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fitnfirm8121

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I got the impression from another post that this forum is no longer Cathe's, but I see Cathe and SnM are just moderaters. Just wondering when and why it changed? Is SnM just out until the Body Blast series is complete?

I know at one time this probably was Cathe's forum because in one of the CTX workouts she says something like "You can visit my forum anytime if you have questions",sounding like an invite for everyone to join and it was open to everyone. It seems like now new people with only a few posts are going to get pushed out.I hope I don't sound like I am mad, just curious and kinda disapointed.
 
Hi FitnFirm,

I wouldn't worry if I were you. I don't think Cathe ever participated that much in the open forum, but there was always a great group of people participating here, and quite a few people with some great knowledge that I know have been very helpful to me personally.

Most of the time, I think when people had questions for Cathe, they'd go to the Ask Cathe forum.

I think the only mention here of people with a low amount of posts was because just recently there were a few people logging on in different names and just posting to insult people, with no real constructive purpose to their posts. I think the reference to that was reminding people that a few posters were involved, and not to engage in an argument with them. The low number of posts was a cue that it might be one of those people.

I think everyone here has always been great, and very warm and welcoming, so I wouldn't worry if I were you.

Once the new videos are done, I'm sure Cathe will be back with a regular presence on her Ask Cathe forum, and happy to answer any questions anyone has.


:7
 
As far as I know, Cathe owns all of them forums on her website. The open discussion forum is an area where off topic matters can be discussed between forum members, other fitness videos and instructors, etc.

If you want to ask Cathe any questions, you can post them in Ask Cathe. And if you want to talk/discuss/ask questions about Cathe's workouts/dvds/videos, you can post in the Video & DVD questions and comments about Cathe's workouts.

The only thing that has changed is the overall look of the forums, but that happenned in January ?

The forums are open to anyone, and there seem to be plenty of new forum members every day. I was a new member last September, and was made very welcome here.

Maybe another forum member might be able to answer your question ? But I am pretty certain Cathe still owns, moderates and runs the forum.


Anna :)
 
Oh, yes, this entire site is Cathe's, but I haven't often seen her respond to posts anywhere but in the "Ask Cathe" forum. There's also a forum for discussing Cathe's videos, a pregnancy forum, a forum for success stories, one for suggestions for new videos, and this forum, where we all talk about anything we want. Everyone is welcome, and most everyone here is extremely kind and helpful.

However, just recently, we had some people here causing trouble, saying intentionally rude and outrageous things just to stir things up. And it did! I had never heard of a "troll" before, but I guess it's someone who just goes "trolling for trouble." Anyway, we sort of got together and decided that the best course of action would be to simply ignore these "trolls," and the easiest way to identify them was to look at the number of posts. We even had one person who said she had signed on with a new name "for the tenth time" in one day, just so she could say ugly things. So we may be a little overly-cautious right now. But just because someone is a newbie, that doesn't automatically mean they're looking for trouble. All of us were newbies once, too. So welcome!!!

Shari
 
Same thing's been happening on other boards I visit..wonder if these trolls have a union???
LOL

The webmaster on a favored board of mine had a heck of a time getting rid of them, but he finally managed it. I've read about trolls and usually its advised to ignore them because if they don't get ANY attention at all, they'll get bored and wander off.

Here's a link to some good info about trolls:

http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/troll.htm
 
THANKS. I MENT IF ALL THE FORUMS ARE CATHES. I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF TROLL POSTS, ONLY THING I SEEN GETTIN A LITTLE HOSTILE DISAGREEMENTS WAS THE FITPRIME THREAD. I HAVE ALMOST ALL OF CATHES WORKOUTS SO I HOPE ITS OK TO POST HERE.
 
No, you won't find the troll posts. Most of them were removed, as were the trolls themselves. Some (one?) tried signing up again as new members but seem to have given up eventually. It's perfectly okay to post here.

Shari
 
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