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Cliff Pennock
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MAY 20, 12:43 PM
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So… what names come to mind? Suggestions?
Mind you, there are a few people that will *never* be allowed back...
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wftb
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MAY 20, 12:46 PM
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I see a lot of people get banned and the reason is never given. Just User Banned under their ratings bar. I saw that Tony Kania got banned. I always thought he was fairly mellow so that was a surprise to me. I am all for giving people a second chance. ------------------
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Patrick
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MAY 20, 02:16 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by wftb:
I saw that Tony Kania got banned. I always thought he was fairly mellow so that was a surprise to me.
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 ... You have got to be kidding.
Some members have been banned for good reason, and should never be allowed to return.
On the other hand, someone like JazzMan was picked on relentlessly by the usual suspects (of that era) until he just snapped and went kind of bonkers... which included him deleting a lot of his very helpful tech posts.[This message has been edited by Patrick (edited 05-20-2020).]
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Thunderstruck GT
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MAY 20, 03:03 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
... You have got to be kidding.
Some members have been banned for good reason, and should never be allowed to return.
On the other hand, someone like JazzMan was picked on relentlessly by the usual suspects (of that era) until he just snapped and went kind of bonkers... which included him deleting a lot of his very helpful tech posts.
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I can relate.
Remember my Prototype thread?[This message has been edited by Thunderstruck GT (edited 05-20-2020).]
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sourmash
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MAY 20, 04:18 PM
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You need to just live with the decisions some trolls made. All forums have a similar problem in that a few troublemakers will group up and eff the forum over. Any site that allows members to have people banned just because they mass negged a member has a huge flaw.
The premise is wrong in the OP. People sometimes get banned because of a small group destroys board behavior, blames the person they disagree with and the one person loses by getting banned.
Live with the decision.
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sourmash
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MAY 20, 04:30 PM
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The O/T forum is prob the main reason for people being gone, generally because a few problem posters can't take someone having a diff opinion or dropping truth bombs.
Best thing would be to close that forum.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by wftb:
I saw that Tony Kania got banned. [quote]
That will result in a positive for the forum.
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Patrick
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MAY 20, 04:53 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by sourmash:
Best thing would be to close that (O/T) forum.
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As much as I totally agree with the last comment you made, I disagree with this one. Prior to O/T being created (a year or so after PFF started), off topic conversation was messing up the tech threads. There needed to be a place for members to just chat. The problem, as I see it, is that boorish anti-social behavior (whether it's occurring in O/T or elsewhere) is allowed to continue unchecked for far too long before anything is done about it.[This message has been edited by Patrick (edited 05-22-2020).]
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fieroguru
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MAY 20, 08:52 PM
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From my perspective, the list of people banned that I would like to see back (because they were a great contributor to the forum) is about 1/10th the length of the list of good people that left on their own accord. If the intention is to drive more traffic and activity, I would suggest reaching out to the high posters and contributors from both groups. [This message has been edited by fieroguru (edited 05-20-2020).]
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fieroguru
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MAY 20, 08:53 PM
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double post [This message has been edited by fieroguru (edited 05-20-2020).]
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Raydar
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MAY 20, 09:00 PM
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Re the O/P... I would tend to disagree with "unbanning". With possibly a few exceptions (which you probably would not agree with.)
Regardless... If this is implemented, there needs to be some accountability. If someone comes back and resumes the "gaping ******* " routine, there needs to be a way to get rid of them quickly.
Conversely...there are some people who still need to be gone (you might be surprised who I might vote off the island), but they are still here.[This message has been edited by Raydar (edited 05-23-2020).]
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