Complaint / Review
Moderators of Tulsa Freecycle.org
Banned for all-caps typing when posting my first 3 ads

I do use all caps, as I can see it more easily with my eyesight trouble. Truly, I am not "yelling" at anyone. This issue is precisely the reason why she banned me from that website when I attempted to post my first 3 ads. If a person has a visual handicap that is less intense by using all caps, which makes seeing easier, then that is a "reasonable accommodation." It should not be construed as "yelling" if it is announced that it is a means to lessen the difficulty associated with a visual impairment by typing in all caps, which is what I originally did.

If an exclamation point is used at the end of a sentence instead of a period, that changes the sentence from declaratory to exclamatory, and it still should not be construed as "yelling," which is what that moderator called it in the terse reaction in my subscription termination letter.

Not only that, but she banned me from ever being allowed to respond to her with any kind of comments at all in my own defense, or to try to clarify anything! In fact, she threatened to have me arrested for libeling her name, among other things she said. She misread what I had written and then refused to allow me to clarify what was said in reality. The sentence she really honed in on was not a personal attack on her; I merely stated how I personally felt about what was happening to me through this whole ordeal. If she is not going to be mature enough to allow one to respond in one's own defense and instead just bans a person, then this moderator should be removed from this leadership position, because she is not wise or mature enough to handle the position. That is my feeling on the subject!