws board and continued interacting with the same people over there?
This would be the basis of my reservation against using permanent deletion in any but the most extreme of cases. I completely acknowledge that in some cases it is entirely justified (
Contrary to what a lot of people like to shout, it takes a lot to get yourself permanently deleted from this forum. Some people have been given chance after chance and numerous warnings to follow the guidelines, but then act like it was totally unexpected when we finally say enough is enough. In the past people have been timed out and then come back and within a short time are doing exactly the same things again, how long should that go on? It would get to the stage where they would get the digs in and know that they will be back and able to do it again in 24/48 hours etc Why should we have to put up with this sort of behaviour continually.
Yes if someone is obviously having a bad day and posts something out of character we would PM asking them to tone things down, and then time them out if they continued, but there is a world of difference between them and someone who has been deliberately disruptive and insulting and made it their mission to get themselves deleted (quite often going bragging about it to the elsewhere), why should we let them back on just to enable them to just do it again?
They need to realize the real picture. This site is meant to help ones discover the truth about the watchtower society and to help them in the process of leaving that organization.
Exactly, some people seem to want to change the forum to suit their own purposes, they have got past the whole JW experience and want to move on and just use it as a social club. Great ! moving past JW issues is what we are all aiming for, and while obviously the social side is important the forum is not going to change in its main purpose, there are always going to be people that need the support and JW discussions and that is what we are here for. If that bores some people then its tough and their problem, that is what the site is about.
To use it for any other means especially for personal vendetta's is selfish and sadly these ones have lost the whole point of this site being in existence.
Yes its very sad and selfish, especially when at the same time these people are claiming to be doing this for the good of the site and newbies. How can making multiple accounts and posting purely disruptive and insulting things be for the good of the site and helpful to newly exiting people.
