Hubbers Banned

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   lorlie6posted 14 years ago

   Okay, now it's Smoothassilk, Pearldiver and Tantrum...what's the deal with being 'banned?'  What is this line that is crossed?  I'm fairly new, so I am not sure about the 'rules,' though I have read through the guide.

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      C.J. Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I'm pretty new too, but here is my take. As far as I know only one of the three made an "overt" attack on someone. However the TOS agreement does mention "passive aggressive behavior". Looks like the admin is looking to tighten things up around the forums. Stay on topic and don't make or take things personal is the advice I'm using.

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         lorlie6posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks for your insight, C.J.-'passive-aggressive behavior' can be mighty broad!

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            C.J. Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            What I see a lot of lately is what the older hubbers refer to as "trolling" and "baiting".  In the former the offending hubber seems to follow a target hubber from forum to forum making comments intended to agitate.  The latter is just a simpler form of the first. The hubber continually makes snide comments hoping to get an angry response. Once that is achieved the hubber reports. Silly really.

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         Bovine Currencyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Could be an exodus if it gets much tighter.

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            C.J. Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            I would hope not.

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      sandra rinckposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Maybe they are all the same person or something.  I dunno.

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         lorlie6posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Interesting...

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         blue dogposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         

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      Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Is there a particular reason for this thread lorlie?
      
      I mean come on people. There are 3 or 4 other threads already dedicated to banned Hubbers.
      
      Please.

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         lorlie6posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Cags, I am curious simply if this is all rumor or reality.  I understand your frustration at the redundancy of the situation, but I want to address the entire situation.

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      Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      do not call a person in the religious forum a name. "no personal attacks."

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   Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

   I don't know where the line is being drawn but I can tell you this that the Hubteam is in the wrong with banning those ppl. YES they may have said bad words and all but hey cloverwhatever is the one starting the attacks and yet he hasn't been banned, he has TONS of duplicate work and still nothing. it's disgusting!

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      lorlie6posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      clover?  I wonder who that is...but I wouldn't want to give him/her any traffic.

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         Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Nope wouldn't want to give them traffic either. and I have already reported him twice for the banning spree since it was he who banned all the ppl u listed plus DogSiDaed

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      Uninvited Writerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Paul said that he had been banned from the forum in one of his replies to Tantrum. You haven't seen him back gloating have you?

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   Uninvited Writerposted 14 years ago

   I do know the negativity...not the bannings...has been making me visit the forum less and less...

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   Jason Menayanposted 14 years ago

   I'm going to close the threads talking about banned users for a few reasons. First, there are a lot of misconceptions being perpetuated in them. Second, some are started and/or continued by sock puppets of those who are banned.
   
   We do not ban willy-nilly and we always adhere to our own rules when making a decision. If you make a personal attack (calling another Hubber a name, insulting them, etc), that is grounds for a ban from the forums. There are quite a few Hubbers who have posted thousands of times here and have not gotten banned, so it's not a difficult thing to do.
   
   If someone says something you don't like, you can:
   - report it if it is a personal attack or hate speech (or spam); we will look into it and respond accordingly
   - ignore it, just move on and don't engage
   
   For forum bans for personal attacks, the first offense results in a ban from the forums for 3 days. Each subsequent banning gets considerably longer, until it is permanent. Posting by sock-puppet accounts is not allowed and those will also be banned. We want to give people a second chance to recognize behavior that is not compliant with our rules so they don't do the same again.
   
   Rules need to be enforced for them to have any meaning. When allowed, personal attacks can make the forums degenerate into an unpleasant pit of negativity, as several Hubbers have already noted.

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