Alex Brecher

If both parties of a PM consent to that, then it's ok. It's for members as well as moderator privacy protection. The warnings were done as stated. You will be missed, any decent contributing member who leaves LBT will always be missed. I fail to see this fatal flaw at LBT's core. Sure, peoples personalities intersect at times but I'd have to say for the most part, things run very smoothly. Send me a PM to discuss your issues at hand and instead of walking away from something you see as an issue, try to assist in correcting it or finding a solution to it.

I will ban any member who posts PRIVATE information (such as PM's) that have been sent from one member to another member, from a mod to a member and vice versa. It's called "Private" Message because it's private and meant to stay that way. I think we can all agree on this one....

It's comments like this one that take the joy out of running this web site. Show a little gratitude and get rid of that attitude.

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I apologize for the slight delay in announcing the LapBandTalk Member Contest winner. So, without further ado (Drum Roll Please) the winner is.....................Ky.hen! Congratulations!!! You'll receive a PM with details on how to receive the 16GB iPod Nano you've just won.

1) The post Susan made wasn't publicly available on FB, it was only available to her FRIENDS. There's a very big difference. I have no control what LBT mods discuss with their friends on FB. 2) Wasn't the posts deleted from FB anyway ? Maybe we should all go grab a glass (or container for a few of us) and just move on to something a little more constructive ? I'm sorry to inform you but we do have rules that ALL members must abide by. Here they are for your bath room reading pleasure: LapBandTalk Forum Rules Registration to this forum is free! We do insist that you abide by the rules and policies detailed below. If you agree to the terms, please check the 'I agree' checkbox and press the 'Register' button below. If you would like to cancel the registration, click here to return to the forums index. The basic ground rules for discussions on LAP-BAND® Talk are simple: be polite, use common sense, don't break the law and don't post any message that even hints at advertising. 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We understand that bright, intelligent and educated people may not always agree, but personal attacks in the form of insults, abusive language or other means of obvious harassment will not be tolerated. 6. Our focus is on LAP-BAND® Support. While any discussion is subject to going off on a tangent, we will do our best to consistently maintain topicality. Editing, moving or deleting off-topic content will only occur when it’s necessary to redirect focus to the core topic(s) and values of this community. 7. Don't report other people's experiences as truth. Share your own experiences, thoughts, opinions, theories at will. 8. Please take the really personal discussions to PM or e-mail. 9. Direct marketing or selling is forbidden on LBT. Members may use their signatures to indicate a commercial affiliation by including a single link to a web site of their choice, with no more than one line of explanation in addition. 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When using this forum, you agree that we cannot be and are not responsible for the truth, completeness, objectivity or usefulness of any user-generated content, nor do we endorse any content, including, but not limited to, postings or replies to postings made by members who are moderators. 16. We do nothing to verify member identities. You assume all risk in your use of information from other members. 17. While we reserve the right to do so, we do not pre-screen, monitor, edit or review member-generated content. However, we may monitor content and remove it at any time and without notice. We will do this if content violates these guidelines or we believe it will improve our community. We also will suspend or terminate forum access to those individuals who violate these guidelines. If you have a concern about any post, alert the moderators by using the Report Bad Post button. It's at the top of every post (the exclamation point in the triangle) Who am I to suggest that you follow the rules ? I know you're intelligent enough to answer that question on your own. LBT hasn't changed, it's still a cornucopia of amazing knowledge and many supportive members. I go to sleep with a big smile every night knowing that people are being supported through my hard work. Your (writing) style is very combative, I'd relax and take it down a notch. I will no longer discuss this topic any further if it's not via PM. I would appreciate the respect of having you do the same please.

Welcome back then :biggrin: I take it you're back now ? Mods review and discuss EVERY reported post. We have mods from the left to right wing, usually the correct decision is made. That's not to say that mods aren't human either. They definitely make mistakes. To error is human, right ? I agree that it's not the best idea for mods to take personal LBT issues to FB (if the gripe is publicly accessible for all to see.) If I'm not mistaken, it's no longer available. So I hope all is settled and we can all live happily ever after on LBT....

I'd like to talk with any individuals involved that have gripes or issues with LBT, our moderators etc. Please PM me and I will try to assist or intervene when necessary. I don't know the exact details about what was posted by Susan. I'd love for you to explain to me how and what was posted and why it was so terrible ? Please do so via PM. There's no need to continue to bicker publicly about such matters.

I'm sorry but I really have no recollection of your PMs. If you have any issues whatsoever, please let me know and I'll do my best to deal with them. I'd love to hear from you (via PM please) any issues that are currently going on that would hinder you or other members from providing SUPPORT to other members.

I usually sit back and fires usually die out by themselves. The permanent ban of HH seems to be a continued saga which is taking away from the purpose of LBT. I haven't personally followed most of the threads but according to many of the emails and PMs I received (yes, I actually read every one) as well as watching "reported posts" it seemed to me that: - If someone had an opinion different than him, he would reply in a very nasty, attacking manner to them. - In about six weeks or so, we had over twelve reported posts on him. - Several mods received multiple emails and pm's complaining about him as well. - One of our mods sent him a pm asking him to tone it down. I know one of our ex-mods said something to him when she was a mod and I believe a couple of other mods also tried to reign him in. - He had no problem with calling people idiots, making fun of their ethnic backgrounds, and was just incredibly demeaning to people. - I don't deny, if you could find your way around all the nastiness he posted, HH had good information. The problem was, if anyone dared disagree with him, look out, they were in for it. Originally, I believe the ban was temporary. But then he kept making up new names and coming back and posting demeaning comments about our mods and another poster he didn't like which we won't name. After that point, we made it permanent. He still keeps coming up with new names. Since Thursday or so, our mods have banned four new names he created. - HH sent nasty and threatening emails to one of our mods. I'm not sure who some of you are contacting and not receiving any responses ? I know all of our active mods respond very quickly when contacted via any method. If HH would agree to behave and not cause unneeded and unnecessary headaches our mods would have GLADLY unbanned him. It was the decision of multiple LBT moderators as well as myself to permanently ban HH. If anybody has an issue with it please go ahead and PM me.

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We request that info in order to connect local Bandsters with each other. I think they're optional and you're able to leave those out if I'm not mistaken.

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It's not part of the screen. It should be part of your actual web browser.

We think this issue is only in Internet Explorer 8. We're working on finding a fix. In the interim, just click on the magnifying box once on the bottom right corner of the screen once you enter chat and see the white screen. Let me know if that resolves your problem please.

Let me know how it looks on the iPhone. I tested on a Blackberry.