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Folks, a reminder that we only allow one account per user. We will ban both accounts if we find out someone is using multiple accounts simultaneously. We'd suggest using this one warning as an opportunity to stop using a second account before we do so.
 
Ugh.
A warning.
Really.
For this reason.
Like they didn’t know. Oopsies.
:roll:
 
Bedazzled748 said:
What makes you think this isn’t an alternative account I created so you wouldn’t know who I am? Maybe you shouldn’t publicly write certain things that can hurt people. You are just as guilty as the people you are calling out.
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What makes me think that?
What you just admitted to is breaking a rule you agreed to obey when you originally (and again today) registered for PS.
Penalty is termination.

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Below is a screen capture of what you promised to not do.
It's at the bottom of every forum page under FORUM RULES
Notice rule 13.2:

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Ella, you're too kind.

(And no, I'm not the guilty one ...... this time :evil2:)
 
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@Bedazzled748, I stand by everything I have ever written on PS, ALL of it. If anyone has an issue with something then please reach out and let’s talk about it, you can find my contact info on LT.

What I will NOT do is further engage with someone who is hiding behind an anonymous account.

It‘s far more important that this thread does not get further derailed, I know I have learned a lot from it and I don’t want to see it get shut down from this nonsense.

edited for a comma (for transparency sake ;-) )
 
Ella said:
We try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt once. Many people in this thread have been the beneficiaries of similar warnings for broken rules.
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Is there any way to PM a moderator?
 
Ella said:
We do not have PM on this forum at all, but you can use the contact us button at the bottom of every forum page.
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Thank you. I have reached out about my concern and I hope it stays confidential.
 
YadaYadaYada said:
What I will NOT do is further engage with someone who is hiding behind an anonymous account.
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I think every account here is anonymous, no? I can't tell how that is significant -- other than forum rules.

Unrelated: Out there in the real world -- and perhaps here, too -- I have often found that the bomb-throwers have the thinnest skins.
 
Bedazzled748 said:
Thank you. I have reached out about my concern and I hope it stays confidential.
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One of the things I love about this group is Ella and all those behind the scenes. I may not completely agree with every decision, but I always respect that it is thoughtful. I hope they are able to address whatever your concern is. There are few I would trust to keep information confidential, but the awesome PS staff are among them.
 
LilAlex said:
think every account here is anonymous, no? I can't tell how that is significant -- other than forum rules.
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A sock is a false online identity used for deceptive purposes. If one wants to say nasty things/controversial things or break a rule that would get the member banned, they'd create a sock acct. If it got banned, the member would still be able to post under their original account. Sock accts are forbidden on all forums I've ever joined. Most of the socks I've seen are created for the purposes of flaming, baiting, trolling.
 
But if it’s a sock account with a ‘concern’ that the mod might empathize with the reason for doing so -
Maybe that’s ok in the end?

That’s how it reads, at least.

“I hope it stays confidential”

Something sounds off here.
 
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Rfisher said:
But if it’s a sock account with a ‘concern’ that the mod might empathize with the reason for doing so -
Maybe that’s ok in the end?

That’s how it reads, at least.
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Are you asking for personal opinions cause ya'll know how I like to "share" mine :lol:. Any member here can use the report button to privately communicate with a mod for whatever reason they wish. Creating a sock to accuse a poster of something or to get something off one's chest that one doesn't have the courage, grace, or politeness to do under the real account isn't a nice thing to do imo. I don't know if it's ever happened here but on another forum where I post, banned members create socks to try to get back on the forum. Some people actually create several sock accounts and keep them dormant until they try to circumvent a rule or a ban.
 
@Matata

I edited after you quoted.
I thought it sounds sneaky.

Even more so now the brand new poster has concerns and wants to keep things confidential.
If that’s deemed ok to do around here, well…. That sounds even sneakier, imo.

Eta-
It sounds like there’s some personal axes to grind going on here between those two.
I can’t comment about that. None of my business.

But - the brand new account just to manure stir like it’s a paying job -
And whatever reason or concern to ‘make it ok’ or justify with the mods is what I’m commenting about.
Whether it’s ok or justified - I don’t care
It’s the sounds like possible ability for someone to justify and retain themselves in the super secret double identity sock manure stirring business here.
 
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Rfisher said:
If that’s deemed ok to do around here well…. That sounds even sneakier, imo.
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Sorry, I saw the edit after I posted. Even if a member has a life or death/safety concern, that person still has complete privacy using the report button. I assume Ella can trace VPNs and ISPs to their real source if she needed to know the identity of a sock. That would be crucial before acting on a confidential communication from an anonymous individual.
 
Anyone else find the humor in how lively the Quiet Forum thread has become? :twirl:
 
YadaYadaYada said:
Anyone else find the humor in how lively the Quiet Forum thread has become? :twirl:
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Yeah lol. That’s why pot stirrers will always exist. Personally I enjoy peace and quiet much of the time. Or at least non contentious posts. But I’ll add some enjoy the drama. I’m just not one of them. Sorry about that drama from yesterday and I hope it gets resolved to your satisfaction
 
YadaYadaYada said:
Anyone else find the humor in how lively the Quiet Forum thread has become? :twirl:
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:wavey: Me as well. I’m on a trip to Atlanta so I’ve been busy yesterday. I follow you so I woke up this morning and had many notifications. I just caught up on everything.
 
