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  • 29-03-2008 2:06pm
    #1
    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,502 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    There are a lot of things in the avatar showing the importance and experience of a poster e.g. stars, modships, post count, and the brief thanks thing.

    Why not have the option of showing where you have been banned for and for what e.g. banned from the non-drinkers club for being too pissed, banned from the ladies lounge for calling them all fat etc.

    That seems to me to be the true measure of a boards.ie poster.


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    #2
    Nerin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,523 ✭✭✭✭Nerin


    johnnyskeleton wrote: »
    There are a lot of things in the avatar showing the importance and experience of a poster e.g. stars, modships, post count, and the brief thanks thing.

    Why not have the option of showing where you have been banned for and for what e.g. banned from the non-drinkers club for being too pissed, banned from the ladies lounge for calling them all fat etc.

    That seems to me to be the true measure of a boards.ie poster.
    you mean like the way there is the ban list already,( reason for banning, who banned you and how long for)but on a personal level?
    hmmm people might have mixed feelings about it.
    i wouldnt mind it though, seems interesting...

    request here perhaps?


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    #3
    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,502 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    I just want to throw it out there.

    I suppose you could have the choice whether or not the ban appears in your avatar.


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    #4
    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    it's not a bad idea - if you had an listing under the posters name saying "currently banned from: " it would help put them in context.


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    #5
    Nerin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,523 ✭✭✭✭Nerin


    tbh wrote: »
    it's not a bad idea - if you had an listing under the posters name saying "currently banned from: " it would help put them in context.
    or a link to the page with your ban badge like the friends button?


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    #6
    6th
    Registered Users Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    People might see them as something to wear with honour and go around causing trouble just to collect them .... bad idea.

    Infractions are visable on profiles and thats handy to see who's been bold where.


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    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    6th wrote: »
    People might see them as something to wear with honour and go around causing trouble just to collect them .... bad idea.
    people banned from multiple fora at the same time are generally sitebanned.


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    #8
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Honestly, I think that would be possibly humiliating for the poster.

    What business is it of anyone else's where a poster is banned from, apart from the mod and the poster in question. Without wanting to make too much of a superficial comparison, it's like making someone walk around with "Convicted Rapist" tattoo'd to their forehead. It would invite jeers into threads where a poster would be contributing, and that would be a bit of a nightmare.


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    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    nerin wrote: »
    or a link to the page with your ban badge like the friends button?

    yeah - I like that - or could link to the infractions page as 6th points out.

    Adverts | Friends | Active Bans (4)


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    Nerin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,523 ✭✭✭✭Nerin


    6th wrote: »
    People might see them as something to wear with honour and go around causing trouble just to collect them .... bad idea.
    i dunno whether thats necessarily true,i think the idea would be similar to the banlist page,but just for that user,making it handy for feedback or whatever to see.(like infractions)

    edit>"It would invite jeers into threads where a poster would be contributing, and that would be a bit of a nightmare."
    yeah,that would be bad, i agree


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    #11
    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,502 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    6th wrote: »
    People might see them as something to wear with honour and go around causing trouble just to collect them .... bad idea.

    I think that's precisely what makes it a good idea - to post in BGRH you must be banned from the fitness, to post in non-drinkers club you must be banned from BGRH etc.

    It will certainly open up the debate in some of the more obscure fora, I think.


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    #12
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,724 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Karl Hungus wrote: »
    Honestly, I think that would be possibly humiliating for the poster.

    What business is it of anyone else's where a poster is banned from, apart from the mod and the poster in question. Without wanting to make too much of a superficial comparison, it's like making someone walk around with "Convicted Rapist" tattoo'd to their forehead. It would invite jeers into threads where a poster would be contributing, and that would be a bit of a nightmare.
    On the nosey, tbh.


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    #13
    6th
    Registered Users Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    tbh wrote: »
    Adverts | Friends | Active Bans (4)

    Actually that looks good.


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    #14
    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,502 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    Karl Hungus wrote: »
    Honestly, I think that would be possibly humiliating for the poster.

    What business is it of anyone else's where a poster is banned from, apart from the mod and the poster in question. Without wanting to make too much of a superficial comparison, it's like making someone walk around with "Convicted Rapist" tattoo'd to their forehead. It would invite jeers into threads where a poster would be contributing, and that would be a bit of a nightmare.

    I think it should be optional.

    If I have two bans, one of which I'm proud of, the other I'm not, I can choose to display the one I'm proud of but not the other.

    For example, there was a guy banned from AH by Terry because he said Macbeth. A lot of bans are funny and the source of pride e.g.

    banned from the mustard forum for repeatedly speaking about ketchup
    banned from Ladies Lounge for sexual harrasment
    banned from BGRH for wearing pants
    banned from non-drinkers club for being a drunkard


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    #15
    Sherifu
    Registered Users Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Karl Hungus wrote: »
    Honestly, I think that would be possibly humiliating for the poster.

    What business is it of anyone else's where a poster is banned from, apart from the mod and the poster in question. Without wanting to make too much of a superficial comparison, it's like making someone walk around with "Convicted Rapist" tattoo'd to their forehead. It would invite jeers into threads where a poster would be contributing, and that would be a bit of a nightmare.
    I agree with this.


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    #16
    6th
    Registered Users Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    johnnyskeleton wrote: »
    I can choose to display the one I'm proud of but not the other.

    I dont think being a pain in the ass to any forum should be seen as a good thing and rewarded.


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    #17
    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,599 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    Karl Hungus wrote: »
    Honestly, I think that would be possibly humiliating for the poster.

    What business is it of anyone else's where a poster is banned from, apart from the mod and the poster in question. Without wanting to make too much of a superficial comparison, it's like making someone walk around with "Convicted Rapist" tattoo'd to their forehead. It would invite jeers into threads where a poster would be contributing, and that would be a bit of a nightmare.

    I wouldnt maybe compare a ban with being a convicted rapist, but i agree with karl. Bans arent a competition and not really what this site is all about.


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    #18
    Bard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    Jeez, I thought this thread was titled "Ban Badgers" for a minute... was wondering what exactly the grumpy woodland creatures had done wrong THIS time...

    Long story short... I agree with Karl Hungus.


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