I certainly hope that my stories about irate members won't follow me into 2010 and end up as posts on this blog, but I think that may be wishful thinking. Remember my last story about the member who sent an email informing me about the horrible way I manage the community?
Well, I've got another one for you. Today, a member whose account was banned sent an email to many people in my organization indicating that I'd sent him a racist email. (You may also recall the time I was referred to as the n-word and the b-word)
Unbelievable! This person who refers to himself as a doctor posted a horrible comment and indicated that it came from me, from a yahoo account that he has determined belongs to me. He wants to know how they could tolerate that and allow me to represent the organization.
It is such a sickening paragraph filled with racist crap that I could never even think, let alone write. And as much as you probably want to read it, I cannot post it on my blog. I just can't.
And the thing is, people know it isn't true so I really shouldn't worry about it much. But I have to tell you that I am so sick of this. It's nice that people care about the community but when you care so much about being banned that you want to take down the person you deem responsible, that's just ridiculous. It's an online community!
Yes, I have a thick skin and I know that you take it and move on but at some point it feels like too much. This level of abuse is getting old. It's getting old fast.
Hopefully I will emerge with a more positive post in the next few days.
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