Have there been any users banned from TFO? What was the reason? (Just wondering)

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Have there actually been banned users from TFO? TFO seems like a place where everyone is friendly.
 

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There have been a few, and I've only been on here since July, 2017.

The ones I saw broke the rules of the forum. Really obnoxious language, or constantly picking fights, or what we called trolling. Fortunately they are fairly few and far between.
 

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There have been a few, and I've only been on here since July, 2017.

The ones I saw broke the rules of the forum. Really obnoxious language, or constantly picking fights, or what we called trolling. Fortunately they are fairly few and far between.


. . . and because we banned them, making them an example, the Forum is now a pleasant and happy place. We don't just say, "If you don't stop doing that we're going to get the spanking stick!" We actually follow through.
 

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The one I remember most was a member named @deercorpse
He had a very sad story about being sick and his wife was terminally ill and they really wanted a CHERRYHEAD tortoise because it was a lifelong dream.
Several of us sent them money. More than one of us were going to send a free tortoise.
Then another alert member found out that this person had posted similar stories all over the internet trying to get money and free stuff.
In his last few posts, he said that he was sorry. That his brother had posted these fraudulent posts....
He did that I'm sure because several of us had his name and address at that point.
Lucky for him, all he got was banned.
 

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It pretty bad when some people out there, wake up with no conscious thinking How can I get over on some Generous people today. For all you crooked and lying people out there, I believe in Karma, Karma will come back on those people and bite them on the "***" twice as bad. And they will not even see it coming. Don't like Liers or Thives. Sorry if breaks any rules, just something I had to say.
 

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The one I remember most was a member named @deercorpse
He had a very sad story about being sick and his wife was terminally ill and they really wanted a CHERRYHEAD tortoise because it was a lifelong dream.
Several of us sent them money. More than one of us were going to send a free tortoise.
Then another alert member found out that this person had posted similar stories all over the internet trying to get money and free stuff.
In his last few posts, he said that he was sorry. That his brother had posted these fraudulent posts....
He did that I'm sure because several of us had his name and address at that point.
Lucky for him, all he got was banned.
The saddest part is taking advantage of such giving, caring tortoise people. Some of the most caring and giving people are on this forum.
Luckily those people are just a small few.
 

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No problem. Did you want a Radiated Tortoise or a Ploughshare Tortoise? And do you want fries with that as well?
Could I have a male AND female Ploughshare? Doctor said I need both for a full recovery
 
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The one I remember most was a member named @deercorpse
He had a very sad story about being sick and his wife was terminally ill and they really wanted a CHERRYHEAD tortoise because it was a lifelong dream.
Several of us sent them money. More than one of us were going to send a free tortoise.
Then another alert member found out that this person had posted similar stories all over the internet trying to get money and free stuff.
In his last few posts, he said that he was sorry. That his brother had posted these fraudulent posts....
He did that I'm sure because several of us had his name and address at that point.
Lucky for him, all he got was banned.


I'm pretty sure deercorpse would have been arrested. Yeah. Lucky for him that getting banned was his only punishment.
I wonder what deercorpse spent the money that was sent to him on.... it better not be something bad....
 

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I've never been banned here but I'm currently in the Facebook slammer and got booted from Twitter yesterday......
 

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Why? ( if you don't want to share, you don't have to.)
I believe he is joking by making a reference to our outgoing US President, Donald Trump. The President's Twitter account has been closed (by Twitter) and his Facebook account was suspended or something similar by Facebook.
 
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