Very disappointed by the treatment I have received on the redcafe website:
Although a City fan, I have enjoyed discussing the plight of Manchester Utd on their website (Redcafe). Unlike this one, the forums are split - newbies and full members, and I could only ever post in the newbie section. I was careful not to be too antagonistic, although I recently have suggested that Sir Alex Ferguson being shown looking 'glum' at the end of away matches, such as the loss to Liverpool, was possibly undermining their transition. I also said that Sir Bobby Charlton and SAF may be still blocking the Jose Mourinho appointment (which I would actually like to see, if only because it would be interesting to have Pep vs Mourinho in Manchester!)
Anyway, I tried to log-on last Friday to receive this message:
"The moderators have reviewed your account and you have been permanently banned for quality control reasons. This means you have repeatedly made poor quality posts and/or received rule violation warnings."
I think it is harsh, I have always made carefully considered and well written posts (IMO!) plus I have not had any warnings. I fear that in the aftermath of the Europa Cup defeat to Liverpool I was just 'banned' cos the mood was grim following that match. It means I can no longer access the 'Newbies' section, where I had started several posts that were being debated in interesting ways, but now they are blocked off to me. I can now only see the main forum and I cannot comment there.
Has anyone else had similar treatment? Is there an appeals process, because I think my human rights, in a country with 'freedom of speech', have been significantly curtailed.
Nixmith
