TOS Violations and Moderator Responses

[Avery Cates 1,141]

Thread bans are idiotic, anyway. When you're thread banned you can't access it anymore, (can't post anymore in the thread for x amount of time would be much more beneficial) and so you can't even see why you were thread banned. You get no other notification. So people who do get banned from a thread going to the next thread with no knowledge of what they did, and possibly continue the cycle. Thread bans are thrown out way too frequently as well, it's horrible and lazy moderation and should be abolished in all but extreme cases immediately.

Permanent thread bans make no sense and stifle communication and learning.

Edited March 21, 2014 by Avery Cates

[Karee 4,190]

Permanent thread bans make no sense and stifle communication and learning.

I'd have to disagree. I'd rather have the offending member(s) thread banned, than have the entire thread locked. The latter seems to happen more than it should IMO.

Edited March 21, 2014 by Karee

[SMOKE 1,426]

I'd have to disagree. I'd rather have an offending member(s) thread banned, than have the entire thread locked. The latter seems to happen more than it should IMO.

+ if someone gets a thread ban...they know why. I know I knew why every time I've gotten one.

but, that never stopped me from complaining about it.

[Boiler 45,486]

Not always, there was one thread I was banned from and I was wondering what I had said, I believe I had only posted once so it must have been that, but by that time we were on Page 7 and if it was that post it was no 2.

I could have posted more than once, with a thread that long I do not remember.

[Vanitas 310]

There are options to send messages/emails for warnings, suspensions and undoubtedly perma-bans. So why not for thread bans? Software limitation? Or is there an option in the ACP which allows it?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Ok, did not know you could not access anyone in administration while suspended. Email notices used to be sent our prior to the adoption of the warning center and I know I got feedback through those emails. Not sure how to resolve this but we will certainly discuss it. At the very least you should have access to the site administrator without having to acknowledge receipt of the warning/suspension.

That's what I've never understood.

It tells you to contact someone if you have an issue with your suspension, but you cannot even navigate the site OR get into your private messages when you're suspended. You get the suspension notice at every turn.

[Darnell 8,478]

I haven't been suspended recently, but in the past when you tried to access VJ you got the message that your account was suspended, but there was a link to contact administration and I know many many people who used this link and never received a reply, myself included on multiple occasions. There was no way to contact moderation directly, just Site Administration which I was told long ago was Captain Ewok. I never heard of a single member who got a reply via this method.

Ya, change this also, @#$@ and please !

Why? That's a fella that never answers emails.

That's what I've never understood.

It tells you to contact someone if you have an issue with your suspension, but you cannot even navigate the site OR get into your private messages when you're suspended. You get the suspension notice at every turn.

Bad Configuration, IMO

and something fixable, also IMO.

[Boiler 45,486]

I thought his people were supposed to handle that?

[Darnell 8,478]

Mods don't see the site owner email box, internal or external.

Sorry.

[Pooky 3,782]

What's a suspension?

Edited March 21, 2014 by Pooky

[Sousuke 1,214]

What's a suspension?

Its a mixture with particles greater than 1 micrometer. Everyone knows that….

[bluebird74 34]

Thread bans are idiotic, anyway. When you're thread banned you can't access it anymore, (can't post anymore in the thread for x amount of time would be much more beneficial) and so you can't even see why you were thread banned. You get no other notification. So people who do get banned from a thread going to the next thread with no knowledge of what they did, and possibly continue the cycle. Thread bans are thrown out way too frequently as well, it's horrible and lazy moderation and should be abolished in all but extreme cases immediately.

Permanent thread bans make no sense and stifle communication and learning.

Strongly agree.

[Hotter Otter 1,211]

Thread bans are idiotic, anyway. When you're thread banned you can't access it anymore, (can't post anymore in the thread for x amount of time would be much more beneficial) and so you can't even see why you were thread banned. You get no other notification. So people who do get banned from a thread going to the next thread with no knowledge of what they did, and possibly continue the cycle. Thread bans are thrown out way too frequently as well, it's horrible and lazy moderation and should be abolished in all but extreme cases immediately.

Permanent thread bans make no sense and stifle communication and learning.

Thread bans are better than the alternative... locking the whole thread because two or more people can't stop arguing. I do agree that it's often a lazy moderation solution and that people should be allowed to see threads that they have been banned from so they can learn though.

[Pooky 3,782]

Thread bans are better than the alternative... locking the whole thread because two or more people can't stop arguing. I do agree that it's often a lazy moderation solution and that people should be allowed to see threads that they have been banned from so they can learn though.

As a compromise, this would be a good move.

If only the thread-banned individuals would actually learn from just looking at a thread without being able to interject their opinions.

[MacUK 983]

I don't think I've had a thread ban but wouldn't the best solution be to have full read only access to the thread but have posting privileges stopped on it.