If you are still getting unpleasant messages from this user, please report them

[Huma0]

Two threads about this topic (WiFi speeds) have already been closed down and I am not trying to restart the conversation, which inevitably seems to descend into a slanging match. I don't expect any responses either.

However, I am still receiving private messages from this rather aggressive individual, which I have now reported as harassment. 

If you are still receiving them, can I suggest you do the same.

@Helen3, @Helen350, @Sarah977, @Ann489, @Mike-And-Jane0, @Nanxing0 

And @Nick @Quincy , I appreciate that you closed down the previous threads and, like I said, I am not trying to reopen the discussion, but could you please stop this user from harassing us via private message? I am all for hearing other people's opinions but not for the intrusive, belligerent messages. Ignoring them doesn't seem to work. I hope reporting them will.

[Huma0]

Oh, and I found the option to 'ignore' this user, so hopefully that will work...

[Yadira22]

Glad you found it @Huma0  but for everyone else, here is the process to "block" user contacting you on DM's:

1. Report the email  If you press down on the arrow aligned with the Email Subject (top RHS) and then "report as inappropriate" and complete section with relevant detail.   

2. Ignore User If you press down on the arrow aligned to sender information (top RHS), touch the "ignore user" and they will be unable to send you any further DM's  

This worked for me. Thanks

[Ian-And-Anne-Marie0]

@Huma0 

With the inability to post DM details in the CC, its difficult to form any opinion on what happens between members in DM's. The user informed me as of two hours ago - an hour before your post that he was resisting replying to "the vast number of new private messages".

I don't think that inciting other members to report the member for harassment without substantive evidence is very wise, and neither referring to him as "a rather aggressive individual" but instead contacting any of the mods directly, by DM rather than creating a new topic would have been a far better course of action since you are already aware that two previous threads have already been closed.

Since you have "already reported". Why do you feel the need to publicly inform others to do the same?

[Huma0]

@Ian-And-Anne-Marie0

I did not reply to the first message, so I seriously doubt it was a case of not being able to resist the urge to respond. There was no message from me that he needed to respond to, but he messaged me again anyway and yes, it was aggressive, in my opinion. If you read my posts on that original thread, you can see that I did not insult anyone. Still, this individual thinks it is okay to harass me because I disagreed with him about screenshots of WiFi speeds? Do you think that is acceptable?

If we can't politely and rationally express our opinions on this CC, then what is the point of it? The reason I posted here is because I don't think anyone should put up with harassment and the more people who report it the better, providing of course they feel the same way. It's called collective action. Some others may not have realised they had the option to do so. I certainly have never tried or even thought about reporting or blocking a user until now.

[Anonymous]

@Huma0   I'm sure @Ian-And-Anne-Marie0  **. But as long as the "ignore" option (clickable on the user profile) is effective in blocking DMs, that should probably be enough to stop feeding the troll without having to get the mods involved.

Ian, the mods will make their own decision about whether the messages reported to them constitute an acceptable use of the platform, so "incitement" doesn't really apply here. Personally, it does not bother me one bit if the user continues to communicate with the people who enjoy engaging with whatever it's squirting out.

**[Inappropriate content removed - Community Center Guidelines]

[Ian-And-Anne-Marie0]

@Anonymous 

Just a derogatory post.

[Anonymous]

@Ian-And-Anne-Marie0  Call it what you want, but which would you prefer - a system that allows people to selectively block contact from a correspondent who annoys them, or one that bans and silences that user altogether?

I'm hoping that the former renders the latter unnecessary. But after what happened with Susan, I don't trust Airbnb to make decisions on this kind of stuff that I'll agree with.

[Ian-And-Anne-Marie0]

**[Inappropriate content removed - Community Center Guidelines]

[Sarah977]

@Ian-And-Anne-Marie0  "Gang brutality"???  That's how you characterize a few words someone might have found offensive or insulting? Honestly, give it a rest. You're stalking.

[Ann72]

@Ian-And-Anne-Marie0 

“There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'"

"The mood will pass, sir.”

There are conundrums in life that only Wodehouse can answer.

[Cormac0]

@Ann72 

Humor always comes to the rescue for intelligent people, Thanks for that LOL moment.

[Anonymous]

Wow, Ian. I'm sad to have to admit, I'm not nearly as perverse as you've imagined. I can't really imagine having fantasies about Airbnb hosts on internet forums, but if one were to blossom in my imagination, I can assure you that an out-and-proud heterosexual like you will not be a character in it. Way too kinky for my taste, although "Gang Brutality" and "Pi$$ing Contest" are very marketable titles in Berlin's gay porn scene. I'm more the type that would just giggle at the way you insistently pronounce the word "member." 

This thread is actually a really productive one, as it illuminates the "ignore" feature that people might not have known about. And you can use it too! If you find the content I post offensive , please put me on your Ignore list so you won't have to engage with it. I'm not here to ruin your day; I'm more than happy to be in your blind spot. 

[Ann489]

@Ian-And-Anne-Marie0  are you getting some sort of pleasure out of the twisted way you interact with others on this forum?  I second Sarah....please STOP stalking those of us who don't share your opinion.  You went through all the trouble of taking a screenshot, showing who liked a certain post, by a certain person and then proceed to make derogatory remarks about these people.  I would consider that stalking.   

[Huma0]

@Ian-And-Anne-Marie0  and others, please can we not all start slagging each other off again! That was definitely NOT my intention when starting this thread.

I understand that @Ian-And-Anne-Marie0  do not agree with me and don't think I should have started this thread but, yes, I was 'suggesting' to others that had received similar messages and felt the same way as me, that they should report this user. It was a suggestion, not a command, and I believe that the people I was addressing it to are intelligent enough to then make their own judgement call on it. Like I say, it was a suggestion that people can take or leave.

I believe and, again, that is just MY opinion, that we should be able to disagree with one another but we don't need to start abusing nor harassing each other just because we don't agree. 

Let's keep it civil guys!