Folks, I'm a little upset by a number of recent incidents that have been reported to me over the past few days about bad stuff happening in the chat room.

Bad stuff = people not listening or caring about one another, and in some cases, not only NOT being supportive, but using profanity and other inappropriate behavior toward other members.

I have little patience for people acting badly in the chat room because it is real time, and people often go in there because they need support right then. They don't need attitude, they don't need a fight, they don't need disagreement.

Because this bad behavior involves more than one or two members, I'm posting this here to let everyone know I will not tolerate such behavior further. The people will be warned by PM, but if I hear of another incident involving any of these folks, the member will unfortunately suffer a suspension and possible ban from the site.

The chat room is provided as a service to the community. If you cannot use it properly (and 95% of you do use it properly, so this isn't directed at you!!), I'll have to take it down for awhile until people cool off. Since it is not monitored by the staff here, we trust you, the members, to act accordingly and maturely while in chat. For instance, the Support Room is for support only. Don't go in there expecting to strike up some conversation about a movie or such. Go in there to give or request immediate support.

DocJohn

PS - Sorry to blow my top here, but I really get tired of having to open my inbox in the morning and see 20 PMs from a dozen different people complaining about an incident or two or three that happened in the course of one evening!