Account clear-out

**AgnesIO** · 23-10-2010, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by immense

You were permed though. This is my point. People can come back and be constructive / 'good' members.

Yeah but :L

Only had one warning in like six months and I got that for telling some troll to 'grow the **** up'

The troll was big and green too.

Mrs.McCall · 23-10-2010, 10:12 PM

I don't see the harm in hitting the refresh. We've all done some things in the past that were foolish and stupid but things change. I think if there was a mass unban it'd really send out a message that Habbox cares about its members and the community. There's no harm in second chances. Then, if they break the rules, they're gone.

~~Apple~~ · 23-10-2010, 10:20 PM

In comeback to your "permanent ban means permanent ban", I think the life sentence is a great example. When criminals get sentenced to life, after being in prison for a long period of time they are then able to apply for parole. This means that they are free to leave prison until their sentence is over (when they die) but will be monitored closely. If they should recommit a crime then they will be straight back to jail. So even though it's a life imprisonment sentence, they are likely to end up being released.

nvrspk4 · 23-10-2010, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by immense

This is what I dont like. You go to any old thread; http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=4209

That thread number was chosen at random and on the first page 20% of people are permed. They hardly look like malicious users. I think people should only be permed if they do nothing but cause trouble. Mass Unban has to be done through admin cp rather than people appealing. It takes two seconds to perm people again. Everyone should be given another chance. Potentially hundreds of people back. Would work wonders. We're all teenagers and one aspect about being a teenager is that everyday you mature. People who were banned months/years ago should be awarded a second chance.

In fairness, the reason for that is probably because at various points in Habbox's history, members decided to "revolt", and decided that the best way to get change was to break rules, insult people, and go crazy. While older members (yourself included) will remember that in some instances perhaps management got a bit stricter (let's just leave the point, you know what I mean), you'll also remember that several members did intentionally rulebreak to "bring attention" to the issues.

That wasn't accepted as a strategy (otherwise all hell would break loose every week) and the offending members were banned. That stopped happening probably starting with Freak, though there may have been one or two at that time, but past examples showed that it wasn't the way to get things done. So a lot of those bans were probably a result of mass revolt (I can tell you, two in the thread you provided definitely were.)

Originally Posted by Apple

In comeback to your "permanent ban means permanent ban", I think the life sentence is a great example. When criminals get sentenced to life, after being in prison for a long period of time they are then able to apply for parole. This means that they are free to leave prison until their sentence is over (when they die) but will be monitored closely. If they should recommit a crime then they will be straight back to jail. So even though it's a life imprisonment sentence, they are likely to end up being released.

That's just because you UK people are backwards. In a lot of places, life actually means life. For example, in the US in some cases you can appeal after 10 years, but when it's been handed down by a Federal Court, it can only be pardoned by the President/Governor depending on the court. There is also a "life without parole", specifically when you don't want to allow good behavior to override the issue. IMO, the permanent bans where appeals are denied are "life without parole".

http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Life:imprisonment.html