Pawprint quit and deleted his account after the election.

He was upset about some threads here, if I remember correctly. Remember, "To my haters out there."? I'm so sorry and hope he will come back.

Ok, I missed that, or, forgot. Thank you!

I just got a email from him, he is fine. I don't know if he will be back though.

I do hope he will return to the table. I miss his posts.

Between the ones that left on their own and those that were banned we have lost a lot of folks lately.

Who's been banned lately?

I'm very sorry that this pawprint fellow has been dealing with health problems and that could affect his state of mind. The verbal exchanges here when there's a disagreement are pretty gentle and almost always polite. When not, I think speaking up should be enough to get a rough comment smoothed out.

Why do people get banned?

Scott, comeon back to your table..you can see your missed here and I know you miss these folks also..come on back dear.

I, too would like for you to come back, Scott! We miss you! I'm wondering how your Grandma is doing, too.

Rusty

People come and go for various reasons. Often they come back.

They were discussing some regulars that recently were banned over on the home decorating forum.

Joann, please tell him to take the needed break, then come back. Families have dust-ups, then carry on. We should too. We want to keep up in the dogs!

I got mad once and left for a few months but missed being here and came back.

Exactly socks. It's not good to get too involved and take things too personally. Sometimes it is best to step away for a while.

I didn't know anyone could get banned since Spike and the teacups!

Where's Brushworks?

Wow, that thread makes us look tame and calm :-)

No I never saw that but I don't go to that forum . The one I was referring to is now disappeared . It was asking about members that were banned . Some that would also visit kt . I don't want to get anything pulled so I won't go into any more details . But apparently banning is a possibility .

Raven, I don't think it is easy to get banned. I think some push the envelope and I also think that some have ongoing "feuds" that finally erupt.

I know for a fact that Houzz sends several warnings to the persons email alerting them to stop whatever they are saying or they risk being banned. For instance profanity is not allowed so if someone reports a person for it Houzz will email that person a warning,. Think we should change the subject as this one makes me nervous. Lol

"Where's Brushworks?"

Saw a helpful post from him this morning on the 'Cyber Monday' thread over at decorating conversations.

TX Gem is right, he deleted his account. Someone else told me he often comes back after this sort of behavior. He'll be back or he won't, but he's not banned. I have seen a couple of people disappear recently, but there were certainly obvious words before it happened.

Well Tibbs was banned and account removed. People have been in touch with her. This will probably be pulled now too. Sometimes when people say something happened it really did. They definitely have the ability to do it. They own the website, it's why you have to agree to terms when you register and why you are required to register. It happens especially when topics like politics get involved. There are warnings.

"They definitely have the ability to do it. "

And they should. Here on Houzz with the possible exception of Hot Topics, (where one can easily see that it is different from the rest of the site) disagreements are mostly done in a fairly courteous manner. But even Hot Topics is way better than some of the internet sites one might see, where harsh, blatant racism, pornography, and other behaviors one might not want in a site like Houzz exist. There are some extremes that in my opinion, I don't want to see here.

I'm not saying banned people from here were that extreme, I do not think they were. But my point is that this site does have the ability to draw lines and expect certain behaviors and prohibit others.

I know Paw fr om outside this group and I've never known him to return once he's said goodby. No.. actually that's not completely true, he does return under a new name but never tells the forum. Than after awhile he returns as Pawprint but doesn't return to the forum he left. I don't expect he will return to KT, but maybe I will be wrong....Pawprint..come on my friend, return to your seat at the table. I know your reading as you can never resist lol.