I have been banned from Fishlore, and the worst part is, that I was actually enjoying my time there! Now, even if they lifted the ban, I wouldn’t feel like it would be the right place to be.

After leaving Reddit due to Spez, and also Facebook/Instagram due to their subscription trick back in November, I have been pretty isolated when it comes to my hobbies. So I have been looking into forums that I already missed when they came out of fashion in the early 00s.

Anyway. I was enjoying my time on Fishlore, and got to get and share advice so everything was fine. At some point, I offered to help content creators (I assumed there were fish- youtubers, streamers, tiktokkers, facebookers) that may need help with logos, graphics, videos etc. A way of giving back to the community, with something that I was good at. I specifically mentioned that this was on a pay what you can basis, and free was also an option if any were struggling. I have previsouly done this with other hobbies that i have been involved in, and people have enjoyed plenty of free work. I even spend two days making examples of fish-logos and a fishlore promo video to show and inspire any who may have been intersted

This must have registered as spam, because I recieved an email stating that I had been banned due to breaking the rules. No warning, no details. I can see that i have 2 unread messages in the forum, that i can’t read because i am banned. I get no replies to the emails i sent them and even their Privacy Policy mail is either ignoring me or not being checked.

Anyway - I just needed to get this off my chest. Thank for listening!