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Old 2nd February 2003 | 15:20
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AliB
 
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Wolfie, DavidT,

If it was just the clearly spoof threads I would not mind either. But he has picked up on several regulars and thrown abuse at them (not me - so this is not a personal thing). Also the posts to threads they dont initiate are clearly designed to annoy the regulars, trigger arguments and generally disrupt the forum. If this was going on when I first came across the forum I would have moved on immediately - which is the main concern. Despite some of his accusations we don't want Flyer to be a clique and this sort of thing is just going to put new people off.

Speedbird,

I believe Flyer is a little less intimidating than pprune to new PPLs - maybe I havn't been concentrating but I think there is a higher percentage of new blood over there than here. No offence to PPRUNE intended - the first P I suspect puts a lot of PPLs off looking further - if they discover this group and read it a bit I am sure they would feel just as confidant posting "silly questions" here as on Flyer.

Maybe if it goes on for much longer I will collect together a few usernames and send them to Flyer, you and BRL - then again, I dont think that will work. Flyer is not rigidly controlled, and although I am sure they could bar the exisiting usernames it would be too easy for him to create new ones. I fear that would just provide him with the attention he clearly craves.

"Ignore him" is good advice - it does seem to be working too. He seems to have taken to replying to his own posts under alternative usernames - hopefully boredom follows desperation...

(Trying to stay cool and not let this guy wind me up... )

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