We ban quite a few people every week. Most you never see. 90 percent of who we ban are spammers trying to sell electronics or male enhancement drugs or gadgets.
Every time, a long term member has been banned and someone has asked why, we have been open in discussing why. See these threads.
Just wondering what got longtime member banned.... Plato has been banned Forum Policy on remarks that aren't PC why did "shamou" get banned? Akashic Librarian got banned Are the people who need LOTS of help getting banned?
and there is quite a few more where those came from.
Mods dont ban lightly. When a long term member has been banned, there is almost always a long discussion and multiple warnings that have gone into it. it is not just 1 mod.
The thread or post that gets a member banned, is often cleaned up before anyone else sees it. Which is why sometimes bans come as a surprise to people.
And you are correct, some people ask us to ban them.
If someone is banned, they do have recourse. They can still login and read, they just cant post. They can email a mod or an admin(using built in functionality of Vbulletin) and ask why and try to get reinstated.
If you have a question about a specific member, please feel free to ask and i or another mod will try and answer that for you.
As to keeping a master list of banning, i am open to the idea, but i dont like the idea.. Here are my reasons..
- We have banned 1000s of people since the start of the forum. That is alot of up keep for the mods to manage.
- If someone is banned, the post and threads have been cleaned up to no longer be offense, trolling, spamming, etc, so the evidence for non mods to see is not there. You are still just taking our word for it.
- 99 percent of people we ban are people whos names you would not recognize. They were short term members who lost it, or early on set spammers or trollers. People who when they are gone, few if any notice.
- Mods already answer the question as to why someone gets banned, why anyone is curious enough to ask. And usually posters want a more detailed explanation, more like a conversation. Not like a one sentence line of "banned for trolling"
- It draws attention to all the people who break the forum rules , instead of acknowledging all the people who are here and help people.
- If someone looks at a list, and still has questions, there just going to start a thread anyway to ask why for more details.
The forum rules which are clearly posted in each forum explains what is ok and what is not.
However, people still make mistakes or they dont know, or did not read. even then, we tend to give people quite a few warnings before banning them esp if they have been around for a while.
Adrienne
