Hi Jenny
I am astonished and saddened to hear of your BA experiences.
I have been a reader and contributor to BA for 20 years, and in that time have
made my views known on a number of topics, but during all that time I have not
received a single email of an abusive nature. (There have been a few robust
responses to my contributions, but only sent to the group as a whole).
Is it that trolls only target women?
Anyway, I'm sorry we do not now have your contributions because of his
harassment.
John Leonard
> On 5 Jan 2016, at 10:07 am, Jenny Spry <> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I agree totally that Facebook is useless for archive searching and much
> good information is going to be lost. Birding-Aus has been an invaluable
> resource for me over the years and I hope I have sometimes provided help to
> others. And yes, it is sad to see the demise of the road trip reports.
>
> Having said all that I don't submit to Birding Aus any more because of all
> the "trolls" that used to contact me complaining that:
> I had spelt a word wrong
> That I actually didn't know what I was talking about
> That going on a twitch was a waste of the worlds limited resources
> That keeping a year list/life list was not in the spirit of birding
> Etc etc etc
> Sadly the above comments were usually couched in words meant to demean or
> cause discomfort.
>
> So, on Fb I can screen out people who make these types of comment or make
> tasteless attempts at humour and my enjoyment of communicating with fellow
> birders has increased because I no longer fear I am going to be attacked.
>
> If Birding-Aus had a strong commitment to banning abusive mail, and had a
> place I could forward abusive mail that had been sent to me privately that
> would see the sender banned, I would love to come back. I could even submit
> a report of my latest 2 day 1600 km road dash to see the Paradise Shelduck
> that would have included the contact details for accommodation at Culburra
> and where the best food in town was.
>
> cheers
>
> Jenny
> http://jenniferspryausbirding.blogspot.com.au/
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