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Dorothee

Dorothee

Germany

February 6, 2011

This is an announcement, but also a demand for support! There is this user-let's call him John, although it isn't said that he's really male. Well, John really insulted a few friends of mine and me by sending us mean e-mails and even by talking bad about us in public chats. Apart from that I'm religious and thus some of the sexual allusions he made on this website really annoyed me although they weren't even indicated to anybody I know. Some of the rumors he spread about my friends were lies and you can be sure of that. These friends of mine just tolerated him, saying you'll find jerks everywhere anyway. However I recently had enough and I reported some of the racist and insulting comments this user continued to post, I copied some of the insulting e-mails he has sent to me, wanting to send them to englishbaby via the e-mail to ask the owner of this website to do something about him.

As I said before these friends didn't advise me to do so and usually I'm not like that. (For example I just remember one user who has put a video containing racism on my profile. I deleted it, told him to never do something like that again and since he listened to me I saw no need in reporting him.) However it slowly was getting serious and since John wouldn't stop being such a jerk towards us, (although I-as so many others-just ignored him and tried to stay polite nevertheless)  I considered some of the younger users in here to be really endangered.

I remember a story I once read in a newspaper: A boy got bullied by his classmates at school and by users on the Internet. In the end he was so depressed that he even said he wanted to die...

Concluding remark: As I said before I reported him, but I doubt that only one person reporting him will change anything about the situation. I mean: People shouldn't feel  gloating if they manage that someone gets thrown out of a forum, but in my opinion ignoring users like that is wrong. You may not care if you get insulted on the Internet, but others-like the boy who got mentioned in that newspaper-can't. Don't be shy to report people who get really insulting! It's for the best of everyone-including the user who gets banned. A friend of mine for example used to behave rude on the Internet, but when someone finally reacted, telling her to stop, she realized that her behavior was not tolerable, resulting in her becoming more handsome.

P.S. Some of you may be able to figure out who John really is, but I ask you not to post the real username in here. Thank you!

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02:59 AM Aug 24 2011

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

This time I cooperated with a Jewish friend of mne to ban a real antisemite from this website. She sent me the links where to find the nationalsocialist things he posted, I found several of these antisemite messages of his on my own and thus we were able to write a nice little complaint letter about this user and sent it to the admin. As far as I'm informed he isn't on this website anymore!

01:06 AM Apr 22 2011

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

I just received the proof that some of these users really got removed by the admin:

"Hi Doris,

Thank you for reporting it. This member's profile has been removed.

Sarah
Ebaby! Team

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Contact Us Mailer <mail@englishbaby.com> wrote:
English, baby! Information Request

From:***
Email: ***"

09:27 PM Apr 21 2011

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

After getting reported another user got removed. He was known for his use of extremely bad language on this website.

11:03 AM Apr 21 2011

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

As it seems, two more users got removed, because of others reporting them:

One of them only posted pictures containing pornography on his profile, while the other posted antisemitic things on this website. For example he said that the genocide Hitler committed decades ago had been a good thing and that he was going to do the same.

They both somehow found a way to remove the "abuse"-button from their profiles which forced people to find a different way to report them.

03:01 AM Apr 20 2011

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

Wow! I just arrived from a three day's journey and it's amazing to see what has changed. For months now I've been complaining about three users-Let's give them numbers from A to C.-and I didn't just send one complaint letter to the owner of this website, but I sent three I think.

Now you may want to know what those people did in here and I'd like to start with user A:

>Her profile had a nationalsocialist content and she even wrote crazy things, like about killing Jews for example. I-and several others aswell-kept reporting her profile till she got removed.

About user B:

>He threatened to kill people simply for being non-Muslims and one Jewish user-a friend of mine-even received a threat in which this man said that he was going to do horrible things to this Jews mother and sister.

>User B also claimed to be a member of the criminal terrorist organisation Al Quaida and that's why I asked the owner of this website to call the police. Perhaps this user is in prison now.

User C spread rumors of which I'm sure they are a lie, because they concern a friend of mine.

