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Banned Users

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Posted by: admin

Should banned users or uses that have requested to be banned be allowed to come back and re-open accounts under different user names?

YES or NO


Posted by: memorex

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Originally Posted by admin
Should banned users or uses that have requested to be banned be allowed to come back and re-open accounts under different user names?

YES or NO
I am more intrigued as to how you will stop them )


Posted by: admin

hahaha So am I, I think its impossible, it seems that they just keep coming back under proxies, tunnels and different user names


Posted by: BigDawg

I got a better question? Should memorex continue to be a mod here? I can not comprehend why you want this guy to moderate your site!


Posted by: memorex

Its basically mind over matter "doggie one liner" we dont mind and you dont matter .
And then they also think of it in another context, I am the lesser of the two evils, between you and I )


Posted by: BigDawg

Just forget it memorex. I give up with my crusade to rid you as a mod. It seems to be futile.


Posted by: admin

The other question in relation to this thread is, should users be allowed to have multiple user names. We have discovered over the last few days that one user had around 10 different login names


Posted by: awty

On using multiple user names, I personally am against it, but open to listen reasons why it might be important to some. There are some obvious ones, but I may be overlooking some.
Jeff


Posted by: forwardone

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Originally Posted by admin
The other question in relation to this thread is, should users be allowed to have multiple user names. We have discovered over the last few days that one user had around 10 different login names

Phil, this was my view on the matter which I posted in another thread on the 6th.

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One could be to place more ads than is otherwise allowed under the Rules.

Another, of course, is that to bolster his arguments, a person comes in as someone else and posts in support, attempting to give more credibility to the original posts.

And another reason may be that once someone loses respect on a forum, he might feel that it`s no point posting anymore, as he won`t be taken seriously. Therefore that person starts off `afresh` under a new username.

And I`m sure that there will be other reasons that I can`t think of at the moment.

Geoff

So in my opinion members should only be allowed to have one username.

Geoff


Posted by: betrdanevr

I agree with your reasons and vote for one name also.


Posted by: candy

Believing in freedom of speech, I think that as long as they abide by the rules of the board they can continue to be part of the discussion under a new name until they become gross again.

Do not think it is practical to make the effort to totally keep someone out.


Posted by: forwardone

Oops! Sorry Candy I hit the Edit button by mistake when I meant to reply to your post (it`s been a looong day).


I understand where you are coming from, candy, and I go along with you to a large degree about freedom of speech.

Suppose though that you were giving a speech in front of an audience. Someone then gains entrance into the auditorium and starts heckling you, drowning out your words, abusing you etc.

Now, where does freedom of speech come in for the intruder? See what I mean. You`d want that person thrown out for causing a disturbance. His freedom of speech went too far. That`s because with any freedom there comes responsibility, and if a member can`t act in a responsible manner the welfare of the greater number has to prevail.

Geoff


Posted by: karin_brenig

What is the use of rules, if you can't really enforce them?

I would think it is fair enough to have one username per person, and I also think people who don't want to abide by the rules should be banned, but how can you actually prevent somebody from signing up more than once under all kinds of different names?


Posted by: betrdanevr

I agree that nobody can be prevented from signing up again and again, using proxies and different user names.

If that person continues to flaunt the forum rules, though, I don't see how we can do things any differently and my opinion is that we did the right thing.

(Ya know, all anyone can ever do is try to do the "next right thing" as we walk down the road. Armchair philosophizing now ended. LOL )

Anybody who gets banned and wants to come back and stay within the rules of the forum would be welcome, at least by me, under their original user name. We all deserve second chances now and then.

And even if someone gets banned and comes back as "Little Bo Peep" under a proxy, signs the posts "Bo" and is generally civil, what the heck. If there's no problem, there's no problem. (Though my ego might be steamed for an hour or so, I'd get over it. LOL)

I'd fight for freedom of speech, but I guess we all know there are different flavors of forums.

In my opinion, Geoff's made an excellent point: I am free to speak and do and exercise my personal freedoms and "God-given rights," unless and until I interfere with YOURS.


Posted by: Salty

It will be harmful eventually for one user to have more than 1 ids in a forum. Though its not easy to pick out them all, but if the forum is well moderated, things will be much easier.

I think getpaidforum is the best managed forum out there, all the mods there seems are free.


Posted by: wendy99

I always believe that everyone deserves a second chance. They have the second chance and they can do what they want with it. If they make the wrong decisions, they should be out of luck and banned forever.

I forgive, but never forget.

Wendy


Posted by: forwardone

A very valid point there, Wendy about 2nd chances. And to a large extent I go along with that view.

What I would just add is that Phil doesn`t take that decision lightly, and that sometimes the well being of the majority has to take precedence over the rights of the very small minority.

Geoff



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