Banned list

[medichopeful]

(I could have sworn that I saw this brought up on this site before, but I searched through the "Suggestions" section, and I didn't see it.)

Would it be possible to have a brief announcement when somebody is banned, explaining why they were banned? Just a brief announcement or explanation would ease my curiosity, and I am sure it would do the same for others. If you don't want to do it for privacy reasons, that's understandable.

 

[ffemt8978]

No...we don't ever discuss that type of information with anyone other than the person receiving it.

 

[Meursault]

(I could have sworn that I saw this brought up on this site before, but I searched through the "Suggestions" section, and I didn't see it.)
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Some threads and posts vanish into the ether here. Like this one will in about a page. I do believe this has come up before, but I'll let the mods give their rationalization.

EDIT: Ninja'd.

 

[TransportJockey]

I've seen banned lists on PBN, and usually they just have lots of listings for SPAM... no one really bothers to check it, so what's the point?

 

[firecoins]

someone was banned?

 

[Lifeguards For Life]

if someone gets banned won't it say banned underneath there names in their old posts? like as in the guy who started th 100% directionless thread

 

[medichopeful]

someone was banned?

Yes.

Ihatethis10characterrule

 

[mikie]

You mean KEVD?!

like as in the guy who started th 100% directionless thread

I miss his wit!

 

[medichopeful]

You mean KEVD?!

No. He was banned a while ago.

 

[medichopeful]

if someone gets banned won't it say banned underneath there names in their old posts? like as in the guy who started th 100% directionless thread

Yes, it will. But it won't say why they were banned.

 

[TransportJockey]

Yes, it will. But it won't say why they were banned.

Do you really need to know why they were banned? The answer is not yes, BTW

 

[Shishkabob]

Do you really need to know why they were banned? The answer is not yes, BTW

Is it "Maybe"?

 

[medichopeful]

Do you really need to know why they were banned? The answer is not yes, BTW

Need to know? No.

 

[Summit]

The secrecy is unhealthy.

 

[WuLabsWuTecH]

I'm sure if it bothered you that badly, it coud search his posts and see what he did wrong..

 

[ffemt8978]

The secrecy is unhealthy.

We don't think so. We view it more as a matter of privacy and respect of our members and not as a matter of public interest.

Several members have received temporary bans, and have come back to be productive members of the forum. What purpose would it serve for us to make a public post about a temporary ban, other than to humiliate the member receiving it?

 

[NJN]

People are banned for breaking the rules. Pretty simple, i agree with Wu, if your really that interested put your detective hat on and search.

 

[WuLabsWuTecH]

We don't think so. We view it more as a matter of privacy and respect of our members and not as a matter of public interest.

Several members have received temporary bans, and have come back to be productive members of the forum. What purpose would it serve for us to make a public post about a temporary ban, other than to humiliate the member receiving it?

In regards to this though. Why can we see warning on our profile page? I had a warning for a very minor infraction when I was still new to the forum, and it still shows up on my profile! It says expired, but certainly this does not need to be broadcasted to everyone that I was new once and missed a rule?

 

[MMiz]

We don't announce or elaborate on member bans because it's just not right. Members are banned for a variety of reasons, and it's really between the member and the CLs as to why they were banned. Our rules are posted, and we have an infraction point system when a member violates the rules.

It's punishment enough that a member is banned, no need for a public lynching.

 

[MMiz]

In regards to this though. Why can we see warning on our profile page? I had a warning for a very minor infraction when I was still new to the forum, and it still shows up on my profile! It says expired, but certainly this does not need to be broadcasted to everyone that I was new once and missed a rule?

Only you can see your warnings, no one else.