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Originally Posted by emamum23
has been shut down.....anyone know whats happened?heres what MB's said......
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I've been as frank as I can on the front page of the site. It's not just one problem but a host of them, which led to the closure of the site. You're very lucky to have such a very loyal membership on this site.
An example of the problems is when a member decided to bring up the very inappropriate subject of the Sophie Lancaster tragedy to win favor in an argument, and show the site in a bad light. There was no need to make a point by using that. That's not what I set the site up for, the last thing I want is the girls poor parents to see that on something so trivial as an internet forum that I'm running. Especially when attached to such a petty squabble. That was just one of many things over the past 18 months which have forced my hand. Ex girlfriends bashing ex boyfriends and vice-versa, airing dirty laundry. Then I hear that these people are telling their friends not to use the site. I don't see why the site should be held responsible for offline events, but that's the mentality of some people.
We had some very loyal members but sadly not enough to justify the site remaining. Our site was the first of all the current local sites (even Accyweb), so it's a shame I've had to take the decision. And it's a shame that us Blackburn'ers can't be as proud as you Accy folk.
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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE
In house name calling and such like  |
Not at all Bernadette. In house would suggest that the moderators and admins had problems with each other which isn't true. They were fantastic.
It's a case of a few (very) bad eggs upsetting the apple cart.