Also some of the posts of his easily could get interpreted as antisemitic.

Apart from that he also claimed to be in favor of Al Quaida and that he knew how to get videos, books etc. that contain their propaganda.

04:13 AM Apr 16 2011

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

As far as I'm informed the following user either got banned or couldn't take it anymore that people were calling her names because of her behavior in here. All I know is that I can't find her anymore: Some-or should I say a lot-of the messages she posted in here contained racial prejudice against Germans, Israelis, Danes, Russians, French people, Jews, Christians and perhaps some others aswell. But-and that tops it all-she condoned the deeds of criminal terrorist organisations like Al Quaida! A lot of people were complaining about her and I guess I'm not the only one who reported her comments.

Anyway I couldn't find her anymore when I searched for her username today, so I just think she got banned.

05:41 AM Mar 28 2011

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

Another user got banned from this website! She really put photos on her profile depicting herself naked.-By the way this was the only thing she ever posted on this website.- Of course a lot of users were upset about that and told her to delete them or even to cancel her account, but it seemed that she wouldn't listen.
However I didn't say anything to her! I just kept reporting her. My reasons weren't only that seeing something like this upsetted me, but also that I was worried about her. She was only 17 years old! At that age you sometimes post things on the Internet you later are sorry for due to a lack of maturity. In a more harmless way this happened to me too when I used to hang around a lot in the chats of this website at about this age and now that I'm 20 I am ashamed of the immature behavior I sometimes showed back then. Now it is too late for me! The only thing I can do now is to show that I have changed, but of course I can not delete the things I already wrote in the chat.
That's why by reporting her pictures I wanted to give her a warning sign that she should adopt a more mature behavior-better sooner than later.
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Again I only can say that I consider it to be very likely that she got banned. Of course the possibility that she deleted her account voluntarily still exists.

08:43 AM Feb 26 2011

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

Sorry for the comment In which I posted "lying in" two times. This and little typing errors-like forgetting one "o" when I write  "to" instead of "too"-happen when I try to post something in a hurry.

03:03 AM Feb 26 2011

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

I mean...All I know is that he left englishbaby. Of course I can't say whether or not he got banished. It's still possible that he canceled his account voluntarily, but I just consider it to be so likely that he got forced to leave, because I know that many people complained about him.

02:55 AM Feb 26 2011

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

Today there's a celebration containing a firework and champagne

Englishbaby has a new national holiday

And people are lying in  lying in each other's arms

 

while the crowds cheer.

The case is clear: Thanks to several users complaining about John (maybe even more than one time) he got banned. I heard about it today!

08:07 PM Feb 25 2011

dancin4108

dancin4108
United States

I hope I sent you the right link to that news channel. Be sure to let me know. :) wishing you a wonderful weekend ahead.

08:49 AM Feb 23 2011

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

Yes! You are so right! This user isn't even German-and actually he doesn't even know about Germany-but once he seriously blamed foreigners imigrating to Germany for our "bad" economical situation. That is completely nonsense and if he was better-educated he'd know that. Every well-educated German knows that foreigners actually help in the development of our country. The birth rate here has rapidely decreases during the last few years and thus we depend on young workers from outside who work here, because our system just works the way that people of an employable age support those who are too old to work (intergenerational contract).

11:04 AM Feb 22 2011

dancin4108

dancin4108
United States

Sounds to me like "John" needs to get a life. Stop insulting and criticizing others. Maybe take a long hard look at himself.

02:52 AM Feb 20 2011

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

When I realized that John also continued insulting someone I actually dislike, I sent a letter to this user aswell-even though I don't like him as I just said. I told him to send his own letter to the owner of this website.

After all: I doubt you can ignore two people (or maybe even more) complaining about one and the same user of your own website.

02:47 AM Feb 20 2011

hermit1

hermit1
Iran, Islamic Republic Of

Hi

Where are you?

 

10:56 PM Feb 19 2011

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

That user wouldn't stop his rude comments, so I wrote another complaint letter to the owner of this website. This time the letter was about John's latest insulting posts and about a personal insult he has sent to me.

