Post by Admin on Jan 24, 2013 10:12:15 GMT -5
The purpose of this forum is to provide a safe and somewhat private place where indie authors who have been subjected to harrassment can discuss issues and expect peer support.
Membership of this forum does not assume that the author is always right. People make mistakes and getting drawn into an argument or losing one's temper under certain circumstances does happen.
That doesn't excuse us. We are supposed to conduct ourselves as professionals.
However, the majority of those who come here will have been unfairly harrassed in some way. This is a place to seek moral support and intelligent advice. It is NOT a haven for seeking revenge or militant action. There are other groups who take that stance.
We are not associated with or in alignment with any other group. By the same token, we have no prejudices about members' other affiliations. Each is answerable only to their own conscience.
We list the offenders only to indicate who to avoid. These people are known for picking arguments and trying to draw authors into dialogue that is intended to get them added to a hate list. It is only fair that we should know who the perpetrators are.
We do not operate on paranoia, but we encourage authors to use a unique screen name to avoid unfriendly observation. Please message admin to tell us your author name when you join. You may be asked to provide some small proof. This is for the protection of all those who come here to find a safe haven.
While we hope to keep this group 'under the radar' for as long as possible and ask you not to mention it anywhere except to authors (in private correspondence) who may have reason to join, we can expect that sooner or later, certain troll elements will try to infiltrate. We will be taking precautions to keep them out.
Nobody deserves to be harrassed on the Internet.
Membership of this forum does not assume that the author is always right. People make mistakes and getting drawn into an argument or losing one's temper under certain circumstances does happen.
That doesn't excuse us. We are supposed to conduct ourselves as professionals.
However, the majority of those who come here will have been unfairly harrassed in some way. This is a place to seek moral support and intelligent advice. It is NOT a haven for seeking revenge or militant action. There are other groups who take that stance.
We are not associated with or in alignment with any other group. By the same token, we have no prejudices about members' other affiliations. Each is answerable only to their own conscience.
We list the offenders only to indicate who to avoid. These people are known for picking arguments and trying to draw authors into dialogue that is intended to get them added to a hate list. It is only fair that we should know who the perpetrators are.
We do not operate on paranoia, but we encourage authors to use a unique screen name to avoid unfriendly observation. Please message admin to tell us your author name when you join. You may be asked to provide some small proof. This is for the protection of all those who come here to find a safe haven.
While we hope to keep this group 'under the radar' for as long as possible and ask you not to mention it anywhere except to authors (in private correspondence) who may have reason to join, we can expect that sooner or later, certain troll elements will try to infiltrate. We will be taking precautions to keep them out.
Nobody deserves to be harrassed on the Internet.