seriously?

since i have been a proud member of this community i have had real life civi photos posted and today another provider felt the need to announce my residence....everybody is ok with this, seriously? have any of you ever experienced anything remotly close to this on here? why is nobody punished? i am supposed to keep what i know about your personal lives private, but mine is just allowed to be freely blasted on here....rifuckingdiculous!

Nikki, I am sorry to hear someone violated your privacy like that and no one was punished. I have no idea what thread your refering to or who broke the forum rules.

If I were you I would contact Dochead Dave on here and let him know your dilema. Trust me if he cannot find enough evidence in the forum, he will actually fabricate some so that the guilty will suffer.

These are just my opinions and not fact which I hope is still allowed on here.

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Nikki I'm on your side on this. I have no way of knowing who all got points in that thread. And I am sure jymie will not tell me. And that is part of his duty. But I hope points where given to mmmm both sides, for a lack of a better term. Not sure DocDave would be any help when he gets back Monday.

try sending a PM to St.Christopher

Were not going to discuss here what actions were taken as a result of that thread. Pm's were sent to the interested parties with what needed to be sent.