Forum Moderators and Rules/Guidelines

[Astro Forever]

whats all this about?

Read the posts in this thread from November until now, and that should give you an idea.

Welcome to the forum!

[Fauna]

i just joined but my freind told me that she (she's told me about Astro boy online but i never got on to register) got prohibted for something on her why? was she in trouble? what did she do? and how long is this? i'm sorry i'm just concerned

Because she may have been one of the people double-posting, or posting off-topic things too many times in a day for that to be acceptable. What's been set on her is a post restriction that ensures she cannot post past a certain amount of times per day.

Astro Forever explained this prohibition mere posts ago.


EDIT: New Astro Boy fans are always lovely to have join us, but if you've joined just to ask us questions about your friend, I am going to be quite vocal about this.

[Astro Forever]

i just joined but my freind told me that she (she's told me about Astro boy online but i never got on to register) got prohibted for something on her why? was she in trouble? what did she do? and how long is this? i'm sorry i'm just concerned

Your friend (although I don't know who it is) hasn't been banned, but has had her status changed so he or she will not be able to post more than X posts a day. For the moment, the posts your friend is sending will not show on the forum until they have been approved by a moderator, but from tomorrow they will show just as they used too until number X has been reached.

In short, your friend is still welcome here but only has a limitation on the number of posts he or she can make per day.

Your friend is still allowed to send private messages. If your friend has specific questions, your friend can send me a private message.

But your friend shouldn't be using any other of his friends to post on his or her behalf on the forum. So, if you have something to say about Astro Boy, you are welcome, but other than that, you shouldn't be posting about this.

[Fauna]

I...I'm like a big brother to this girl?


Now, I had planned to show something to all the kidlets here...

http://www.freeforums.org/

You can go here and make your own forum. You can make it look however you want, make it have whatever rules you want, and let anyone you want to join do so.

I'm not trying to push you guys away; I think you guys would have a bit of a better time on your own forum if you'd just like to talk to someone, for any time when Tezuka stuff just isn't on your mind but you feel like chatting without interrupting the regulars here.

[Astro Forever]

oh cut her some slack,this is a place where she can be herelf, when at home she can't its real sad becuase she's been rather depressed and mad at herself about finding a place of santuary,i've seen in better moods when she talks about people like i think you "fauna" she considers to be rather like a big brother/friend and someone named "Jerk"(like to meet him) and "Androids" and "Ab68' (who's thats he sounds cool lol) and everyone on here,her mom she can't talk to in fear that she might be snapped at and her sister and her are not on terms (she's 18) i've never seen her happier
(i know i'm ranting but its true)

Oh come on! We have cut her some slack, people have been complaining from November, I asked everybody in a very friendly and very polite way to please be careful (read this thread!) and then have been more specific in the threads, with very little result. We have been very patient, in fact I'm sure many people here feel we have shown too much patience!

You know, many of the members here have had problems at school, have been bullied, have had family problems and we ALL use this forum to forget about our problems and share the love we have for a little character. But your friend's posting habits have made it hard for MANY here to enjoy the forum as they used to. Plus, this is life: you can't do everything you want and not care about what people ask you just because it makes you feel good. You have to remember that other people have a right to be respected, too.

A few of us this evening have said that we do enjoy your friend's enthusiasm and creativity. Your friend is still welcome here, nobody asked her to avoid posting!

[Dr. Jerk]

oh cut her some slack,this is a place where she can be herelf, when at home she can't its real sad becuase she's been rather depressed and mad at herself about finding a place of santuary,i've seen in better moods when she talks about people like i think you "fauna" she considers to be rather like a big brother/friend and someone named "Jerk"(like to meet him) and "Androids" and "Ab68' (who's thats he sounds cool lol) and everyone on here,her mom she can't talk to in fear that she might be snapped at and her sister and her are not on terms (she's 18) i've never seen her happier
(i know i'm ranting but its true)

Sorry but your friend, whoever she might be but I think I know who, should not be going off-topic or double posting. It's a general rule of thumb for most boards, and it certainly applies to these forums, and ALL members are expected to follow it regardless of what.

We HAVE given her some slack, and some slack to others as well, but they had ignored us whenever we tried to ask or encourage them to be more on-topic. We even offered suggestions on where else it can be taken to, but again they ignored us.

Likewise, we also ask for you to understand this. And while I'm no moderator, we're also not going to give certain exceptions to certain people.

You and her will just have to understand this, and I do not want to be repeating myself.

[Dr. Jerk]

thats not all her brother sometimes go on her profile and posts for her and she hadn't had the change to change her password and she has been getting better,there are less pages of posts with smilies and she has been trying to post only when she has something she and i have talked about it

If that is the case, then alright, HOWEVER there ARE times when I can tell it IS her who is posting the multitude of off-topic posts. She should still be responsible for the posts that she posts, and likewise should be responsible for her OWN account and her OWN password.

Also no offense, but the way you worded it made it sound like an excuse.

Please stop. You're just making this seem worse. Go tell your friend that we actually still want her around. We've already said this many times before.