she really has been deactivated?

I have to say that right now, I need the vets here but once I'm stable, I'm going to find another playground.  Whenever one of us posts we are, in essence, giving our words to this forum.  I will choose not to do so when such unjust control is dispensed.

 It's not all that hard to set up software for another message board. (I say this as somebody who doesn't have time to do it, but I know it's fairly straightforward). Somebody could make a non-OH message board, set up some moderation rules ahead of time, and then put it on dsfacts as a link. 

I find the sleevetalk message board kind of weirdly laid out, but it's an example.

It's absurd that Diana was deactivated. Totally absurd.

Bev, the owner of DS Facts, is not interested in going that route.

There is always www.duodenalswitch.com , owned by longterm postop Melanie Magruder.

That place is even worse than this one moderation-wise.

Amen to that.

I love our FB group, but the threads only live a day if you are lucky, it is no replacement for OH.

I hope they reconsider about Diana.

In certain quarters this is being discussed. Fingers are crossed for an entirely new option.

She has been banned and is being threatened with a lawsuit. I can promise you, having known her for a number of years now, that she will NOT come back under a new name.

As I said, she strikes me as a stickler, I didn't think so.  She's not staying away out of fear either, she strikes me as a principal kinda gal.

OH will eventually fail with these Hitlerist tactics because someone will create a community without the greed.  I managed online forums for eight years, it's why this bothers me so.  You must allow free speech or you have chaos.  As you can see chaos abounds.

me

Yup, I've got about fifteen years of forum management experience, and what these people do ain't it.

 I am appalled.   Simply appalled.