Chat Room Abuse Problems

The SF Staff has been alerted about some rather serious chat room abuse, which has been an ongoing, occasional problem, and which has to be addressed. This makes several separate times that members have been subjected to sexually explicit comments. This behavior will not be permitted or tolerated, since we have people of all ages and backgrounds visit here. To guard against this ongoing problem, we need everyone's cooperation. If you are present and witness abusive behavior, please save a chat log and send it to me, Daisy, or any of our moderators.

While each situation has to be handled on its own merits, a chat log will help us deal with problems fairly, while protecting everyone from continued abuse. Unlike the forum, which uses Warnings, Any abuse report that is backed up with a chat log will result in at least a 1 week ban from both Chat and the forum. Even if both persons involved are willing participants in abusive chat room dialog, it isn't suitable for an open chat area, and should be taken privately.

Our staff has received complaints not only from members who have been subjected to such abuse, but also from members who have witnessed this abuse. Your understanding of the problem, and your help in putting a stop to it, will be greatly appreciated.

John