So I was an active member of DreamAct.info forums for a while, and it was a very useful site that got me through my application, without the help of a lawyer. They have tons of info and a lot of DREAMers on there helping each other out. Probably a lot of you are members on there too.
But few dilemmas emerged....here is my experience:
After being an active member and what not, I began to see a pattern of various individuals targeting me whenever I posted on threads, in trolling fashion. When a lot of cities across the nation were doing DACA celebration outings, I began to organize one for Indianapolis (since I saw lot of Indy members on there). Upon advertising the outing, suddenly, these "trolls" began harassing me, slandering the event! Saying that anti-immigrant groups will show up to cause trouble and all sorts of negativities (a trickery manuveur in attempt to scare away DREAMers from attending). I was baffled at why such hate...then while talking to other members on there...turns out those "trolls" were actually the moderators. Turns out, these moderators are power-hungry, attention-loving lunatics. They live on that forum, virtually. So their attempt to block any social gathering was their priority.
So of course, I started getting mad at these childish mind games. In a post, I called one of them an "idiot" and I got banned! Their reason was that I used "foul language". OMG!!! I seen other members use the F-word and N-bomb without any repercussions. I knew immediately this was personal is some odd way!!
So after being ban, some members kept in touch with me outside of the forums. I began to realize this occurrence was part of a pattern. Other notable members such as NotAPro, TommyDreamer, Angelz_beauty who provided with an amount of help and information to help other members with DACA. Those members become so popular there, and they just did it for the love of help. But these moderators saw that as a threat to their popularity....like if the forums was some kind of popularity contest! So it was obvious, the moderators want ALL attention to them, regardless of the positive input we put in the forums.
NotAPro did contact me saying she was an active member for many years, and saw that the forums also had "secret agents" or "elements" who disguised themselves as DREAMers, but were actual members of anti-immigrant group such as minute men, ALIPAC among others, to spy and collect information from various members to have them deported. Two members were actually deported because of these fake profiles! That is when the forums were on high alert, and alerted everyone not to post ANY personal information, because these agents came and went to collect as much intel about us as possible. IT IS VERY POSSIBLE SOME OF THESE AGENTS MAY BE ACTIVE ON HERE AS WELL! BE CAREFUL!!!!!!
So that is why, everyone on there have weird screen names and odd avatars to hide their identity from these malevolent entities, unlike here, we feel safe posting our names and photos of ourselves.
Anyways, NotAPro was accused of being such "agent", pretending to be a legit DREAMer, which caused her to leave the forum after fake allegations and slanders upon her reputation. These moderators are control freaks!!!
So since DreamAct.info is a large forum, with tons of helpful info and great members, the control freaks are damaging the integrity of DREAMers and causing all sorts of drama. One of them even advised on signing up on here, saying this forum is a ghost town and spamming runs rampant. Such BS!!!
So my fellow DREAMers from here, I have nothing but love and respect, and I felt it was my duty to report to you my experience at DreamAct.info to you guys. Knowledge is power...and I was not the only one targeted...many others have fallen to victimized forum trolling of these lunatics.
I hope these lunatics do not hijack this forum (they are parasites!)