Do you return to a forum under a new username after being permanently banned?

[Ken Cheng]

Here's my personal opinion on bannings and returnings. It does not necessarily reflect SC's views on the matter...just how I see it.

The moderators at SPCNET try to be fair to all members. SPAMmers aside, we generally don't ban members until a long pattern of uncooperative, disruptive behavior has been observed. The moderators typically discuss a member's problems for a period of time before considering banning. Sometimes, this process goes on for months.

After a ban has been decided upon and carried out, however, the intention is for it to stick. Banned members should have some integrity and understand that they've been excluded from the forums because they were unwilling to observe the relatively few and not especially stringent guidelines that we have.

Banned members should reflect upon their own behavior and understand why they've been excluded. If they want to return, they must make a sincere effort to cease the kinds of behaviors that got them banned in the first place. If they succeed in doing this, chances are they won't get banned again because they won't even draw moderators' attention to them. Moderators aren't omniscient. If members don't act like troublemakers, moderators have no reason to scrutinize them (we do have lives, you know?). Typically, ban evaders who get caught are those who come back immediately or very shortly after getting banned and engage in the exact same kinds of behaviors that got them banned to begin with. For the record, these behaviors are not limited to constant obscenity, baiting, and flaming, which are obvious "no nos," but also constant posting of material of no substance. In other words, non-commercial SPAM.

So that's my view on this matter.

[yearning]

i might be showing my age and how long i've been a moddie with this story, but i do recall an instance of what you're saying.

a couple of years ago, one member caused quite a scene, and consequently directly influenced spcnet's decision not to have relationship threads on the forums. he was banned permanently because of his behavior on this forum, especially towards another member. after, i think, a couple of weeks, he returned under a new, but obvious name, and the other member had forgiven him for his actions. moddies kept a close eye on his posts from then on, but as he carried on as if this incident never happened, he did not get into any other trouble nor did moddies or spcnet ever bring the subject up again. he has since left this forum.

but, like i said, this was a long time ago, and some of the current moddies weren't even moddies yet. wow, i'm an old timer.

You just made me feel old too...I still have vague memories when the General Chat and Relationships Thread were open (wait a sec, was there ever a relationships thread? I thought it was embedded within general chat).

[0-0-0]

Supposing that you violate the important rules of a forum and your username is banned permanently as a result.
Do you return to that 4rum under a new username after being permanently banned?

i think most members are too arrogant and have too much pride

yes yes, we should ban people who create MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS. There are twenty anhyeudindin. They completely screwed me over during the actress battle royale along with a huge mix of other random user names.

i know it seems a long time ago, but i never found out who made the fake surferket accounts. I'm sure he insisted it wasn't him, and i believed him because he hasn't given me cause to think otherwise, but now that i remember it, i'm kind of curious as to who framed him, or if i got lied to by surferket.

[charbydis]

Hey Ken

what should I do if someone who lives with me wants to join SPCNET too? How would you tell u apart cos we have the same IP?

[Ken Cheng]

Hey Ken

what should I do if someone who lives with me wants to join SPCNET too? How would you tell u apart cos we have the same IP?

Make sure that person doesn't misbehave while using SPCNET at your home. Tell him/her that *both* of you might get locked out if he/she does.

Hope your roommate is a sensible, reliable person.

[GuGu]

Make sure that person doesn't misbehave while using SPCNET at your home. Tell him/her that *both* of you might get locked out if he/she does.

Hope your roommate is a sensible, reliable person.

My roommates are crazy people, I'm glad they don't come on often.

[Felix]

Recently, I received a private message from a member who requested to be banned. I turned down the request because the member had not done anything to break the rules. Instead, I just suggested the member to stop visiting if he/she didn't want to anymore, but we were not going to ban him.

Sort of off topic, but this statement reminds me of one time this guy asked the teacher to give him an F in the class even though he was getting like a D at the time. But in this case, the teacher obliged and gave him an F.

The student said something like, I hate this class but my parents made me take it, so if I get an F, it will show them this class was not right for him.

