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I was a well known member of Fishlore, over 4000 messages when I was banned without explanation as a part of that mass banning for "poaching" members. No one was ever telling anyone to quit Fishlore to join somewhere else, we were just giving people, who we had become friends with another place to meet. I never wanted to be banned, I would definitely still be there if they didn't ban me. The mods are quite thin skinned and even cowardly, they hide behind their ban buttons. Do some searching, you will find MANY other forums with better mods and members. I can't wait to get the same obviously copied and pasted message that Fishlore has sent out to other low reviews! Edit: If there were no mass banning, then please explain to me how 15+ people were banned in a period of two days? And I want you to tell me EXACTLY where I admitted that I broke forum rules. Because I know I never said that.

I was a member of Fishlore for almost 6 years, with over 2500 posts helping and learning from fellow aquarists. As I was reading some of the reviews here, I noticed a review that one of the mods replied to. The mod stated, "We don't ban members very often and only after they have been given several warnings about forum rules violations." This is simply not true. I was banned from FL without any warning, and from what I can tell, my crime was belonging to another fish forum. Others I know had a similar experience. I enjoyed my time on FL but was treated terribly by the mods there. There are certainly more welcoming aquarium forums available.

I was a well-known member on this site for site for several years. I found the mods to be VERY overbearing, and not open to seeing others point of view. After several very well-known members were banned for questionable reasons several of us contacted them on another site as we had become quite close. We got the word out you could find them there if you wanted to, we never encouraged anyone to quit FishLore. In fact we very much wanted to stay on FishLore ourselves, but we were banned for joining another site. We're very happy where we are now, as we found out we were not the only ones FishLore had treated this way. Many better fish sites if you search the internet. Edit after reply: We were not poaching sir, merely joining another site ALSO, to contiune communication with friends. If you had spoken and listened to ANY of us, (15+) you would have understood that. We were banned with NO warnings for joining another site to speak with people your mods banned. We enjoyed your site and wished to remain, poaching was not our intent. Anyone who left did so of their own free will or was themselves banned.

I was a member on this forum for over a year. I did find some of the mods to be overbearing, but I didn't really get into it with them so no worries, right? Never broke any rules, was never warned about anything, and then one day I was abruptly banned. I was never given a reason why or a chance to make it right. Coincidentally(?) a bunch of us who were chatting together on a different fish forum were banned that same evening. Do they have nothing better to do than to police other people's websites? I note that I never once suggested anyone join any other forums. I lost touch with a bunch of friends because I had no way to contact them outside FL. It was not a fun experience. Poke around the web a bit and you will find many others who have run afoul of the aggressive mods here. They constantly assure members that they never ban anyone without lots of infractions and warnings beforehand--they are lying. Look elsewhere. There are better forums that don't demean, silence, and shut down their members.

Mods were just plain out rude and mean. They would publicly insult people that didn’t deserve it. If somebody were to speak out against incorrect information then their posts would be deleted.

My whole family keeps aquatic life. Some of us dabble in the business. For a short time, we utilized the Fishlore Forums. Members would try to help us with our issues and in turn, we would offer our insight into theirs. But time and time again, threads that were both constructive and productive, would get hijacked by Fishlore Moderators whose only purpose was to display their muscle. They'd pop in from nowhere and throw out their unsolicited opinions and then essentially dare us to dispute them. Inevitably, the OP would get even more confused and the thread would die. A few times we took the discussion to a more private area but it just became easier to utilize different aquatic forum sites. It was the weirdest thing ever. No idea what Fishlore is hoping to accomplish by abusing their active members. It is what it is I guess. Our family moved our accounts to a different forum with a more positive vibe. I personally would never recommend Fishlore to a fish-keeping friend much less someone new to the hobby. The culture there was too hostile for me.

Instead of posting a link for people to come here and give you faux positive reviews, how about LISTENING to what's being communicated in your authentically written poor reviews, and then make some changes? Just an idea.

Readers Beware. Today, Fishlore Representatives posted a link to this Trustpilot page with a caption that begs people to come here and give them positive ratings. In the caption, it states that their poor reviews are from from people they've banned from their site, which couldn't be further from the truth. Clean up your act Fishlore! Stop allowing your moderators to bully and humiliate the members of your group. Keep it in perspective. You're a fish forum.