I'm Cris, o0o_bythesea_o0o, owner of The Nursery Malls. A thread from a few days ago was brought to my attention that I think has caused some real damage to my mall's reputation (and that of my mall members and my own). The Nursery Mall was started by a friend of mine 3 1/2 years ago with the basis of being a well organized friendly mall with friendly members and staff. Since taking the malls over 2 years ago I've worked hard to keep that good reputation. I think myself, my mall members, and staff have done very well with that... up until now. I'm very disappointed in many of the things that I read in that thankfully-no-longer-existing-thread. It was started by a mall member of mine simply to get some "Oh man I totally understand"s and/or some ideas to help the situation. However, it got out of hand when the thread creator left the board. I wanted to make it clear to everyone that I do no approve or participate in that sort of thing - harassment of a user for any reason. And that's exactly what it was - harassment and even bashing. As I told those involved: If I had time to browse every possible site to watch every possible thread that any of my members may possibly be on - I could have put an end to it before it got outright disgraceful. Unfortunately I don't have that kind of time, nor should I have to spend it babysitting if I did. I know that fires were fed and things just got out of hand. None of my mall members or staff are mean spirited people. It's simply human nature to feed off other people's emotions. Especially online where it's easy to forget that we're all more than just a name on a computer screen. We're all real people, with real feelings, and we all deserve to be treated with respect. Not to mention that Neopets is a kid friendly site and the majority of the users are kids. Every situation should be handled as if that person is a child - because odds are, they are. So please think before posting or saying anything to or about someone. Please, accept my apology on behalf of the entire Nursery Mall. I hope everyone will take it as a mistake and know that we aren't group of monsters, but we're very nice, approachable people - I promise! =) Thanks for reading this! - Cris