WebSleuths

I registered with this website to follow a local missing-persons case and was blocked with the following message:
You are on a Time Out for the following reason:
"Is there any constructive reason for continuing this barely relevant thread?" After making this comment it is apparent you are not going to work out at Websleuths. I would try Topix.

Date the Time Out will be lifted: Never

Given the outrageous assumptions that were being aired on this site, I find their response to my comment unbelievable.

It is impossible to even make a comment without someone else jumping down your throat if it doesn't match their own opinion/theory.
New users are treated like $#*! by the admins and the long time users.
Nobody follows the facts. They all just take whatever little bit of rumor they can find and run with it.
Many will try to start arguments rather than have a normal conversation.
It's an ugly ugly website full of $#*!s and morons.
I have only given 1 star because I can't give any less than that, however this place deserve no stars at all.

There's no sleuthing at all on WS. Once MSM posts news, it can be discussed.
The mods allow members to make false allegations against innocent people, make fun of handicapped persons & ridicule physical appearance of suspects & their family/friends.
Threads are repetitious with sophomoric remarks. Certain members compete for the most "likes" for their posts. There is a lot of humor, members think LE read WS & use their posts to solve crimes. I suspect if we could see the members, it'd be similar to an Aerosmith video. You know... the fat lady with curlers in her hair?
The same members are online pretty much 24/7. Once they've "solved" the case they are currently sleuthing, they will "report" anyone with the audacity to differ in opinion.
Wonder how many lawsuits are pending against WS?
If you want a laugh on a boring day, this is the place to go. If you truly have interest in a case, stay away.

Site is supposed to be anti victim blaming... unless the victim is black. The same members will post 10 times in the span of a day about how a black victim deserved what they got. They don't say it flat out, instead they think they are being cute with their subtle jabs. The hate some black victims exceeds the hate some of the killers get. Then there's a thread about the Royal Family and it's literally the same 10 members trashing Megan Markle endlessly. Again the hate directed at baby killers doesn't even come close to the hate she gets. But if you dare call anyone out on their BS you'll get banned for making a personal attack. I decided I just couldn't take anymore. Too many crazies and generally nasty people.

It is so great to listen to and! I enjoy the chat because they are respectful and factual. She covers all types of subjects and interacts with the chat. I have been to other channels and it was awful. I found websleuths and would watch when I have free time. Than the stay at home Covid. Her and the subs have helped me through the stay at home. It's a amazing experience. If you blue she will chat with and the amazing people who are in the chat will as well. The websleuths community over all is a positive experience!

Long time member but I got peeved when a moderator slammed another member for something and the moderator was incorrect. When I corrected the mod, I was "shushed" and my posts deleted.

The mod was 100% incorrect and links were provided to prove it. But they don't like not looking good. They shut people up, and doing so in this situation could put lives at risk. This place is not what it once was. Avoid it. They put lives at risk in favor of not wanting their mods to look bad when they mess up.

It's seriously a rule. You can't call the mods out for being wrong. Wtf is that?

I was ban from the group for a month with threats of reporting me to management for allegedly posting false information. Everything I have researched in the Darlie Routier case is based on court documents, interviews by both myself and others and facts that can be found throughout the internet. I was judged and ban from that group without ever having the chance to defend myself. I was clear that the person who is running that groups only allows opinions and statements that go right along with his or her own beliefs in a case. I have tried to contact the admin of that group but have I haven't had any success. I very hurt by their actions and would no longer like to be a member of that fraudulent group or web page. I can not even remove myself from the group because I can not access my account.

This site used to be great, but the quality of the moderators has taken a nosedive. SillyBilly does a lot of moderation, and seems to try really hard but has very poor judgment, nitpicking at silly things but letting major ones slide. The conversations suffer because of it.

Trish has been at it for a long time and seems to have branched into other things, which is understandable, but without her leadership, other moderators have stepped into the vacuum with bad results. Really a shame.

Moderator Sillybilly is one of the worst moderators I've ever experienced. S/he censors people's posts based on individuals she's targeting at any given time. She all day, every day, inserting herself into a high number of comments. Sarcasm isn't allowed on WS, nor any hint of what they think it might be. You have to keep your comments to thoughts & prayers, unicorns, praying hands, and kissing the $#*! of any mod. If you don't write IMO or MOO 10 times they can't figure out you're writing your opinion and will delete a comment. $#*! for brains. This site should be avoided by anyone who wants an actual discussion. Every single post is monitored and once Sillybilly gets a bug up her $#*! she will look for reasons to give timeouts.

