I would like to make very clear what is going on about this "other forum" and why certain people are kicking up such a fuss about it.

For the record, I have no basic issue with other forums/communities, otherwise I would ban mentions of Facebook, Twitter or any other LR forum - which I don't do.

This forum was used by a small number of people to advertise their own Freelander 2 related forum to Freel2.com members via private message, keeping this invisible to myself and Nick.

When this was reported to me I took action to withdraw PM rights for these people. This is because I feel it is totally underhand for others to use the forum I have built and maintained as a way of promoting their own, wholly competing forum.

When PM rights were withdrawn, two members then posted public messages to promote the forum. At this point those two accounts were suspended to prevent more promotional messages being sent using Freel2.com.

The other forum admin/moderators used a Facebook group set up using the name "Freel2" to direct people to their own forum and Facebook group.

So all in all I feel that the other forum have very unfairly used the Freel2.com site and its name to bolster their own membership.

I would ask Freel2.com members not to antagonise the situation any further, it's not constructive at all and just causes more headaches for me and Nick.

Let's get back to having Freel2.com as a friendly, informative place and leave the undermining, underhand tactics, name calling and ranting to others

well said Martin

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Agree with the 2 above posts, this is the only Freelander forum I am aware of and have no intention of looking elsewhere. FL2 SD4 Metropolis Auto Santorini Black / ivory completely stock.

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Stop global winging.

It's just a shame that a break away forum was felt necessary. The greater number of members on any forum is a benefit of knowledge and help.

I won't be going anywhere! - great bunch of people and a source of great advice!

Freel2.com used to be friendly, but certain members were made to feel uncomfortable and have their private life scrutinised.

Yes, I'm a member of the "other forum" and it's a far more pleasant place to be, unlike here where blatant bullying took place with no intervention from the moderators.

Ask yourself why so many people have moved over to the "other forum". 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

You say there was bullying, no red triangle was press to alert me or martin over any post taken as offensive.

But when a member joins saying how he inherited his FL2 after his father passed away, deletes all posts relating to this and changes his story completely X amount of months later, I can see why it was questioned by others, but as I said to him, I had no issue with him, whether what was suggested was true or not.

Anyway having had messages sent to me saying that this place is better and the threads and topics improved after those that set up the forum left.

Anyway, I wish you and the other members all th best, the other forum has to start somewhere and if you need help the doors open for advice.

Very happy here thank you. No idea what the other side is but see no reason to change.

The red triangle has always worked for me when some step over the line of common decency

This is a friendly site..it is usually only those that cause the problem that get offended when they are told their actions are not appropriate.

Keep up the good work Martin and co

Thank you Richard

Blatant bullying?
You try being a moderator, you will soon realise what a difficult and thankless task it is, especially when some people you confide in turn out to be bare faced liars and frauds, but that's enough of that.

Freel2 still is a very friendly forum, if you think what goes on, on here, is bad then you need to get out more, there's a big bad world out there that a majority of members on here never see, the slightest hint of something offensive and the red triangle lights up, as Nick said, bullying or provocation is something it was rarely used for.

Whether you doubt someone or not you don't make them the butt of forum jokes. No harm was being done.

It's sad that two forums can't live side by side.

I've been a member of Martins forums for a while, disco3.co.uk, babyRR.com etc but Freel2.com isn't the same place I joined in 2008. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

No one said two can't live next to one another, if you read Martins opening post, the underhanded way that they did it was what caused issues

Exactly how did you J77 come across the other forum? I'm sure you all didn't have a above your head