Hi folks,

Sorry I've been offline for the past day or two and missed what happened with one of our members here, wi_fighter. I was very saddened and upset to hear of her story, where apparently where a real-world agency was contacted about her membership here. This action resulted in the expected result -- she was unable to complete what she was doing with that agency.

I believe this is a very serious violation of the spirit of the community we've spent the past 5 or 6 years building. Anyone who can be so spiteful and hateful as to use a person's opening up and most personal writings against them is not someone who is welcomed here any longer as a member.

I'm personally launching an investigation into this matter and am seeking to find the member who did this. I do not want any member who feels it is okay to do something like this to be here any longer. You can save me, the community, and everyone else a lot of time if you just step forward. But if not, that's fine too. What you did is beyond belief, beyond words, and beyond understanding.

I'm aghast at this incident and can't believe one of our own members would do such a thing. I can't make you swear an oath or anything, but it is understood that the posts we make to our community are for our community only -- that's why they are not indexed by search engines. Directing outsiders who have no interest in support for a mental health issue goes against our very mission here. If you don't understand this, then you don't understand the purpose of this place.

I'll be in touch...

DocJohn