I can't' believe AnyFucker has been banned!

[Piffalato]

Seriously! For 'too many personal attacks'!

It's a liberty!

I have been completely hammered and pasted on MN. I have been called drunk, mentally ill, a child abuser and worse (because I wouldn't LTB. Eventually, I LTB ).

Not once have I run squealing to MNHQ. Eventually the sense of fairness asserts itself and people stand up for you.

If you can't take it, don't dish it out.

[I get warned by MNHQ a lot, too].

Meh.

Bring back AnyFucker!!

I hope the fact some people at MN Towers have clearly lost their minds doesn't put her off coming back in a week! Hopefully the level of support and outrage will convince her to return.

Just adding to the love!

A sad sad day for the community of mn, Anyfucker is like a surgeons knife cutting away the layers to get to the tumour.

I like AF's posts and I agree with much of what she says but MNHQ have to be fair - there can't be special rules for some people and not others. I don't know why people are angry - they have to be impartial. Hopefully she'll be allowed back.

Not talking about anything AF has done in particular (my memory is not that good, and I could not quote anything she has said), but I find personal attacks in general detrimental to threads and to advice given.

If AF (and we all) can refrain from name calling or personal attacks (as this seems to be her crime), I think people asking for advice and lurkers will thoroughly benefit.

Wobbly Really? You've been warned too?! You do surprise me (Not meant in a PA sense!). I can guess who might have reported you...

Waiting for AF to come back with There are plenty of people on MN who are goady and unpleasant but they seem to stick around....

AF's "personal attacks" were all calling out trolls and goaders (when MNHQ didn't deal with them), the latest example being charityfunday on the OW to dinner thread on this board. See the latter's "hugs to you all" gloating/goading on chat.

'There are plenty of people on MN who are goady and unpleasant but they seem to stick around....'

I agree but if they don't technically break the rules then they can't be banned.

Bring back AF NOW
Don't see why we should have to wait a week!

I've scanned the thread.

She may have been on her last warning or something, I expect.

Still, there are rules about calling out trolls. That's why there are report buttons and Charity (or whatever her name was) also got deleted a few times. Only some posters are more prolific than others and have more chances of upsetting the higher powers.

We do have to be more clever than the goaders and not let ourselves be sucked in by their tactics. Lots of people here still challenge them and are not banned or have series of posts deleted.

Come on AF, don't let them beat you. :)

I agree but if they don't technically break the rules then they can't be banned

The rules aren't written in stone. They could be changed to make goading unacceptable.

Last warning, previous warnings probably for exactly the same thing, after being persistently targeted.

They could be changed to make goading unacceptable.

Now, that's a thought. MNHQ?
Maybe we could have a users committee to assess GFs?

Having said that, I think we all agree that goading itself doesn't cause bad behaviour. Ahem...
In the same way that no provocation should merit violence, or problems in marriage cause cheating. Just saying. :)

AF, have a look at transactional analysis for tips on how to outmaneuver goading.

Holy fuck I missed all of this. A policy which results in AF being banned is a lame policy.

Seriously?

The policy may or not have been well applied, but policies are in place for a reason.
In this case, it prevents posters from turning threads into personal fighting arenas, often derailing from the OP, who often is in need of help.

She sent me a very kind PM after she read one of my posts & she is, although direct, very well meaning. I hope she comes back even if she has to name change to do so.

Christ Almighty, we need to get her back!!!!!

Her tough words and no nonsense attitude help people!! MN, come on!!!

She will be back in a week, if she wants to.
MNHQ have said the ban is for a week.

Christ Almighty, we need to get her back!!!!! Her tough words and no nonsense attitude help people!! MN, come on!!!

And the rest of us? What are all the rest of us? Backing signers to AF's lead vocals?

AF is not the only poster on here who helps & offers support & I am getting pretty fed up with the implication that she is.

"Christ Almighty, we need to get her back!!!!! Her tough words and no nonsense attitude help people!! MN, come on!!! "

Good grief!

Overreaction much?

I'm sure others can help for the week!

Or will MN collapse??!!

Seriously?

Of all the posters on here, MNHQ decide to ban one of the sanest, most helpful, kindest posters around? Wtf HQ?

AF has given me sound advice (and once told me I was lovely - preens) on this board and I always look out for her posts.

I reported two posters yesterday (both new) for disgusting attacks on an OP (one called her 'a cunt' - nice) and they were both deleted. They had nothing constructive to add to the thread, just nastiness. Those are the people that need deleting ffs.

Sort it out HQ - we want our Fucker back!

Heartbrokenmum73 She will be back, in 7 days.

I agree with what you say about AF, but you know what? There are SO many more like her around here that would not get even 1% of the posts that AF is getting today!

MN isn't one lone voice, it is many.

But where do you draw the line at what is and what isn't 'goady'?? Plus, it's sometimes possible to take someone the wrong way from written word where they meant no offense. I do agree that some people can be unpleasant but it's much easier to define a personal attack than when someone is deliberately trying to stir imo. It would take MNHQ all day to decide on cases where people are 'goady'.