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Post by BALLS on Feb 15, 2021 22:03:16 GMT -8
Forum URL: (private)
Hi,
My forum got taken down due to section 25(a) of PB TOS, is there anyway to recover it?
Thanks.
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Post by Nscalerr 🐺 on Feb 15, 2021 22:10:56 GMT -8
Hi BALLSYou will have to contact the Abuse Team at abuseteam@proboards.com, as this is not handled on Support.
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Post by BALLS on Feb 15, 2021 22:13:30 GMT -8
Noted, thanks for the prompt replay!
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Post by blue on Feb 16, 2021 13:34:33 GMT -8
Forum URL: (private) Hi, My forum got taken down due to section 25(a) of PB TOS, is there anyway to recover it? Thanks. No, they will not respond. Ever.
They just take them down willy nilly.
No warnings, no caring about losing people, just the big ban hammer of love!
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Post by Scott on Feb 16, 2021 13:43:02 GMT -8
Forum URL: (private) Hi, My forum got taken down due to section 25(a) of PB TOS, is there anyway to recover it? Thanks. No, they will not respond. Ever. They just take them down willy nilly.
No warnings, no caring about losing people, just the big ban hammer of love!
This is not true. Please refrain from spreading misinformation.
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Post by blue on Feb 16, 2021 13:45:06 GMT -8
No, they will not respond. Ever. They just take them down willy nilly.
No warnings, no caring about losing people, just the big ban hammer of love!
This is not true. Please refrain from spreading misinformation. It is very much true. I wrote abuse@proboards twice. Very nice and very thorough. I was ignored. No response. No reason. No warning.
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Post by blue on Feb 16, 2021 13:54:23 GMT -8
And I do understand you'd rather not see this on your support board. But when you tell people that the correct way is to contact abuse and they DO and are subsequently ignored, what other options do they have?
I at least asked to be granted access to the forum to alert members of what happened and give them a new link (board) but nothing. NOTHING. IGNORED. Years of work, friendships formed and it was deleted with no warning, no communication, nothing.
IT was a shock to the gut and it HURT.
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Post by Scott on Feb 16, 2021 13:55:27 GMT -8
blue , your experience with the Abuse Department is isolated to your situation and cannot be applied to another member's situation. As a reminder, our rules of this forum clearly state: As I stated 3 years ago, I am sorry you did not get the answers you were seeking regarding your situation, however I must ask that you adhere to the rules.
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Post by Kami on Feb 16, 2021 13:59:50 GMT -8
This is not true. Please refrain from spreading misinformation. It is very much true. I wrote abuse@proboards twice. Very nice and very thorough. I was ignored. No response. No reason. No warning.
I remember this thread. Every situation is unique. You cannot use your personal experience to make blanket statements as to the entire philosophy of the company. While I can understand you were frustrated by the events that led the the sudden removal of your forum, the # of times forums are removed completely is proportionally very small. While I am just a regular member and have no specific insight as to what happened, I do know that you were given several situations in your prior threads that shed at least a little light on probable causes. I also know that you as well as your members decided to spam the support board in protest and had multiple threads locked due to off topic and unkind responses. That sort of response doesn't really give the best light or aid your cause in showing your forum is willing to comply with PB terms, when the rules of this Support Board are only not followed, but blatantly flouted. A political board is always a risky genre to go into, because crossing the line as to what a private company's terms of service entails is very easy especially if your forum allows for a no-holds barred discussion (which i believe was your forum's policy) as content frequently spills over in those scenarios into the objectionable content territory of the TOS (not saying that politics is against the TOS, but rather heated topics can cross that line frequently).
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Post by BALLS on Feb 16, 2021 18:46:18 GMT -8
Thanks abuse@proboards for the prompt assistance. Just got my forum get back online in less than a day.
Is there a way to prevent random people from spamming website links on my forum (that's the reason I got my forum taken offline)?
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Post by Michael on Feb 16, 2021 18:48:20 GMT -8
Thanks abuse@proboards for the prompt assistance. Just got my forum get back online in less than a day. Is there a way to prevent random people from spamming website links on my forum (that's the reason I got my forum taken offline)? I would suggest disabling guest posting and restricting forum registrations! You also might want to consider expanding your moderator team if some staff aren't as active as they used to be.
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Post by blue on Feb 17, 2021 8:16:19 GMT -8
blue , your experience with the Abuse Department is isolated to your situation and cannot be applied to another member's situation. As a reminder, our rules of this forum clearly state: As I stated 3 years ago, I am sorry you did not get the answers you were seeking regarding your situation, however I must ask that you adhere to the rules. Your rules are to contact the Abuse Department, which I did, and received NO communication.
So, that just leaves me in the dark? You can delete a board with no warning and then no communication as to why? I paid SEVERAL months, years? for the use of Proboards and I don't even deserve any answers?
How am I not supposed to be frustrated with that? I understand that this is not the place, and you tell me to contact Abuse, but when they don't respond, am I just supposed to be further locked or removed?
There were people that targeted the HIDE5 board with the intention of doing precisely what they did. IN the end, you are making me out to be the bad guy when that is furthest from the truth.
I understand your rules and know this will be locked or deleted. I would like all my money refunded that I gave to Proboards with the assurance that they would be fair to me as an administrator and not simply block or delete me when I am simply wanting answers to the reasons for the deletion of my board. Any money paying customer should at least be granted an explanation.
Thank you and have a good day.
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Post by blue on Feb 17, 2021 8:17:23 GMT -8
Thanks abuse@proboards for the prompt assistance. Just got my forum get back online in less than a day. Is there a way to prevent random people from spamming website links on my forum (that's the reason I got my forum taken offline)? Good for you, Balls. I apologize for thinking otherwise.
Hope your board is successful!
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