Banning of individual forums

[syko2006]

Because sometimes the way people "post" can give the Mod/admin team hints of who they are. . The idea isn't going to be stopped for now.

In all fairness, I don't think you shouldn't look at it that way.

What IF you was to ban an innocent user?

[xxMATTGxx]

In all fairness, I don't think you shouldn't look at it that way.

What IF you was to ban an innocent user?

We don't ban users like that. We watch them for a little while until evidence has been proven that it is actually that user who was recently banned. The Department don't just go "Oh let's ban him cos he looks like whoever who was banned before" because that is no evidence at all. Although that post of mine could be very misleading and I apologize.

[Catzsy]

why dont this forum just let kids be kids within reason

Well we do 'within reason' but we have to constantly judge what is in the bests interests of the majority who just want to enjoy themselves and are quite happy to abide by the rules as against a small minority who constantly spoil it for others.

In all fairness, I don't think you shouldn't look at it that way.

What IF you was to ban an innocent user?

Then the person could use the contact form and have the ban reviewed but it is unlkely to happen because there are such strigent guidelines to follow. If somebody was suspected of abuse though they would have their logs checked to see and if they were abusing they would be sacked. That would be a very rare occurence though I think.

[syko2006]

We don't ban users like that. We watch them for a little while until evidence has been proven that it is actually that user who was recently banned. The Department don't just go "Oh let's ban him cos he looks like whoever who was banned before" because that is no evidence at all. Although that post of mine could be very misleading and I apologize.

Oh lol.

Thanks.

[xxMATTGxx]

Banning, infractions, warnings for things like posting words such as s.h.l.t (yes who hasn't heard that word who isn't under 7 years old and who isn't on this forum who isn't over 11?) Even the word f.a.g is filtered and its only slang for a cigarette!

I got an infraction once for posting the word A..ss in a picture which was intented for light humour, and I don't think people notice but kids probably use the word a..ss more than adults do.

This is what I mean by over discipline and it is showing relation to the forms of communism which china uses to limit the use of internet access and what people can and cannot do.

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I wouldn't even be posting this but I just came back from the arcades over the last two days having made a decent loss and the announcement of more kinds of banning on the forums just sent me into posting another rant. oh and putting stuff in a spoiler saves space

When was this infraction and was it on the account your now using?

[Jin]

Okay so there are a few threads I will reply to and this is one of them.

The idea behind the forum ban is to prevent a person from posting in the forum. The fact that they can not see the forum is based around the cheeky way that I have implemented this system in order to achieve this goal.

Whether they can see it or not is another matter the goal is to prevent them from interacting.

The other issue is, we are strict upon our moderation because it makes the community a lot more pleasant. The problem we face at HxF is the handful of users who act in a mob/group mentality, think they are E-better than everyone else and suffer from god-complex.

Users get sick and tired of being ripped and flamed for every post they make so by making our rules strict so that we can punish those who act like complete jerks it makes the forums pleasant for new and old users.

If you want to be a jerk and flame people every left right and center then I suggest another forum for your needs. Maybe 4chan as that is truly where those sort of people belong.

The forum banning idea is a great idea as we have users that act like complete jerks in one forum but seem perfectly respectable in other areas. We are simply removing their ability to post in that forum whilst allowing them to post on the rest of the board. Spam forum is the one that is going to get the most scrutiny as it is the most problematic forum.

[Kieeran]

You ban someone froma specific forum that will just lead to them raging in another forum

[Jin]

You ban someone froma specific forum that will just lead to them raging in another forum

And if they do so, we will deal with them there. If they become a nuisance then we will issue a full ban on the account.

[Niall!]

Because sometimes the way people "post" can give the Mod/admin team hints of who they are. . The idea isn't going to be stopped for now.

What? Many people speak alike on this forum, how can you decide if that member is really the banned member?

[xxMATTGxx]

What? Many people speak alike on this forum, how can you decide if that member is really the banned member?

Most of the time they aren't scared letting us know who they are to be honest. But small bits that may link to them. It's not always the case but is for some. :]