The psychologically impaired mods at WS make me pity their poor family. One would think they work in the WH or Secret Service, such is the rampant egomania and false sense of self-importance. Silly Billy is a dangerously close to illiterate bully, who would never have the guts to bully members if it had to waddle out from behind it's keyboard to face them. The owner comes off as a low rent grifter and cult leader wannabe. Toxic website. Seriously mentally defective owner and mods. They do not treat all posters equally, what is acceptable today will get a TO tomorrow. Time out, lolol. How condescending, as if their loyal members are children needing tough discipline, which the sadistic losers get off on dishing out. What a sick and sickening group of people, far too sick to be posting about missing children. What an empty, sad, life these idiots must have. Very abusive group.
My advice is treat this WS as if it doesn't exist. Hopefully soon it will not.

I've been a member of WebSlueths for years. I've mainly read, but have also contributed to case threads.
Let's see...
Favoritism? Check. Biased Moderation? Check. Owner begging for money? Check? There is a ridiculously biased, uneducated Moderator who goes by the use-name "Silly Billy" ( I kid you not!), who is just intolerably bad at moderation.
I have given up all hope for WBS's The new platform is a nightmare of "issues", an only serves to amplify the already poor quality of moderation, The posters are made up primarily of elderly women, one of which the owner, Trisha Griffen, is fast becoming.

So, If you don't work, are retired and elderly, you might fit right in. Provided you have no common sense and you like to moan and wail over the death of small children
If, however, your middle age or younger, and analytical, plan on being placed on "Time Out" or banned!

The moderators are controlling in the extreme. They leap to conclusions that a poster is criticizing moderation and punish posters. They end discussion on motives they disagree with, then hijack the conversation back to their preferred theory. They overlook remarks by some posters, and punish others for comments the criticize as rude when they are anything but. If they disagree with you about 3 times, they freeze you out, putting you on a ban, or a "time out" with no word as to how long that is for, and no discussion. Controlling and dictorial. Not worth your time to try to make a contribution, and certainly not worth a "donation" to participate.

The mods on this site, and indeed the owner have an over inflated sense of self worth. The way they talk to the members is disgusting and frankly borders on bullying! They talk to you like you're children and if you dare question them then you're put on time out & threatened with a permant ban.

The owner of this site has one purpose and one purpose only, to gain notoriety& fame and looking at the reviews here she's getting that, but not the notarity she watnted.

I removed my account and would never use it again

I was a member for 12 years and they banned me. I went off in a forum on the newbies and how they kept posting stupid comparisons and why didn't Websleuths monitor them, etc. Got put on time out and that just set me off more so, Silly Billy-the one who wrote me and said that I should know better-i went off on him and WS policies and they banned me.

Guess what WS? With the exception of Carbuff, dotr, and maybe a handful of others, you're members are ignorant and 2 eggs shy of a dozen.

I'm going to start my own site soon-no lie-and you have to have an IQ of over 50 to be a member. So guess none of you will become members.

Eat it, WS. I'll have more solves than you and your whole community soon. You suck.

So many hurting victims of crimes.
So many children are abused and murdered.
So many families shattered because of Crime.
So many missing.
So many unidentified.
Websluths forum is not for the faint hearted. Websluths is for JUSTICE.
A caring community who embraces all aspects of true evidence. TOS is a boundary that enables all to be treated with respect.
I have been a member over a year. So much heart goes into cases even putting words into action to make this a better world. People care People help. Victims have a voice. Cold cases are worked on and missing victims are not forgotten. If you have a loved one involved in a crime. And you just can not sleep or get help. Please check out webslueths. You might just be in the right place.
The owner and mods run a tight ship. One that sails and does not sink. Very welcoming. Best true crime forum ran effectively to make a difference not just a chat room off topic. No trolls or narcissism need apply.

Sadly, like many others here, I feel this site has gone downhill tremendously. They only have a handful of unpaid moderators who when a case goes viral all over the world cannot cope. They end up with so many new members that aren't aware of the rules and are too lazy to read previous threads, or fact check, that the discussion is literal garbage, similar posts repeated over and over ad nauseum. Honestly, they should use AI to police the easy breeches so the humans can try to focus where it really counts. Longtime members shouldn't get timeouts on the whims of overworked moderators that are short on patience.

I have tried a few times to register using legitimate email addresses but keep getting banned.
There is no support on the site to ask the admin why this keeps happening.

Constantly saw relevant posts removed. It is extremely apparent that they do not like the truth. They act like the Rhoden family were angels even though they were criminals as well. If you refer the Rhoden family's criminal past you will receive an automatic ban even though they found evidence of $#*! fighting and marijuana grow operations on their properties. Their (Rhodens) social media posts are full of hate filled prejudice comments and images and if you mention it on WS you will get attacked removed or banned. The WM3(west memphis 3) thread is more of the same. If you state an opinion not mirroring that of the mods of those that have donated to Tricia Griffiths bogus GFM you will be give a ban. I would stay away from this site at all costs. Seems like a bunch of simple minded old hags that stay up all night posting the same rambling bs.