Being Banned....? (26)

With the recent expulsion of ClassAct in mind, I was wondering how the process of banning people from IC works. Can you ban someone for one specific incident, if they really have gone too far? Or like Class Act, does it have to be many things, building up over time, that lead up to you loosing patience with whoever it is? Are they warned first, to amoderate their behaviour? And are they banned forever, or can someone come back, tail between their legs? Just so you know, I have no intention of getting slung out of here. I am a Good Sub!

We will ban someone who explicitly breaks the rules, who clearly doesn't give a damn about the site, but simply wants to score a point - usually blatant advertising.

We have an age policy, under 21 people are not allowed - it's an international site and the owner wishes to avoid falling foul of any jurisdictions, so if someone clearly under-age posts, their posts are removed and they are told why. If they persist in posting they will be banned.

If someone persistently attacks other members, they will be warned and if they ignore the warnings, they will be banned.

We avoid taking sides, that way we remain impartial and are seen to be.

Somehow I think Admin follows much the same procedure.

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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Bloody Satnav
Nature abhors a vacuum; as does Bushy, which explains the stairs then
You must shout "Look out, there are llamas"

I know of forums where the moderation is very strict indeed, sometimes to the point of being intrusive, though it does keep the signal to noise ratio very good. I would tend to shy away from forums with very slack moderation resulting in lots of abuse etc.

That was my reaction too! explains why she hasn't posted recently though!

There's a somebody I'm longing to see, I hope that he turns out to be, someone to watch over me
I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood, I know I could always be good, to one who'll watch over me (Ella Fitzgerald, singing George Gershwin)

Wow, guess the mob does rule !!

Let's say I'm "banned" for posting this comment. In 10 minutes, or less I can create another email address, username and profile with no visible connection to the banned one.

You won't catch me from my email, either. If I choose to do so, I'll give a false name and address to the email provider. I don't have to prove who I am anywhere along the chain. Nor can it be done through IP addresses, since they are usually dynamic.

Before the geeks whittle away at my argument, yes, I know a forensic computer geek probably can, but ...

Careful.. walls have ears...da mob will need a replacement.

Pour encourager les autres
“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” ; Bob Marley