In reply to ItisaRobbo:
ItisaRobbo said:
I am mindful of the fact almost no one comes on here to find out what happened to Robbo. However, I'll respond to the points in the two posts that have been raised, incl this post. Almost all of the deleted thread contained the same factual content as referred to above. The only 'possible speculation' is as follows:- 1) One of two people complained about Robbo 2) Moderator deleted Robbo, incl his posts and every other entry on the system. The facts, starting with the second bit of potential speculation. Robbo disappeared in instalments over the weekend. Not just posts, not just additions to threads deleted on request of another user, not because he clicked on a link. To delete comments on people's photo galleries, replies to other people's posts, comments on staff and other user blogs, deleting created posts etc has to be done with moderator access. Not a virus. Not another forum user. Re one of two complaining, more close to speculation, but quickly thinking through recent posts......assuming a moderator wouldn't be actioning something due to comments made in 2021 and before.....unless someone was offended at Robbo typing 'chiffchaff' to a recent identify this, or typing a thread about growing sunflowers for human consumption rather than for birds and importing sunflower oil instead, then it is hard to imagine a source of offence other than in posts involving one of the two previously referred to individuals. Yes, it could be a moderator doing something off their own back, again arbitrarily, but that is not following procedures and makes no sense as mods don't respond quickly to spam flagged to them, so why respond to stuff not flagged to them? Robbo showed his age by commenting of Flock of Seagulls recently. I am sure he couldn't care who raised what. What he would care about is a rogue moderator not knowing what they are supposed to be doing, and risking losing society membership. It is also not right that whoever, if anyone, flagged Robbo as abusive, that the moderator then deleted everything. The moderator should be able to assess and if necessary discuss with the offending user first......unless it is clearly spam or abuse.
e.g. If I took offence that BobsRetired always takes better photos than me, and flag a post as abuse, I would hope Bob isn't then completely deleted.
I can't believe that any moderator actually deleted Robbo's account based on any of those concepts, especially given that we know how little moderation actually takes place on these Forums as they are no longer the hotspot that they once were - Facebook, Twitter etc have really got the RSPB focus now.
I for one cannot help thinking that Robbo has just reinvented himself under a new name.
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In reply to Bobs_Retired:
Ill make one comment that on other forums the same thing happens on other forums as well where no doubt there will be will be and I've seen re-inventions of the same person. But there is one forum i know off which can straight away stop any re-inventions happening with much improves software.
Also lots of long time members on this forum who at one time where regulars on this forum who now post mainly on RSPB Facebook and Twitter Accounts and all those various RSPB Facebook and Twitter accounts have staff and moderators replying all the time. When i emailed Mike Clarke the former CEO said that more RSPB members now post on Facebook and Twitter in far bigger numbers on Forums in any way than the RSPB Community Forum. So the RSPB various Facebook and Twitter accounts now get more attention than the RSPB do on this Community Forum. It may not be easy to accept that as a fact. I don't think any moderators will post on this forum again as most RSPB members and the public now use Facebook and Twitter now in far bigger numbers. Sone might not like what i say. But sadly that is a fact.
Regards,
Ian.
Robbo had the patience of the most impatient person on the planet. Do you seriously think he would spend endless time deleting everything including housemartin diaries, and himself and start all over? Why? How long would that take? I do not believe someone can delete themselves and most importantly of all perhaps, they definitely cannot delete other people’s posts and accounts. All of that rules out Robbo deleting himself.
edit….as a random example of many, why would Robbo waste time logging in, type “chiffchaff” to I.d. a photo, then in less than a couple of hours, waste time logging in and deleting that after the poster had already confirmed it had answered the post?
In reply to THOMO:
THOMO said:I won't as it's nothing to do with wildlife!. As Bob says theres is better software that could be used.
What has wildlife got to do with it? No forum can stop a user setting up another account.
In reply to Zo Clark:
Zo Clark said:Robbo was surprised that someone deleated all his posts he made that went all the way back to the early year 2000s - and Robbo wasn’t happy about it Exspeacially since there was some really challenging ids that he dealt with that would of helped anyone who came across it and Robbo said he doesn’t know why they got deleated. He didn’t know who or what or why and was confused. Robbo might make another account in a differant name cause his acount got deleated. He might or might not. But if we are lucky he might find a way to contribute again.
I hope you've read Bobs post!