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just realised that i was banned cause another family member made account with my ip, contatcted the admin and is a member again. Seriously fishlore??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????ps seriosly moM??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

I’ve been banned twice. The first time I have no idea why but I was unbanned after contacting another member who contacted the admin. The second time was when a family member made an account with the same IP address and I didn’t know about it. I needed help with a sick fish when I was banned and it is now dead. The moderators and members weren’t rude to me though.

Fishlore is mostly what it claims to be - it's fun, friendly and active. As of recently, however, there have been some... political issues with it. It seems that some moderators behave in a questionable way; banning large amounts of members for little reasons. Fishlore itself may not gain anything from banning members as Mike says, but moderators as individuals may get a little up themselves, in regards to their power over regular members. Think of it as a power trip. I've been using Fishlore for about 7 months, and this October is the first time I've had issues with the forum and how it's run, except for some slight discomfort at the amount of content that is removed/locked by moderators. Most reviewers here seem to be biased, be it towards Fishlore or against it. Fishlore is a great place, but some people there need to grow up, to be honest. I actually left a 5-star review on this very page a few months ago under a different name, but that is sadly no longer opinion. As you may have heard, FL posted this on their news bulletin: "Fishloreans - Unfortunately some banned members have put out some bad reviews of our forum. Let's drown them out and show the world that this is a safe, friendly and fun place for all hobbyists.If you have found fishlore.com to be helpful, please rate us here: Fishlore on Trustpilot Thank you!" First of all, this seems a little corrupt. I understand that some reviews have an emotional bias but some are pretty reasonable. Instead of trying to "drown out" bad reviews, Fishlore should dig deeper and find out what is making so many people unhappy. I'm also concerned by a response left by Mike here: "Thank you! Glad to see people are able to see through what the competitor forum is trying to do here." I can confirm that the "competitor forum" (FishForums.net) is NOT trying to undermine Fishlore or gain more members. I know this because I am a member on both forums and I know the group that moved over there, as well as the banned members. Overall, I really do like Fishlore, but I feel that it's turned sour. Hopefully that's temporary.

I say 3 stars since that states “average-acceptable experience but with some friction,” I joined FL many years ago and it was a nice place to learn. I left for a few years and then came back. I like that the site is active, ask a question and usually in minutes you get a response. It’s not always a useful response but at least some people try to help out. The site ranges from very experienced keepers to newbies. I feel most people are nice but there are a few who seem like they will argue about anything, no matter what. I was not part of the mass banning that happened in December of last year, although I know many helpful, knowledgeable and active members that were. I know this because I also belong to other forums. I saw what happened first hand so this is not a rumor I’m hearing. I also have a feeling that these reviews may get others banned, possibly even me. I don’t understand having a rule on a free site where there is no money being made, saying no talking about other forums even in a private message (yep, these are regulated as well). I feel a true keeper of any animal needs multiple sources of advice to give proper care...this is not a competition. So basically I like the site and some of its members but yes, not without some friction. That is my personal opinion.

Great information and lots of help but some people can be aggressive and may get into arguements that can get carried away, mods are also aggressive and sometimes dont help the situation. But i got lots of help for my aquatic questions, it just the mod and admins.