Another Author Banned Unjustly


http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=286081

5 comments:

  1. Anonymous19/8/14

    How do I make this screenshot of the AW forum bigger?

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  2. Click the image and it will open in a new window. Right click on it, then choose 'view image' and a plus sign will appear. Click on it and it will enlarge the image.

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  3. I am surprised the poster that posted that isn't banned.

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  4. Unfortunately I can confirm the authenticity of the experience that "Ingridash" seems to have had on the AW forums. I had a very similar one, in which I was subjected to a gratuitous campaign of belittling (and for the most part public) put-downs on the part of the forum moderators, who don't seem to understand (or don't seem to care about) the difference between legitimately enforcing rules of polite conduct and humiliating people who have no independent means of talking back.

    It's really a shame because in other ways the AW forums are a very useful and valuable resource for aspiring writers. But something has gone very wrong in the mind-set of the moderators. They remind me a lot of the attitude that one gets after being pulled over by a policeman in America -- "better not talk back, BOY, or this is gonna turn out badly for you".

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