08:55 AM Feb 17 2011

dancin4108

dancin4108
United States

It's really sad when one has to be insulted for whatever reason. Every person has an opinion, a right to speak that opinion. However, there are plenty of ways to voice one's opinion without insulting another with vile words. Yes John, this is for you.

06:14 PM Feb 14 2011

Criz search
Indonesia

No i'm not worry. Precisely i appreciate your kindness to wrote announcement..

06:06 AM Feb 14 2011

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

Thank you and I hope you too have an happy Saint Valentine's Day.

However I didn't create this blog to gain people's sympathy, but as some kind of appeal to do the same whenever you see somebody getting insulting in here. (Sure it was mostly because I've never created a blog before, but wanted to do so at least one time, but it was also to call upon people to react in more or less the same way if one day they'll get into a similar situation.)

05:42 AM Feb 14 2011

theMasterMinD
Turkey

I feel sorry for what happened, and I totally accede to your position..You have my support in this, as the purpose of that button is crystal clear in my opinion.

Happy Valentine's Day!

05:22 AM Feb 14 2011

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

Criz searc
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I didn't mean to make you worry! People like that are an exception as far as I can judge that and you still can report them. However you shouldn't take them to serious anyway. Some people-especially adolescents-just lose their intimidation when they are online.

Here's my thank-you-present for everyone who wished me a happy Saint Valentine's Day:

06:34 PM Feb 13 2011

Criz search
Indonesia

I am new here.. I didn't know there has such that kind of problem over here.. Ok thanks for the information Dorothy.. Happy valentine for you.. Be happy always... >(*_^)<

06:02 PM Feb 13 2011

dancin4108

dancin4108
United States

Happy Valentines Day dear Dorothee. Wishing you a lovely day.

10:53 AM Feb 10 2011

dancin4108

dancin4108
United States

When I was little my mothers favorite thing to say was "If you can't say anything nice, then don't say it at all" :) I'm 33 she still will say that sometime :)

10:36 AM Feb 10 2011

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

Thank you and yes, you are right! Do you know the German band "Die Aerzte"? Here's their famous song "Lasse redn" (Let Them Talk):

Have you done something that nobody else does?
Do you wear shoes with high heels or even a hat?
Or have you even worn a too short dress
without asking your neighbour for permission before doing so?

Now you get punished by contempt,
you are a shame for the whole neighbourhood.
You don't even really know their names
while they already badmouth you.

Let the people talk and don't listen to them.
Most people don't have anything better to do.
Let the people talk all day long and all night long.
Let the people talk. That's what they've always done.

You sure have robbed a bank.
How else could you be able to pay your rent.
And you aren't allowed to go to the United States anymore, because you are the lover of Osama bin Laden.

Do you shave your lady beard  daily?
Or have you buried some corpses in your garden?
The neighbours have indicated something like that,
so don't be surprised if the detective police rings at your door.

Let the people talk and just don't listen.
Most people don't mean to be mean.
It's their monotonous life that tortures them
and the day becomes more exciting when you tell fairytales.

And probably they don't even feel sheepish about that.
They lack comprehension
and again it's proven: They are fussy, inevitable xenophobic.

Have you heard and tell me did you know?
Well: You gain your money by prostitution.
They say you hang around in front of the bus station.
The colleague of a brother-in-law has seen you recently.

Let the people talk and just smile mildly.
Most people have their received their education from the BILD*
And it just comprises-who wouldn't know that-fear, hate, boobies and the weather report!

Let the people talk, because it's always the same,
as long as people talk they don't do anything worse.
And you are able to afford some cant.
Stay polite and don't say anything.
That's what annoys them the most!

06:29 PM Feb 07 2011

dancin4108

dancin4108
United States

07:06 AM Feb 06 2011

Dorothee

Dorothee
Germany

Believe me! Today I pressed this "report this"-button multiple times and so far nothing has happened to me.

Also sending this e-mail to the owner of this website didn't cause any trouble.