You know. Them. The people who tried and maybe even continue to try to participate in the Fascination threads, only to be edited, moderated, censored, deleted, banned, and/or treated to what has come to symbolize the attitude of LCF admin/mods toward Fascination thread participants — the one, the only, prissy little Tappy Foot Guy.
Are you one of the people who have been treated to what you perceived to be unfair & irrational snarkiness from LCF admin/mods — or other Fascination thread participants – for no apparent reason, and then denied the right to object, respond, and/or defend yourself and your point of view?
Are you one of the people who have been on the receiving end of PM’s from the aforementioned admin/mods accusing you of violating the TOS even though you know darn well you haven’t? Or accusing you of doing the exact same thing that certain other people are quite obviously getting away with?
Are you one of the people who have been effectively silenced, stifled, and/or snarked into submission due to your attempts to particpate in the Fascination threads?
Are you fed up? Do you wish the Fascination threads were home to free and open discussion? Do you wish the threads were unmoderated and that the participants — all the participants — could actually carry on a mature conversation without having to worry about their posts being “reported” by tattletales & teacher’s pets — the same tattletales & teacher’s pets who make tsk-tsk noises and mutter about how you’re behaving like a bunch of junior high kids? Do you wish you could reply to a post in the Fascination threads without wondering if your reply will pass inspection, or if it’ll fall prey to one of the Deleters?
Are you one of them? One of the enemies of the prissy little Tappy Foot Guy?
Or maybe you’re a big fan of the TFG? Do you want to speak out in defense of the LCF admin/mods? Do you have something you want to say to people like us?
Either way — fan or foe – stay tuned …
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22 April, 2008 at 8:53 am
katinsac
Welcome back…missed you!!
I am not “one of them” but I don’t know why there are TOS violations anyway. Other than KK, I have not been banned from any site but I think all threads should be open to good and bad comments, regardless…I don’t think open discussions hurt any one. If bad language is used, maybe the Admins can just xxxx it out or something but I think everyone should have a say one way or the other in discussion forums. What does it hurt?
22 April, 2008 at 9:06 am
yustyucky
{{Kat}}} Thanks & we totally agree.
Except about the bad language — uh as long as it’s not threatening or abusive maybe?
By the way, we haven’t really been gone, just working on a little project that some people might enjoy. Or not. Expect announcement soonsoon
22 April, 2008 at 9:34 am
Cognomen
I am one of “them”. Once I said “now that would be stupid” and I was told no name calling was allowed. grrr
I’ve been censured by ducks as well and told that I’m not a duck because I didn’t join kk.
Funny though, I’ve been doing the letter writing, weed pulling, investigating and picture searching since last July before most of the current FWK posters even opened their eyes.
Really got reamed by LCF admin/mods after telling FluffyBear that no one was making her read those threads. Yep, those were my words, no nasty words attached and I was given a time out!
I guess I’m just a real meany that I don’t like to see ex-kk’ers verbally abused.
22 April, 2008 at 11:29 am
yustyucky
{{Cognomen}} Sincere condolences. And to hell with the censuring. To hell with the duckier-than-thou ducks, who would still be preaching the gospel of Kimmer to this very day — for the dirty pieces of silver — if it hadn’t been for real ducks like you, the ducks who duck in spirit & in truth, the ducks who were billed in the line of duty.
22 April, 2008 at 2:19 pm
bluesuederebel
Well, I got spanked myself. My message said that I was not to speak about it publicly. Will speaking out here count?
I said something like “it sure is quiet with Little Miss” gone and someone else agreed. All of a sudden, our posts were gone and we wondered why. So, I got a message, but I really didn’t know why except that Little Miss had been bellyaching about being treated unfairly, etc. Something else was said and I replied that I wasn’t going to say anything because I had already gotten my hands slapped. Then, I got the dreaded infarction (?) message telling me not to speak about it publicly. It cut me to the core. I felt like I was back in grade school.
I have since seen many folks making comments similar to mine and they are allowed. Not to mention the fact that Little Miss somehow disappeared all together. Was she Heidi? Wouldn’t that just be the icing on the sugar cookie? That I would get an infarction for speaking ill of Heidi posing as Little Miss? Little Miss was probably banned, so one would think that I deserve an apology. Of course, I know I will probably never get one.
22 April, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Cognomen
Awww, thanks yuckster! “duckier than thou ducks” hee hee……..
I thought Little Miss was SL?
and I still want to know why Crispybread/Heidi wasn’t banned immediately??
It sure seems like LCF is in cahoots with Heidi and trying to ride both sides of the fence to keep from losing netrition customers.
