Whatever happened to...

[The Lurker (imported)]

the guy with the smiley face on his glans? Salami?

[estragen (imported)]

banned

[Paolo]

We received numerous complaints from users about him.

A couple of members reported getting PM's and/or emails that were beginning to scare them, and requested their registrations be removed to get away from him.

When complaints like these come from users with a good post count, and who have been around for a while, then action needs to be taken.

[The Lurker (imported)]

Thank you.

[Bagoas (imported)]

When a member becomes a perceived menace to other members, any action, however drastic, is justified. However, ISP bans, admittedly the last resort, can be very unfair to others.

I once tried to join a forum which interested me, only to be told that I was banned. I wrote to the administrator in charge of applications and asked how I could be banned if I wasn't even a member yet. He didn't deign to reply.

I wrote him again politely reminding him that when an applicant writes a letter of enquiry, common courtesy dictates that one reply. He ignored that one also.

I learned from another administrator of that forum who is a member of

a forum to which I belong, that I was the innocent victim of an ISP ban. After she straightened things out, I might have joined, but I wasn't sure that I qualified for membership and I was still exasperated by the other administrator's attitude. So, I pursued the matter no further. :-\

[kristoff]

When a member becomes a perceived menace to other members, any action, however drastic, is justified. However, ISP bans, admittedly the last resort, can be very unfair to others.

I once tried to join a forum which interested me, only to be told that I was banned. I wrote to the administrator in charge of applications and asked how I could be banned if I wasn't even a member yet. He didn't deign to reply.

I wrote him again politely reminding him that when an applicant writes a letter of enquiry, common courtesy dictates that one reply. He ignored that one also.

I learned from another administrator of that forum who is a member of

a forum to which I belong, that I was the innocent victim of an ISP ban. After she straightened things out, I might have joined, but I wasn't sure that I qualified for membership and I was still exasperated by the other administrator's attitude. So, I pursued the matter no further. :-\

For what it is worth, I've only done one ISP ban - that is very rare action to take, and only when critical. That particular individual made many threats and had the capability of carrying them out - no, not Salami, who is largely a blow-hard. I looked at the list and there are, I think, 6-8 ISP bans worldwide on our system. I suspect 4-5 of them could be lifted. I've had two individuals in NZ affected by one of them - and I am NOT lifting that ban, ever.

What gets to be a real drastic action is when the Evil Overlord gets super-pissed and bans an "entire fucking country!" Watch out - the world will rock!

OTOH, I will respond to most any email I get from board members enquiring about problems here. Some I get are just crap not worth responding to - like the ones calling us freaks, etc. If I make a ban, I will usually list a reason for it. But still, I am very protective of this place, and will continue to be.

Soap box has been replaced under the park bench.

[erikboy (imported)]

If you speak about IP ban, then this is quite ineffective. Most home users have dynamic IP's that are assigned to them when they become active and released when they stop using net.

This IP could have been in use by other user who was actually banned.

The simplest solution is to power down your cable or adsl modem and power up. It is highly unlikely the same IP address will be assigned to you.

[Paolo]

There's a way around that, which we won't discuss.

[mrt (imported)]

Speaking of whatever happened to? Whatever happened to Jessica aka TransgirlNY23 or was it 23NYTransgirl? Hopefully she got her wish and found a good surgeon and married a doctor and has a big family and the white picket fence?

[kristoff]

Speaking of whatever happened to? Whatever happened to Jessica aka TransgirlNY23 or was it 23NYTransgirl? Hopefully she got her wish and found a good surgeon and married a doctor and has a big family and the white picket fence?

She just disappeared like many others. Just stopped coming around. If I recall her account was deleted as inactive after 365 days.