I have some very sad news to add to this thread.
Unfortunately, I am no longer associated with caerf in any way, and am adding caerf to the list of websites I'll be reporting to Law Enforcement and to the media.
I have nothing but respect for BigGuy the previous owner, but caerf is now under new management, and the people who are currently in control of that website do not operate with honesty and integrity like previous management did.
I am/was the Mod Prophet on caerf. I basically ran caerf for the last year, and loved doing it.
Recently, the new Admin team grossly mishandled a situation with some of their high profile members. This impacted me to the point of deciding to leave caerf as escapefromstress, and to resign my position as Prophet. I tried to leave quietly so as not to cause drama, but Admin decided to deactivate my Mod handle within a couple days of me deactivating my escape handle, and I've already had a couple people tell me they figured out I was Prophet as soon as they saw that.
Then a friend started a thread about me asking why I left, meaning no harm, but instead of the mods shutting it down, they let it run until people were bullying other members in the thread and posting lies about me.
Someone let me know what was happening, so I decided to rejoin under a new handle (my old account was self deleted, I was not banned), but the mod locked that thread before I could reply. The mod also left a poorly edited troll post up in the locked thread saying, "did anyone notice .." where they had clearly posted that they suspected escapefromstress was Prophet.
I started a new thread and posted my replies in it, and the mod locked my thread and posted accusing me of starting trouble.
Since then, the people who were the reason I originally quit caerf have been allowed to continue harassing and defaming me, while I received warnings from the mods almost every day for doing nothing more than participate as any regular member would.
It's quite clear that the new Admins do not want me around and are willing to do just about anything to get rid of me, so I saved them the trouble and left their website for good.
My experience has been a real eye opener for the other mods, because they now realize that if caerf doesn't have my back and feels no loyalty to someone like me who has contributed more valuable content to their board than any other mod or admin, caerf will clearly not have their back either.
I have to be careful what I say about caerf, because I sent a Cease and Desist letter to Caerf admin yesterday, letting them know that I'm contemplating further legal action against them, so I have to make sure I don't do the same things I'm accusing them of.
Thanks for listening once again.
Lori