Harassment and the ridiculous BlogCatalog blocked feature
By admin on Aug 21, 2009 in Bloggers, My Views, Social Networks
Lately I disclosed that I blocked two annoying BC members out of my friendslist.
It was necessary because of the repeat harassment I’ve been receiving from both of them. I won’t bother to name them as all hell may break loose but I find them to to be the most uninteresting, annoying, arrogant bitches on the net.
Of course my comment was “removed by the community” since I mentioned that I cannot read what they are posting under me as they are both blocked by me.
Yes just me mentioning that they were both blocked by me cause my comment to be “removed by the asinine community”.
If someone does not want to correspond with you and they blocked you, you would think that these few arrogant bitches would actually get the hint and not bother to have any dialogue with the member who blocked them and wants nothing to do with them.
However these two are so ignorant that they continue to post to someone who doesn’t care to listen to their poisonous muck. They keep commenting right under me as if I can read what they fuck they are saying. The block feature blocks out their comments so I cannot see what they’ve said until I actually log out of the community and who the fuck has time for that?
Complaining to Admin is a joke as they too are biased and has these two listed as friends in their friendslist.
My comments are being removed by the community every time one of their Admin/Mod friends who are already tainted with bias decides to click on the “report” button. Most of this annoyance comes from these two blocked members who keep posting directly under my comments and keeping dialogue with me when they are blocked by me and should have no dialogue with anyone who blocked them.
There is a bias clicking ring running rampant inside BC where the Mods can gang up behind the scenes on any BC member that they disagree with and click on “Report” when they don’t like the fact that one of their friends was put in their place and rightfully so.
Concerning blogging and cyberbullying in forums like these I do block any annoying member who I find to be over the line. It is a form of harassment that is mostly overlooked by the Owners and Mods of that community.
More should be done in these instances but the Owners are usually biased and ignorant to what really goes on inside their own community. I find this really amusing since it creates nothing but bad for that community.
Presently at BC there are a few members who create fake accounts just to sit in amongst us for deceptive purposes while acting friendly to gain your trust. This should be looked into by the Owners of that community but frankly I don’t feel they care about much of anything.
The truth is BC is harboring some of the nastiest cyberbullies, stalkers and harassers on the net.
I log in once a month only to clean up my Shoutbox that’s full of spam and “I added you now please add me to friends” bullshit game.
This blogging community does nothing for my blog and so I pulled my blog the fuck out of there.
With the amount of spam and harassment I get in my Shoutbox and in the discussions alone, I removed my blog from that community as I don’t feel it does a thing for me and blog or give me quality traffic.
My Avatar has been added to so many friggin “Tits and Ass” profiles within BC without my consent and the only way for me to remove them is for me to find every single one of these “Tits & Ass” profiles and block the member and send a email to Admin to have them remove my Avatar out of their profile page. Fucking ridiculous.
I am an Optician by trade and have no interest in being anyone’s poster child for “Tits & Ass” blogs.
I use to enjoy the BC discussion platform just to shoot the breeze and have some light fun but I cannot even enjoy myself on that platform any more as those two annoying bitches sucked the fun out of that platform and drained it out of any life it would have had. The platform is infested with cockroaches, maggots, nutcases, psychos, trolls, stalkers, harassers, degenerates and manipulative deception within that community.
BC’s blocked feature is a joke as those who are blocked still clearly harass members who they know have blocked them and don’t care for dialogue with them, they obviously don’t respect the TOS and continue on their crusade to be the most annoying this side around by continuing to bait members in the discussions so that their comments can be removed.
BlogCatalog is a blogger only social network and blog directory. The site’s purpose is to help bloggers connect, share ideas, and grow through group and general discussions. It also provides a variety of tools, features, and widgets to help bloggers.
The site’s purpose is to help bloggers but it’s not helping when it harbors a cesspool of deceptive degenerates who spew poison on the main public discussion platform. Unfortunately it has done nothing for me and my blog.
Trust me I’ve seen it all and I’ve been a member since December 2007 but it’s time to broaden my horizons.
Well I’ve vented enough unless I care to add something else to this “piece o shit” blog of mine.
I’m busy working on a new blog which will replace this old clunker of a blog so please bear with me.
Of course I would love to hear any of your experiences about this topic but I do screen my comments and block any off the wall asinine comments, thank you for your time.
17 Comment(s)
By BillyWarhol on Aug 21, 2009 | Reply
Rock On Jeunelle!!
I went thru a similar very Poopy circumstance on FacePOOP where I had my acct there Deleted! What concerns me about these Clowns is they tend to run a Kangaroo Court where U can’t find out what the Fucking Charges are against U? Who the Fuck charged ya?? nor can ya Defend yerself against the Fucking Charges!!
