Ei Guru Banned From Apc!

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Had to post this link, for you fans of EI. Strange things afoot over at Aquatic Plant Central! Tom has been a big contributor to the hobby, and although often forthright in his views, he is widely considered the man to have popularised EI as fert method. But it appears he's been chucked off APC! And he's deleted all his previous posts-take my word for it, that is a lot!

http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumap...d-from-apc.html
 
huwat ?!?!?! i have been very busy with work and this is the first thing I read when I decide to read bak on my plant forums .. hmmm thats mean
 
The controversy and overall mystery behing the events of Tom Barr's silent and dramatic departure from those forums has lost me all respect for APC. I fail to see how the whinings of one certain individual forum member could cause Tom Barr to spent several hours methodically removing all of the information he has posted there. It doesn't add up in my book. In my opinion, a friction between APC and Tom Barr had been brewing silent for a long time. Have you noticed how, despite many people demanding to know the full truth, the explanation that was given freely admitted to holding information back? And how as soon as someone offered the whole truth, the thread was closed?

Thanks,
Chris
 
Ahhh well. Its not for us to judge, i am sure Tom Barr had his reasons for deleting his posts and i`m sure APC had reasons for banning him.
There seems to be no posts in the BarrReport forum with a proper explanation. Tom said in one members only thread he got banned for editing his old posts. I presume by this he means he went back to start deleting them, the admin saw his posts dissapearing and he was banned before he could further delete anymore. There are two sides to every story and i`m sure they are both just.
 
I wish someone would tell us what has gone on without this cloak and dagger stuff. At the end of the day it's a discussion board devoted to a specialised branch of the aquarium hobby not the bloody CIA or something!
 
it says in one post that he spent from 8pm till 5am deleting posts that one seriously pee'd off person! and that it was over the comments of one person?! i'd say it was the straw that broke the camels back!
 
He spent from 8pm till 5am deleting all his posts, not just the ones that seriously pee'd off one single person. That is why he got banned, because when several posts are deleted in a thread, it loses it's relevancy. The thread will only be useful and infomative if all posts, and especially replies to particular posts, aren't deleted. From my understanding, that is why he got banned. People were saying that he acted too proud for his own good, but I never got that vibe... Someone also said that it's not good when the passion for planted tanks becomes a job instead of a hobby, but that is just not true. Look at Amano for example, do you see anyone saying that about him?
 
It was between Art and I and it's our business.
It's been resolved privately and will remain that way.
I am no longer banned from APC at this time.
I have not told folks not to go there, that's not my place to do so.

Regards,
Tom Barr
 

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