Actually, considering the chat threads have been brought into the discussion more than once in here, I'll presume I'm in this "pack" as a regular user of them? (also the reference to several bans but we won't quibble
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I'd actually say, the group comes across as an "isolated pack" due to other members not wanting to engage in discussion in the chat thread rather than the "group" purposely excluding anyone. As I mentioned earlier, Drew removing himself from Riggins and moving over to the Lounge and posting that he'd moved over was to exclude himself. Did he feel driven out? Was he purposely driven out? No, he chose to do that and that's all there is to it.
The frequent users like Luke, Jay, Lostie, Tom, Ashley, Dollface, etc are not the type of users to pounce on a new member who doesn't 'have enough posts' or whatever either.
I feel a tonne of problems with the forum are being applied in one area and blamed on the same people and it's unwarranted IMO.