In short it’s Fucking Bullshit!!!
I would like to do a Panel at the upcoming SXSW.com + expose some o the Fucking Shit that goes down at these Social Networks like Flickr + Facebook + MyBlogLog + BlogCatalog + YouTube!! Lemme know if ya wanna Join the Panel Discussion!!
By DrPPoorluk on Aug 23, 2009 | Reply
Sorry to hear you’ve had such a go with BC. Made for a nice rant though!
PS… Nice pics of Beantown.
By admin on Aug 26, 2009 | Reply
@Billy…yes I noticed you weren’t at Facebook anymore and I knew they must of either deleted your account or you closed your account.
I’m always amazed by how these social networks run internally.
I’m also amazed to see some not evolve and improve either due to the incompetence of the Admins and Owners.
@DrPPoorluk…yes I guess it did make for a good ole rant, somebody had to say it and it might as well be me. It’s amazing that most members who see this shit have nothing to say and it’s because they are intimidated by a few bullies there who won’t dare bother to drop by my blog here if they know what’s good for them.
By Fuck Blogcatalog on Aug 26, 2009 | Reply
That Goof has no sense and as I watch the end of their “dyNASTY” they STILL don’t get that they lost 100’s of not thousands of Good people for a few slime balls that they have to babysit 24/7 now that’s SWEET a site FULL of nasty lame ass wannabe bloggers.
Name ONE ONE just 1 REAL blogger that goes on there YOU can’t LOL
I don’t tell people NOT to go there I say GO check it out:) I give it 6 months.
They are just about out of NEW people and everyone knows REAL bloggers DON’T need that crap ass site that’s for sure.
I should pay them back for dissing me and my friends but I like watching a slow death
By admin on Aug 26, 2009 | Reply
@FB…Amazing isn’t it because when I first became a member way back in Dec 2007, a thought quickly came to my mind that maybe they weren’t doing good financially.
Then with the maggot they keep feeding, I’ve watched so many people get fed up with that heifer and ended up leaving after making complaints to the Admin
and Owners about this one individual.
A lot of people left and the site was no longer a fun place to visit and kick back and shoot the breeze.
I log in now and it’s like tumble weeds blowing……….a complete ghost town.
Everyone wised up to that hell hole and moved on to other more promising networks where they’re not being lectured and yelled at as if they’re school children by two fucking annoying old dried up bitches who need to go get fucked.
Yes I can dish it because it’s my blog and if anyone reading my shit can’t stand it, GET THE HELL OFF MY FUCKING BLOG.
If anyone should so much as have an opinion of the nasty way things were being done there, they were quickly silenced and driven off by the “BC blog police patrol” but they know damn well I leave when I’m good and ready to leave.
Logging in there is something I won’t be doing much of as I have evolved way passed that place. The truth is I was helping to bring traffic to that place with my light hearted fun filled discussions while someone else was busy driving the traffic away.
After I’m done ranting here which is my right and a damn good outlet to rant, I can spend my time at quality places where I can actually meet a nice size following of good quality contacts in social media and where I can actually learn something for a friggin change. Good God I’m soooo sexy when I’m pissed
By celticmusicfan on Aug 29, 2009 | Reply
Come on. Let’s just go back and forget everything. I am sorry if my post pissed you off. Anyway, I know I am guilty so spank me LOL.
By Jeunelle Foster on Aug 29, 2009 | Reply
Look your little rant is not pissing me off but obviously it is stirring some feathers. Amazing to me that if I post a discussion about one thing someone else has to bring some old past grievances of a past spat into a now new discussion that has nothing to do with old spats. If you want to comment on this topic here then do, if not forget posting anything else here. Here I am Emperor and if anyone disagrees they will be executed.
By WagerWitch on Aug 31, 2009 | Reply
I just wish everyone could start RIGHT now… Right this instant… with a clean plate.
And then maybe not kiss and make up - but maybe just start fresh.
I agree there have been some serious issues allowed to go on - but different eyes see it different ways. Yanno?
I think I just prefer to see the best in everyone - and ignore the worst - unless it hurts someone else personally and emotionally - and then I’m rabid dog - LOL!
But still - I think that if people leave a community - then they aren’t part of the community. It takes many shades to make a rainbow — including the muddy shades of brown…
And without you there - there will be an element missing that is often charming and fun.
I just think - and this is only me JJ - that you should never let anyone else dictate what you do and say… If your stuff gets deleted - OH well… If people don’t like what you have to say - OH WELL - as long and you’re not trying intentionally to hurt anyone else - then you have a clear conscious - right?
