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Why I was TRACKED DOWN by elder

by Derrick in

jw
friends

after receiving a concerned email about a post on this board threatening to expose some participants to their employees (as being disruptive elements), i did some reading of their posts.

although i completely sympathize with simon here http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/ and have walked many miles in his shoes as an administrator for h2o from 1996 until present, i still was at a complete loss to assure this individual who sent me the email.. i get a gut feeling that simon really wouldn't carry through this threat!

perhaps h2o moderators including myself were fortunate enough not to have been driven far enough to ever post such a perceived threat to disruptive elements, which in fact was a warning and not intended as a threat.

InfoOverload

Hi Derrick,

I don't disagree with how you handled the porn situation on your board. You had a right to protect the board
you administered. Simon has that right as well. I'm sure the individual he threatened isn't a child and knows
full well that his/her antics are morally wrong, written policy or none.

I'm editing this to add that I was of the impression that this involved more than just using multiple personalities to
disrupt the board, but rather attempts to defraud the other participants of the board. When you advised the individual how to surf anonymously, you unwittingly assisted them in how to cheat and defraud anonymously.

This is a quote from the forum director of h2o about this issue:

CogentMinded:
As a general discussion, should someone come here continually making up new sob stories and (this
is the key) start trying to defraud people with false charity pleas, I would be in favour of taking any
steps, including reporting this person to the authorities or whatever steps would be necessary to
prevent this person from coming back to steal from the participants here. This is about the only
reason I could foresee 'going after' someone. Intentional attempts to defraud.
That being said however....
While I see the parellels you mention, it has generally been encouraged not to bring H20 business to
other Boards and not to bring their business here. I would presume that given your history, any
suggestions you may want to share with Simon would be better received by email to him.
Hoping all is well with you,
FD

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Why I was TRACKED DOWN by elder

by Derrick in

jw
friends

after receiving a concerned email about a post on this board threatening to expose some participants to their employees (as being disruptive elements), i did some reading of their posts.

although i completely sympathize with simon here http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/ and have walked many miles in his shoes as an administrator for h2o from 1996 until present, i still was at a complete loss to assure this individual who sent me the email.. i get a gut feeling that simon really wouldn't carry through this threat!

perhaps h2o moderators including myself were fortunate enough not to have been driven far enough to ever post such a perceived threat to disruptive elements, which in fact was a warning and not intended as a threat.

InfoOverload

You need to be tough, Simon, but you need to keep loving those who seem so threatening with their multiple
personalities. If you must deal with them, I suggest doing it properly.

Perhaps H2O moderators including myself were fortunate enough not
to have been driven far enough to ever post such a perceived threat to disruptive elements, which in fact was a warning and not intended as
a threat. I have posted a lot of angry things myself, addressed to those who were continuous sources of disruption. I could have easily gone
over the edge and threatened to turn someone in to their employer myself! I didn't.

At one time h2o was being spammed with porn. The h2o admin found out where the person was spamming from, notified their university about their activities and had the University track the student down. You went so far as to post the address of the dean of the University and encouraged h2o posters to write and complain about this student's activities.