HARASSMENT in PM's or Otherwise

[JLC]

Recently, we were made aware of some serious sexual harassment going on from one member to another here at BP.net. It started out in Private Messages and then moved on to e-mail and other sites like MySpace. We don't know if the harassing member also bothered others here. We hope not. That person has been banned and will not bother anyone else again...at least not through BP.net...which is the best we can do.

The security of our members is of grave concern to us. We will NOT tolerate abuse of members through public threads, chat boxes, reputation comments, profile visitor messages, OR PRIVATE MESSAGES. The problem with the Private Messages, though...is that they are private. And unless someone comes to us and asks for help with it, we have no way of knowing it is going on.

IF you have received abusive messages (sexual or otherwise) please, please contact a staff member. The moderators are always highlighted in green, and the admins are red. Any of us can and will work with you on this. It is best if you can SAVE such messages and FWD them to us, but even if you have deleted messages already, we still want to try to work with you.

Such harassment can also be pursued through legal channels if it is severe enough. And/or can be reported to the person's ISP which may result in the termination of their service. Physical evidence is needed for these sorts of actions, but if you have it and would like to pursue it, we will help as much as we can.

Our member's security and comfort are top priorities for the staff. Please remember that!

Sincerely,
-- Judy, and the entire Ball-Pythons.net Staff