22 April, 2008 at 8:31 pm
bluesuederebel
Well, maybe Little Miss was SL instead of Heidi — same thing as far as I’m concerned. As far as Netrition, I had a big order to send. When they sent me the “infarction” (I still think that word is a hoot), I just deleted it. I think I now know how TT felt about it. She figured she would just get ‘em in their wallet.
22 April, 2008 at 9:18 pm
yustyucky
{{{Rebel}} It’s ridiculous and sad that you were treated that way. And for what? We don’t know. There’s the surface reason, and then there’s the reason behind the reason.
Not speak about it publicly? wth?! Methinks the nanobit of quasi-semi-pseudopower hath gone to their heads.
Cog, interesting question re why Crispybread wasn’t banned.
Re Typo’s call for a boycott — we hate agreeing with her about anything but yeah she’s got a point. Whether it’s a valid point or not, eh who knows.
23 April, 2008 at 1:29 pm
theTRUTH
Sometimes it’s good to be untouchable.
(jk, HA HA)…
24 April, 2008 at 3:58 pm
yustyucky
Cognomen — we might have some info for you.
yust.yucky@gmail.com
24 April, 2008 at 4:05 pm
yustyucky
T says “Sometimes it’s good to be untouchable.
(jk, HA HA)…”
No it’s not a joke. But hey you knew that already. Question is, will you use your Untouchable celebrite’ to your own advantage? or will you use it to attempt to bring about change in the way the fascination threads are moderated?
Your call.
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28 April, 2008 at 7:50 am
theTRUTH
I got a public slap down in there from Dottie. I wasn’t mentioned by name, but the inference to my post was clear. I bet if I did it again, badbad things would happen to my account. So I guess I’ll just not do that again, because it would be a shame to go missing. The blog is nice, but I enjoy conversation too.
28 April, 2008 at 12:01 pm
theTRUTH
Sorry, Dottie, it was Cheri.
Anyway…
I just posted this in there:
It just came to my attention that Gary’s last name was also edited out. I have to inquire why? I understand swalt, but Gary WORKS for Heidi as a paid admin. I didn’t post his home address or phone number or anything. We can say Heidi Diaz, but we can’t say Gary Fontaine? How about Delaney Deaver? These are paid minions of Heidi and as such have no right to privacy protection by LCF. Yes, I know Gary contacted LCF and threatened police action, but if we start falling victim to intimidation, what good are we? I’ll wait patiently to see what happens to this post before I decide my next course of action. It is a shame because I really enjoy conversing with the good folks here, but if I can’t say Fontaine, I’ll take it elsewhere. Shame!
We will see what happens next… I’m going to start giving out personal addresses and phone numbers to anyone who asks. Anyone want Heidi’s cell number?
28 April, 2008 at 2:14 pm
yustyucky
T! I just emailed you about this! Whatever our disagreements, you bet I am cheering for you — bravo for speaking up about the ridiculous censhorship in this matter.
Hang in there and hopefully they’ll reconsider their actions in this matter as well as their overall policy with the fascination threads.
Outstanding, T!
28 April, 2008 at 11:18 pm
yustyucky
Note to the people from Jimmy’s board who have come over to LCF — LCF is not Jimmy’s board. The fascination threads are not the syrupy sweet hugfest you’ve grown used to at Jimmy’s. But hey, keep on reporting those posts — the Deleters are all too happy to heed your whinging & moderate the living daylights out of what few fascination fans remain.
1 May, 2008 at 2:01 pm
theTRUTH
YY - LCF is not Jimmy’s board.
You can say that again.
1 May, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Kan
If LCF censored Kimmer’s dangerous BS advice 1/100th as much as they censor everyone else, this whole fiasco would never have happened. Instead they let her spew her insanity and reign over the forum for years.
16 May, 2008 at 7:00 pm
thinny
I’m mostly on the fence here. Kimmer was allowed her dangerous advice-spewing because, for the most part, it wasn’t defamatory,libelous, vulgar nor racially prejudiced. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then, and the mods of the FWK thread are walking a very tight line between letting those harmed by Kimmer/Heidi speak out, those personally insulted by Heidi to vent, and still keep the FWK free of flame wars that have destroyed many many forums in the past. The experiences are coming in to prove that her diet, far from being universally effective, has cost many poor souls their health. The mods have to allow their stories (and to their credit, have allowed far more leeway on FWK than on other threads) w/o falling off the tightrope. It’s not easy, particularly when you’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t. The current FWK thread seems like a reasonable compromise, as well as a legal resource for the lawsuit.