[LuNaR]

Sort of off topic, but this statement reminds me of one time this guy asked the teacher to give him an F in the class even though he was getting like a D at the time. But in this case, the teacher obliged and gave him an F.

The student said something like, I hate this class but my parents made me take it, so if I get an F, it will show them this class was not right for him.

the guy showed his parents, D or F, both are failing, so mine as well get F and prove a point. that was a genious move lol

[PJ]

i might be showing my age and how long i've been a moddie with this story, but i do recall an instance of what you're saying.

a couple of years ago, one member caused quite a scene, and consequently directly influenced spcnet's decision not to have relationship threads on the forums. he was banned permanently because of his behavior on this forum, especially towards another member. after, i think, a couple of weeks, he returned under a new, but obvious name, and the other member had forgiven him for his actions. moddies kept a close eye on his posts from then on, but as he carried on as if this incident never happened, he did not get into any other trouble nor did moddies or spcnet ever bring the subject up again. he has since left this forum.

but, like i said, this was a long time ago, and some of the current moddies weren't even moddies yet. wow, i'm an old timer.

Hey, you've been here for a while! did you used to roam under a different name? Because I don't remember seeing your name until recently.

Who is this influential ban-seeker that caused the disallowance of Relationship topics? Were his initials M.L.?

[pemberly]

Hey, you've been here for a while! did you used to roam under a different name? Because I don't remember seeing your name until recently.

Who is this influential ban-seeker that caused the disallowance of Relationship topics? Were his initials M.L.?

i've been here as pemberly since...forever. maybe i've gotten crazier as time goes by and you've only noticed me now?

and no, his username began with a K.

[Ken Cheng]

i've been here as pemberly since...forever. maybe i've gotten crazier as time goes by and you've only noticed me now?

and no, his username began with a K.

Before anybody gets the wrong idea, let me quote Bob Dylan: "It ain't me, babe!"

[pemberly]

Before anybody gets the wrong idea, let me quote Bob Dylan: "It ain't me, babe!"

yeah, it was back when ken cheng was stalking this girl named white krane, but she had an uber crush on orange, who is unfortunately a eunuch. there was this whole messy affair with restraining orders and judge judy and a goat. crazy times.

[GuGu]

yeah, it was back when ken cheng was stalking this girl named white krane, but she had an uber crush on orange, who is unfortunately a eunuch. there was this whole messy affair with restraining orders and judge judy and a goat. crazy times.

OMG! That girl chose an orange over Ken? haha Now I know why Ken is allergic to fruits.

[ghostdarTeal'c]

yeah, it was back when ken cheng was stalking this girl named white krane, but she had an uber crush on orange, who is unfortunately a eunuch. there was this whole messy affair with restraining orders and judge judy and a goat. crazy times.

oooh...White Crane, White Phoenix.....

this girl must have resembled Joey Meng to have Ken stalking her.....

[mich]

yeah, it was back when ken cheng was stalking this girl named white krane, but she had an uber crush on orange, who is unfortunately a eunuch. there was this whole messy affair with restraining orders and judge judy and a goat. crazy times.

Sure invoke lots of memories...funny times, I must say.

[Ken Cheng]

oooh...White Crane, White Phoenix.....

Yay! You've been reading!

this girl must have resembled Joey Meng to have Ken stalking her.....

Not many women resemble Joey Meng, unfortunately.

Who is this "White Crane" everybody is talking about?

[expression]

yeah, it was back when ken cheng was stalking this girl named white krane, but she had an uber crush on orange, who is unfortunately a eunuch. there was this whole messy affair with restraining orders and judge judy and a goat. crazy times.

Old times, good times.

[C Monster]

Who is this "White Crane" everybody is talking about?

I think I know. There's even some mountains named after her. However, she goes by a different name these days.

[Ken Cheng]

I think I know. There's even some mountains named after her. However, she goes by a different name these days.

C Monster?! What the hell?! When did you rise from the dead?!

[C Monster]

C Monster?! What the hell?! When did you rise from the dead?!

Just today. I was never dead to begin with. As Mark Twain once said, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."