nondescript
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How do people get banned on this forum?
I couldn't see a FAQ on it.
I assume its being abusive?
I couldn't see a FAQ on it.
I assume its being abusive?
TheRealCallie said:The forum rules are pretty much common sense, though, so as long as you're not being an insulting/abusive ass, you should probably be good.
EveWasFramed said:Actually, there is a user agreement, when you initially sign up for an account, that gives an indication of expected behavior on the forum.
bjarne said:Just keep posting and voting to provide feedback on this idea (including ideas for what the rules might be). Rules are, basically, required and probably should be stated in some way on the site. There's already some implied rules like: no spamming, no excessive cursing, bashing or advertising (except for signatures or highly related resource tips). Some other rules might be taken from the www.moviecodec.com rules : ie. no encouraging of suicide (obviously), posting of peoples personal information. But rest assured, I do not wish to be strict and narrowminded when making the rules: just want to rule out certain things that are highly annoying to the majority of people (ie. pornography and spamming) and things that are illegal (ie. warez, suicide encouragements and death threats).
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kamya said:I made a thread similar to this about 5 years ago. Got closed. I was somewhat more antagonistic then. It's a topic that seems to come up a few times a year before the threads are closed. Same answers in here as always. The mods have their secret ways. As long as you don't do something especially rude or extreme you are usually fine. The rest is pretty grey.
bjarne said:Just keep posting and voting to provide feedback on this idea (including ideas for what the rules might be). Rules are, basically, required and probably should be stated in some way on the site. There's already some implied rules like: no spamming, no excessive cursing, bashing or advertising (except for signatures or highly related resource tips). Some other rules might be taken from the www.moviecodec.com rules : ie. no encouraging of suicide (obviously), posting of peoples personal information. But rest assured, I do not wish to be strict and narrowminded when making the rules: just want to rule out certain things that are highly annoying to the majority of people (ie. pornography and spamming) and things that are illegal (ie. warez, suicide encouragements and death threats).
This is still the last official update so don't hold your breath doods.
This was the user agreement provided to me back then.
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Basically means nothing. There are plenty of people that knowingly violate those rules and get reported but nothing ever happens. Just gotta catch the mods on the right day.
Reading that old thread brings back memories. The smugness. The same people pulling the same honeysuckle to this day to get threads derailed and closed. Not much changes.
lifestream said:Forgive me, but that seems like a somewhat arbitrary way of doing things. The thing about evidence is that it can be used to spin all kinds of bias and misinterpretations. A concrete set of rules which, if broken, are punishable by warnings or bans makes the issue far less vulnerable to human error.
lifestream said:I see your point and I agree that it is a problem, but you're always going to have people who cry injustice if they feel they're being treated unfairly.
Why not give people the choice to operate with rules, though? Take it to a poll or something, and if the wind is blowing towards 'yes', then we can try it out for a while and see where it leads us.
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