SandraLynn said:
:wavey: Me as well. I’m on a trip to Atlanta so I’ve been busy yesterday. I follow you so I woke up this morning and had many notifications. I just caught up on everything.
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Oh, well a trip sounds like much more fun!

Yes it was a very active night, sometimes things need to get shaken up a bit, a little drama, a little excitement, otherwise life would be so boring.
 
YadaYadaYada said:
Oh, well a trip sounds like much more fun!

Yes it was a very active night, sometimes things need to get shaken up a bit, a little drama, a little excitement, otherwise life would be so boring.
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Yea I told my friend that I needed to catch up on the “tea” lol. But glad I wasn’t directly involved.
 
YadaYadaYada said:
Oh, well a trip sounds like much more fun!

Yes it was a very active night, sometimes things need to get shaken up a bit, a little drama, a little excitement, otherwise life would be so boring.
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Also, on a lighter note. I was upgraded to wife status on Sunday so a girls trip for a concert here seemed fitting after DH ( I can say this now) went back to the boat he works on.
 
SandraLynn said:
Also, on a lighter note. I was upgraded to wife status on Sunday so a girls trip for a concert here seemed fitting after DH ( I can say this now) went back to the boat he works on.
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Oh wow, well congrats! I love that…upgraded to wife status. A wedding, girls trip and concert, you are living your best life! I hope you have a wonderful rest of your trip.
 
I don't think it's been as lively in the last, 5-7 years easily. I was very active for many years, and then the whole thing happened, and that really soured me on a lot of this, then I got reinstated, and I really have been hit or miss since. There's been no shortage of drama around here since the inception, but a lot of the super long time regulars left for either FB groups or other forums, or just had all the bling they needed and moved on to something new. I personally have bee quiet the last 4 years because I had my divorce and I felt like this was just not the place for me to be. I was selling off my stuff, I was miserable, I had health issues. I still love helping people find stones and celebrate their awesome pieces, but I felt like...I am a divorced, middle-aged weirdo, I never wear my own pieces, I can appreicate others, but there's just other stuff for me to do.
 
ame said:
I don't think it's been as lively in the last, 5-7 years easily. I was very active for many years, and then the whole thing happened, and that really soured me on a lot of this, then I got reinstated, and I really have been hit or miss since. There's been no shortage of drama around here since the inception, but a lot of the super long time regulars left for either FB groups or other forums, or just had all the bling they needed and moved on to something new. I personally have bee quiet the last 4 years because I had my divorce and I felt like this was just not the place for me to be. I was selling off my stuff, I was miserable, I had health issues. I still love helping people find stones and celebrate their awesome pieces, but I felt like...I am a divorced, middle-aged weirdo, I never wear my own pieces, I can appreicate others, but there's just other stuff for me to do.
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I was thinking about you the other day and wondering how you were. Glad to see you here! Seems like many have gone on to divorce and lots of us with health issues. You fit right in! I'm seldom wearing anything unless I leave the house and even then it is about 50/50 if I am in a plain platinum band or a bit sparkler. Chickens like sparkles.... worried that I will knock a stone loose and one of them will manage to eat it :eek-2:
 
TooPatient said:
I was thinking about you the other day and wondering how you were. Glad to see you here! Seems like many have gone on to divorce and lots of us with health issues. You fit right in! I'm seldom wearing anything unless I leave the house and even then it is about 50/50 if I am in a plain platinum band or a bit sparkler. Chickens like sparkles.... worried that I will knock a stone loose and one of them will manage to eat it :eek-2:
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We can't have them eating anything!!!

I do wonder how some of the old timers are doing, and I sometimes see or think of something that makes me think of DF and that makes me a little sad. And I chuckle sometimes, because I FINALLY had my rings perfect and how I wanted them, and ended up leaving and filing for divorce not long after. Real life keeps going, and sometimes we throw ourselves into our bling or whatever fixation as a bandaid when we don't know what's really going on, or rather, don't want to admit it to ourselves.

I still have my studs and my necklace, never wear them but who's surprised, all the rest is gone. Lost my ass selling my stone, because they wouldn't honor their buyback policy, but that's a story for another day.

ETA: Also, that's super sweet that you thought of me!
 
ame said:
We can't have them eating anything!!!

I do wonder how some of the old timers are doing, and I sometimes see or think of something that makes me think of DF and that makes me a little sad. And I chuckle sometimes, because I FINALLY had my rings perfect and how I wanted them, and ended up leaving and filing for divorce not long after. Real life keeps going, and sometimes we throw ourselves into our bling or whatever fixation as a bandaid when we don't know what's really going on, or rather, don't want to admit it to ourselves.

I still have my studs and my necklace, never wear them but who's surprised, all the rest is gone. Lost my ass selling my stone, because they wouldn't honor their buyback policy, but that's a story for another day.

ETA: Also, that's super sweet that you thought of me!
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Real life definitely gets in the way of our plans sometimes! I think you are right that bling can sometimes be a distraction from real issues sometimes. I know it has been for me.

Someone was asking for help on a chicken group a few months ago because her chicken had managed to eat the earring right off of her ear. She wondered what we all would do. There is a surgery, but it is risky and expensive. I don't know what I would do! Too horrible to think about. Luckily, my ears have reacted badly to every type of metal I tried so those aren't an issue here :lol:. Hers ended up being some $40 pair of nothing special, luckily. Hoping the chicken passed it safely!
 
I don't even know what happened in this thread. Real life is in my way but I got some time today so....
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Now if only I looked like Nicole Scherzinger I would be all set ;)2
 
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