Vlad's

I'm sure the story can be found online.

I recommend Frid's dramatic reading of the story.  It's in the audio gallery portion of www.jonathanfrid.com and though I preferred using my own copy to read along, the text is also available on the site.  It's a treat!

I canceled my registration a number of days ago, so I am no longer a member. I feel that this forum's policies and setup pose an invasion of privacy and it compels people to ignore me, people who because they hate me, ignore me, which you have to admit is a real problem that I have to deal with.

I will not admit to that because I would never presume to know what's in your head or heart.  After you introduced yourself and shared a bit about yourself, you were welcomed here by several members and I don't have any knowledge that anyone has ignored you, attacked you, or invaded your privacy.  Your decision to become a member, as well as to post, was by your choice.

The following are reasons why I felt that registration on this forum posed an invasion of my privacy:
1. It collects my email address;
2. It collects my age;
3. It collects my location;
4. It collects statistics on the number of times I post;
5. It provides users the ability the view ALL of my posts on one page (through the profile). This can be used to profile people, to carefully look for odd personal details here and there. I do not want DS people knowing information about me.

The owners of this forum don't profile users or seek to collect any information about them.  All members have the option of making their email private; you chose to post it in your 1st message on the board, so if you want it removed from that post, please let me know.  Age and location are optional and were only available for you because you chose to enter them into your profile.

If you didn't feel the comments were inappropriate, then why are you assuming yet another identity to say them?  

Because you deleted it! I only had used that name once, and I did not remember what it was. Often when I go on gay.com, I will make up a new chat name each time for my protection. I see no reason why I cannot do it here. I have no reason of abusing it. Obviously I know your collect the IP address, which would hold me accountable, unless I chose to circumvent that, which I don't see necessary since I have no reason to "abuse" it. I do not want people to know who I am, to associate me with some online identity. I don't want to be a poster here. I want to see my voice, my opinions come here ANONYMOUSLY when I feel like it. This is only accomplished, in the current setup, by using a variety of identities, so I would hope you would have the respect for me and decency to allow me to maintain my privacy and to allow me to publish my views here in a manner that allows them to be viewed objectively and not automatiically derided or unnecessarily scrutenized. Thus, my views will be evaulated on the basis of their merit, not on who I am or personal vendettas people childlishly harbor against me.

I have never treated you any other way except respectfully and decently.  You are not being singled out because NO users of this forum are allowed to post from the same access using multiple identities, nor have they ever been on any forums I've moderated.  I recommend that you remember your user name and continue to use it.  You can blame posters that have abused this process by using multiple names to troll in the past and those that continue to do so elsewhere now.  I feel that it's in the best interest of these forums to maintain this policy and that it would be detrimental to do otherwise.

Therefore, this is the way I'll continue to handle the issue of mutliple identities.  You are free to post here anonymously as a guest, but not to use multiple identities.  If you feel this is an unfair policy, that is certainly your right but I want to be clear that no exception will be made for you.

Why? So you peopel can decide to deride what I say and talk about me in private? So you can ignore me? Why can't I share my opinions and let them be evaluated objectively? Why do I have to allow people to be able to profile me by associating me with a certain handle and keeping notes of what I say and write? That's a bit extreme, and I know people here will do it, people who have vendettas against me, and I do not want to tolerate that kind of abuse against me. What other options do I have realisticly??

The forum is here so that you can share your opinions and I'm sorry if you feel ignored.  If you feel that this forum has unfair policies, then a moderated forum may not be the way to go for you.  No one behind these boards profiles, takes notes, seeks to abuse you, or has a vendetta against you.  It is not our intention to deride you for what you have to say, but if you choose to not be polite to other posters then please understand that this violates other posters' rights and affects their comfort level and that a moderator may step in.

and if you speak as you did to another poster using a different (and different from this one, I might add) identity, then it's going to be removed from the board again,

I asked them to not use a "fun" blue. That is not abusive. Come on!

I didn't remove that message; it's still in this topic.

I do not want membership here because of the invasion of privacy it poses.  What means would you use to prevent me form posting as a guest? Besides, I do not even see that listed in the rules, the order that I cannot use multiple identities! It seems like I am being picked on unjustly because of past, perhaps unresolved personal vendettas against me, and it is not professional at all to do so. Let the vendettas die.

I'm not preventing you from posting as a guest.  I'm asking you to not post under multiple identities, but if you still do so, you will risk your posting privileges even as a guest.

I will not discuss the issue of vendettas with you because no one on this board has been prejudicial in their treatment of you and I don't see what it has to do with the issue at hand anyway.

I hope you will be responsible enough to allow people who don't want to be derided and profiled to post ANONYMOUSLY with a variety of names so that their opinions get the same treatment everyone else's does.

I take my responsibilities to these forums very seriously.  No one is deriding you on this board and I've seen no proof that anyone has profiled you.

Now that I have deleted my account, I would prefer to keep my email confidential.

As I said, please let me know if you want it removed from your post.

Great photos.  Thanks, Bob and MsC!

Looks like this post  provoked other comments that were not intended-Sorry,  I made the query since it has ignited problems.

No need to apologize, VAM.  It could've happened anywhere.


I have a suggestion for one of your topics/polls, if you're interested in presenting the list.  How about we choose our favorite DS lawyer?

I was the one who made the "inappropriate" comments, which I did not think were that inappropriate. I only said "f-ing" blue.

I really cannot read that "fun" blue.

Ah, sarcasm.  First off, reread the guidelines that, as I said before, you agreed to when you registered, and be mindful of how you speak to other posters.

If you didn't feel the comments were inappropriate, then why are you assuming yet another identity to say them?  You haven't requested your password from the board nor have you mentioned to MB or myself that you lost it.  Using multiple identities is not acceptable on these forums, and if you speak as you did to another poster using a different (and different from this one, I might add) identity, then it's going to be removed from the board again, and continuing to post under different identities to say anything at all will be risking your membership and posting privileges here.  And if you don't understand why the moderators of this board consider the use of multiple identities to be problematic issue, then all you have to do is write to me off board and I'll explain it to you.

From the forum guidelines, for Sarah--

2. The purpose of these forums is to discuss DARK SHADOWS, its characters, actors and storylines. Role playing (putting oneself or another poster into the DS story) is discouraged, and repeated efforts to role play may result in removal of these posts from the board. This does not, however, refer to DS-related usernames or signatures. These forums also do not accept fan fiction and such works are subject to removal.

I have AT&T Broadband which I believe is Road Runner and I got my password e-mailed to me when I registered.

Hi, Blue_Whale_Barfly,

Sorry, I should've been more specific.  The Road Runner owned by Time Warner is affiliated with AOL, and this in turn makes all rr.com addresses unable to receive mail from dsboards.

There are independent cable companies, including AT&T, that also provide Road Runner service, but they're not affected because they don't use AOL mail servers.

Webtv, on the other hand, appears to be iffy; some are able to receive their password and some aren't.  Please don't ask me to explain it because to quote Vicki, I don't understand!   We're handling passwords to webtv users on a case by case basis.

Only one member registered using Prodigy so we're still unsure if there's a problem there or not.