Posts by Rachel Taylor40

mellowraven22 said:Look, if you want to be taken seriously on this forum, you gotta provide links, period. Without them, you’re just shouting into the void and nobody’s going to listen to your empty chatter.

Rachel Taylor40, regarding that warning you got—honestly, it makes total sense. You can't really argue with how moderation works outside of the main general discussion threads, even if your specific situation feels a bit... debatable.

My warning wasn't actually justified at all, because the moderator was being totally aggressive; she claimed my post didn't fit the topic and slapped me with a strike for that, yet her own posts were completely off-topic too, so why didn't she get one herself?
I don't really see the point in arguing since everything is right there for anyone to read, and it's pretty obvious that her behavior is a straight-up violation of the forum rules.
I'm wondering if there's anyone else I can reach out to about this totally wild and tyrannical behavior from someone acting like they have serious issues, specifically regarding the moderator Tilly, because it's affecting me and everyone else here.

The ban is totally unjustified, and honestly, the way Tilly reacted by claiming my post was off-topic is just plain wrong, which you can clearly see from what I’ve attached here.
It’s funny because her own posts have been drifting way away from the actual topic too, if you look at the screenshots I provided.
So, basically, while I'm being accused of missing the point, the attachments show that Tilly herself was the one who lost the thread, posting stuff that belonged in a mental health forum rather than this women's community—maybe she just couldn't handle me actually sticking to the subject?
A bunch of people have already chimed in to say her behavior hasn't been rational lately, and it really feels like we're dealing with someone who isn't cut out for this role and might be struggling with their own mental headspace.
It feels like there's this huge push right now to protect Tilly even though it's super obvious she broke the site rules and is acting like a total tyrant, leaving a lot of us users feeling pretty fed up with her.
I’m really hoping there's someone else in management I can reach out to about how poorly she's handling things, so if any other users have had bad experiences with her, please, please speak up!

I honestly feel like the way Tilly is handling things just doesn't fly with the actual community guidelines, and I’m pretty certain there’s a whole group of us who have had some really rough experiences where our rights as members were totally stepped on by her actions. I mean, deleting threads out of nowhere, being rude to people, and handing out penalties without any real reason... isn't that just totally uncalled for? It's not how a healthy community should work, right?
I'm really holding out hope that someone in charge actually looks into this so we can all just hop back onto the boards and enjoy hanging out and chatting without having to deal with her constant interruptions, insults, threats, or those random thread deletions.
Huge shoutout to the rest of the moderation team, though, because they are seriously killing it and doing an amazing job👍

September 30, 2010. You've been flagged for an infraction on the forum
7:39 PM Tim Cook

Hey everyone!

So, I’ve run into a bit of a situation with how one of the moderators, Tim Cook, has been acting lately, and I was wondering if someone unbiased could point me in the right direction regarding who to talk to about this? Honestly, I feel like my rights as a user here have been totally stepped on.
Could someone please take a look at her posts over in that "List Your Flaws" thread and tell me if you think that kind of behavior is actually okay?
I really only joined this forum to hang out and have some good conversations, and I’m definitely not the type of person to go around attacking people or being rude to anyone, but I also can't just sit there and let someone insult me for no reason like she did.
The kicker is that after I actually tried to defend my point with solid arguments, she went ahead and banned me—I mean, is that even normal behavior?

She claimed she was doing it because my post was "off-topic," which is just straight-up wrong, especially since her own posts were wandering way off-topic too, which is exactly what I pointed out to her... so the whole thing feels super absurd because if we're going by her logic, she should probably be the one getting banned since her comments were nowhere near the actual subject.

I’m really hoping this ban gets overturned, but if not, then honestly, just go ahead and delete my account and profile entirely, because I have zero interest in hanging out on a forum like this.