Ever get banned on purpose?

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   Rising Carenposted 13 years ago

   Has anyone ever gotted banned (from the forums, not the whole site) on purpose?
   
   I swear I spend so much time reading the forums, I almost want to get myself banned so I can do something else! There should totally be a self-ban button (that was a joke, not a real suggestion)

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      Randy Godwinposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      There have been self bans by members here.  I am considering one myself. 

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      Mark Knowlesposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Gawd yes. lol
      
      http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/22132

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         rebekahELLEposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         oh geez, I needed a laugh.. 
         
         I've thought about it, but figured it wasn't worth it, that's one reason why I have a few forums filtered.. now I don't even see the titles.

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         lrohnerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Those were the good old days, Mark. And that was a classic!

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   Rising Carenposted 13 years ago

   I woke up at 11 and soon after came on the forums
   
   It is now 2:51pm and I'm still on the forums (ok and checking email and google reader and watching tv. Forum checking isn't my only vice).
   
   However I haven't done anything worthwhile yet.
   If only I could have an old fashioned teacher right next to me to slap me with a ruler for not doing something worthwhile!

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   darksideposted 13 years ago

   A ban won't stop you from reading, it will only stop you from posting. And with 24 posts (even in 10 days) it's not what I'd call an addiction.
   
   But you do have 9 hubs in 10 days, which is good.
   
   You'll just have to exert some self control.
   
   And perhaps aim at spending no more than 20% of the time you have available to spend at HubPages in the forum. If you're using the other 80% for writing, editing and publishing hubs then you're doing well.

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      Rising Carenposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Well I did say I spent a lot of time reading. I never said I spent too much time posting. It's amazing how much a person can read without replying to anything.
      
      But aww a ban won't stop reading? Guess that won't fix my problem.

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         darksideposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         As Yoda once said: "Control, control, you must learn control."

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         camloposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         You could use Edweirdo's plug-in to turn off all of the Forums - of course, you'd have to resist turning them back on again.
         Have to go now ... I really shouldn't be here ...

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   Lisa HWposted 13 years ago

   Usually, I only pop on here from time to time through a day, so I don't worry about how much time I'm on here.  Last week, though - that's something else!  I've been on a big binge (apparently) because a) all that stuff that was going on last Thursday was pretty interested to read, b) it's been horribly, bitter, cold and windy, here; so I've kind of shut down on doing things anyway; and c) I have a bunch of things in the making, and I'm incubating another bunch things in my "shut-down" time.  Every so often I just have to go into "shut-down" for a few days if time permits.  The good thing is, though, that watching the forums for a few days can give a person lots of ideas about things to write in the future.
   
   In any case, when I get into one of these "horrible" binges they're self-limited because projects show up, weekends come, the weather gets better, etc. etc.  Behind the "forum scene", I've been getting a bunch of Hubs that I'm actually kind of enthusiastic about written/partially written.  My stretch of goof-off time has done me good.  Strangely, the more energetic I get, the more I post AND get other stuff done - so I don't feel guilty or self-conscious about more time on here than usual.    (All that aside, it was pretty hard to get away from reading what was going on last Thursday with the Google thing.  It's been much the same all week.  60 degrees coming up this weekend, though!  I'll be among the missing for quite some time.    )

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   Cagsilposted 13 years ago

   Ever get banned on purpose?
   
   Actually, I've made statements that I knew beforehand would lead to myself getting banned. However, it felt good to get it off my chest.
   
   However, there have been some members who have implemented self-bans, so they could leave or stay away from the forums. If you have no ability to post to the forums, then most often than not, you'll not even read them.

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