I realize this may be too late, Kaltia, but I do hope you decide to stick around, at least here. Heck, three pages of hugs and love from your fellow Ironworkers should give you a warm feeling of welcome...
I do want to offer a couple of things, even though I missed the link and the nastiness.
Primarily, you can complain to someone's ISP about their behavior, and their ISP can usually terminate their accounts for violations of Terms of Service (aka TOS). There's almost always an "abuse@" or "webmaster@" account for every domain. There are a lot of folks who get creepy because they don't think they can be touched. Well, they can...
Secondarily, the internet is like the world, with lots of neighborhoods and communities. Of all the places in the real world, there are a number of places that rank high on my favorites list -- Paris, New Orleans, and upstate Michigan, to name a few. IW is one of the best online cities I've seen: the people are friendly (check out the latest welcome thread
), cordial (even in disagreements), and polite (eventually). If you run into any challenges here, Z and the mods are quick to act, and they are quickly supported, in my experience. Rules are tough here, but they're fair, and that's what makes it a great place to be.
I guess I'm saying, in a long-winded and roundabout way, that you should be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Toss the dirty nasty stuff away, but keep the good things that are left.
I do hope you see this, and I also hope that you are able to make it back to here. If you don't, then I accept your choice, though I may not wish to support it. Godspeed, and peace.
*B*
Minister, etc. (ret.)