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The Teens forum has been moved to archives and is closed for at least three weeks. There was an incident where someone thinking they were doing a good deed leaked some staff info and posted in Teens. There were changes coming to Teens, and were thought to be final. However, parts were still under discussion. Advisors were still discussing a point or two amongst themselves. Many Teens were understandably upset by these posts talking about what changes may come. Most voiced their opposition in fine ways. Others began flaming, trolling, etc. and received bans.
Two?!? We only heard about you.During the time administration was dealing with that incident, we discovered some staff accounts had been hacked. This caused the situation to escalate as board safety had to come first. After this, two Advisors noticed their personal computers had been hacked.
I am unsure how far you can take this but much of that may have criminal implications in the 'real world'.Information was removed, personal items were gotten into, basically private space was invaded. There were at least two culprits. Two have been indentified. In the middle of dealing with that, the board was undergoing proxy attacks.
While we acknowledge that things esclated to major proportions and we did not deal with things in the manner some people would have liked, their were serious concerns about board safety and personal account safety to deal with.
This is terrible.On a personal note, I realize that not every teen was involved in the hacking of my computer. However, I have taken days off not to speak with any of them regarding these issues because I was angry. I am still angry. I am human. I'm not perfect. I don't think having my personal space invaded is just one of those things I need to deal with as an Advisor.
I think you have helped enough by posting here.People will need to give me some space and room and I still won't be discussing the Teen area issue for awhile. It's best for everyone.
A lot of the teens... many (many) of whom are adults would be effected by any age changes.However on several of these issues we listened to parental concerns and wants for the area.
Good to hear!We also used our best judgment regarding safety of members. And all changes are still being discussed, as is the re-opening of the forum.
I believe this is a great step towards exactly that.As I'm on LOA I won't be coming back here for a bit. I do apologize to any teens I hurt with my angry responses. I ask that you forgive me and give me time to return to normal.
What Meh described seems to indicate a sort of Martial Law in response to personal assaults and digital crime against the leaders of the board.If Mehs account was hacked, I would hope that the advisors had some very definative proof of exactly who did it before proceeding down this very dodgy rabbit hole.
Why were so many people banned?
It can, but we need everyone to work together. We all (The staff and the members) want the same thing - to see Teens reopened. There's no use in fighting each other over it, because we have the same common goal in mind. Right now, we just need everyone to settle down and help us out, so we can get Teens running again as soon as possible. The more fighting there is about, the longer it's going to take for all of us.I just hope CFTeens can recover.
Indeed.I've been wondering when the full story on this was going to be released. I was picking up bits and pieces before they were deleted. Good to finally see the full situation.
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