And no one can take that consciousness away from you.
I truly hope that you continue there. I plan to. And I would like to see you there.
WW
By Jeunelle Foster on Aug 31, 2009 | Reply
The answer is not “OH WELL”, the answer is to remove all those who are ruining the community. Ignoring the problem makes for an unenjoyable experience for members and that is why people leave, people have ignored the problem for far too long. That’s why we still have the problem.
I’m not even sure the Owners realize that there is a problem after all this friggin time. Bias runs rampant among their Admin/Mods and there is incompetence from both the Admin/Mods and Owners. They have lost a lot of members. Most of you have no idea how many they have actually lost. Those of us who have been there in since 2007 and way before that can see that the problem has gotten far worst and throwing up your hands and saying “OH WELL” is for weak fucks not me.
By Anthony at Work-at-home-Wealth.com on Sep 2, 2009 | Reply
Hi Jeunelle!
C’mon girl, does all that mean i’ll have to unstick your “tits & ass” poster off my wall?
Seriously, I’ve been kept away from social networks and bloggin lately, but maybe once every 40-60 days I login to BC and as you said, I did noticed a lot less activity and the discussion threads aren’t too apealing also.
I’m sorry to know you have been harassed by some assholes in there. I support your decission of leaving (you weren’t waiting for my aproval to make a decission anyway, were you? LOL). I also have left a couple of social sites (Hi5, tagged) and didn’t regret at all, they are too time-consuming, the benefits of knowing someone interesting aren’t worth the risk of coming across a lot o weird (and I mean REALLY weird) people.
Oh, this one has already become too long. Hope you didn’t take this as harassment.
Cheers
Anthony
By Julio on Sep 5, 2009 | Reply
Did I hear right? You’re upset because TWO people on the internet were leaving immature comments? Around 90% of comments on the internet are negative and immature (read any forum or POPULAR website). Sheesh, you’d think you’d've figured that out by now. Also, Ya know…you don’t have to READ those message if you don’t like them. And isn’t it rather easy to block people? You don’t even have to read THIS message, either…but something tells me criticism is ADDICTING to you…gets your all riled up…all MOIST and WRITHING with…joyous mental anguish!
-Sincerely,
Dr. Julio Grumbles, PHD
By Anthony on Sep 6, 2009 | Reply
Hi Jeunelle,
I left you a comment a couple of days ago. It should be between you post from Aug.31 and Julio’s post Sept. 5th. Maybe it has gone to trash bin?
Have a great day
Anthony, PhP (and also ASP, HTML, JS and other languages)
By Jeunelle on Sep 6, 2009 | Reply
Oh so you were also Julio. Lmao well looks like you got a dose of my tongue.
Sorry once I unleash my tongue it’s no telling what will happen.
If your comment made it to the trash bin it’s exactly where it should be.
However I was able to retrieve that comment and it is acceptable enough to post here on this blog. Thank you for your reply.
Yes networks can harbor some weirdo’s alright, yet I’m not surprised.
By Lynnea Urania Stuart on Sep 21, 2009 | Reply
Good Gawd, has BC become THAT bad since I went inactive months ago? I do remember some fun discussions before then. Too bad to see the best people gone.
Hey, excuse me for a minute. I just came here from reporting spam in my shoutbox and I have to get my shoe to stomp out a cockroach that just crawled out of my screen. I better run before your site gets infected.
Hugz and toodles…
By Jeunelle Foster on Sep 24, 2009 | Reply
Funny Lynnea. Good to hear your voice.
Yes it got even worst after you left but hey I’m no longer there so I could care less really. A lot of people got fed up and left and I too joined the exodus but I was gone months ago. Anyhow all good things come to an end and even though I had fun in my discussions I can have fun discussions at other more promising blog directories. Blog Catalog ain’t the only Blog Directory out there. There are plenty of other great blog directories that don’t harbor cyber trolls and psychos. No matter where I am I will continue to have a good time regardless.
By Rocky on Oct 13, 2009 | Reply
You know you’re a champion and being in your corner is where I will always be. I know you’re about positives and please keep the mentality of that person I have grown to admire so much.
The fact you’re one of the most exciting people online I know will carry heavy weight and getting back in stride with you I know will lead to great things. You will always have an impact on me and the things I do online and becoming a better person off line I attribute that to you also.
Stay the same way you are and never allow anyone or anything change you Special “J”!:)
Much Love,
Rocity
By admin on Oct 22, 2009 | Reply
Hi Lynnea good to see you up and about.
Yes I’m afraid Blogcatalog sunk to an all time low. What a shame.
Hi Rocky
Nice to hear from you. What a pleasant surprise.
Hope life is treating you well.