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Boards Comunity Question

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  • 02-04-2008 1:46pm
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    User45701
    Registered Users Posts: 6,905 ✭✭✭


    WhiteWashMan wrote: »
    oh, im not going to ban you.

    as for hagar, well, if you knew the full story, you might understand a bit more.

    just remember, becuase you dont understand why something has happened, doesnt mean that there are not good reasons for the actions taken.
    and also remember that we dont have to tell you absolutely bloody everything that goes on.

    That post got me thinking. Boards is a comunity i dont spend much time on boards anymore but look at the interaction between the posts its more than a normel message board as posters have gotten to know one another very well. But to make the comunity more inviting perhaps info on this like this should be discosed.

    I remember getting that PM from bubbles a good while ago and he was banned but there was never a full explenation, i know it was for a mass pm but there where other things.

    Maybe the banlist should reflect the real reasons posters are banned instead of the (very funny) one liners that admins put up?
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    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    There is no freedom of information on boards.


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    Ron DMC
    Registered Users Posts: 5,297 ✭✭✭Ron DMC


    Hagar wasn't banned at all. It was a practical joke. Therefore anything said in those 'Hagar is cool', 'We want Hagar back' etc threads should be taken with a pinch of salt.

    Generally the reasons on the banlist are quite accurate.


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


    Ronny Mitchell wrote: »
    Generally the reasons on the banlist are quite accurate.
    Indeed, the banlist makes it easier to see what happened.


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    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    User45701 wrote: »
    Maybe the banlist should reflect the real reasons posters are banned

    The real reasons for the banning are posted.

    Hagar was never banned, it was a joke.


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    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    It was an April Fool's Day gag. Anybody who knew that was being deliberately evasive so as not to spoil the joke. Simple enough really.


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    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    Karl Hungus wrote: »
    There is no freedom of information on boards.

    So you won't be naming names in relation to the film of the week cheats then?


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    Mr Magnolia
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,433 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr Magnolia


    I think Hagar should be site-banned for causing so many feedback threads.


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    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    Again? [DejaVu]That's a bit harsh isn't it?[/DejaVu]


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    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    Hagar wrote: »
    Again? [DejaVu]That's a bit harsh isn't it?[/DejaVu]

    I'm not sure if it is a bit harsh.
    I'll get back to you on that.


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    Ron DMC
    Registered Users Posts: 5,297 ✭✭✭Ron DMC


    Mr Magnolia wrote: »
    I think Hagar should be site-banned for causing so many feedback threads.

    +1


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    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    Oh how the fickle mob turns


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    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    They're a hard audience all right. :D


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    User45701
    Registered Users Posts: 6,905 ✭✭✭User45701


    The Hugar thing aside i was talking in general. For those posters should thwey not know whats going on in their comunity?


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    Chinafoot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,894 ✭✭✭Chinafoot


    User45701 wrote: »
    The Hugar thing aside i was talking in general. For those posters should thwey not know whats going on in their comunity?

    Why should they? Do you know every little detail that goes on in your Real Life community?


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    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    Might not be a bad idea, but any change to the system in that nature will be a bit down the road.

    Just so you know, sitebanning is generally reserved for a) spambots, b) people who threaten legal action and c) lunatic keyboard warriors.

    There's honestly not a lot else people can be sitebanned for (with some high profile exceptions).


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    RoundyMooney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,910 ✭✭✭✭RoundyMooney


    I generally post a line or two as to why people are banned, if they merit an explanation. Such is for their benefit alone, and for any passing admin that may look upon in wonder. If people don't merit an explanation for their banning (spambots for example) then they don't get one.

    While we all play to the gallery from time to time, and are aware the banlist has something of a following, the ban reasons are not for the titillation of everybody. Such information is ostensibly between the banner, and the bannee.

    I'm finding it difficult to understand what it is you want us to do.


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    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,214 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Answer: hold a funeral/banning ceremony. Post a sitewide announcement: "We regret to inform you all that Terry has been banned for Drink-Moderating. It was for his own good."


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    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users Posts: 22,775 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    OP - I know what you are saying. For example, this banning:
    01-04-2008, 9:57 Oriel NEVER No I am not joking. Vexorg

    When I saw that I thought, "Oooh! What's gone on there?"

    But the reality of the matter is that it is none of my damn business. Neither are any of the bannings of other users, no matter how much my curiosity is piqued.

    Chinafoot hit the nail on the head with her comment above. As with any community it is not possible, nor is it desirable, for community leaders to share every bit of information about community members with all other community members.

    * Runs off to request "J Stalin Appreciation Forum" *


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


    Hill Billy wrote: »
    When I saw that I thought, "Oooh! What's gone on there?"
    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055266221


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    #21
    User45701
    Registered Users Posts: 6,905 ✭✭✭User45701


    RoundyMooney wrote: »

    I'm finding it difficult to understand what it is you want us to do.

    Well as othe rposters have outlined its my curiosity.
    I just think the time i spend on boards is wrong.

    I should either spend less time so i dont care about any of the posters or spend more time and involve myself more because that way i would know more. I might even know the bubbles thing and i think there was one or two others but i heard a pretty sad story about that bubbles chap where he was looking in the window of a boards beers but didnt go in he just stood there for ages or something - i dont know it was years ago and for all i know that line may have been a joke because sometimes sarcasm can be hard to spot on paper...


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    Jim
    Registered Users Posts: 14,181 ✭✭✭✭Jim


    User45701 wrote: »
    Well as othe rposters have outlined its my curiosity.
    I just think the time i spend on boards is wrong.

    I should either spend less time so i dont care about any of the posters or spend more time and involve myself more because that way i would know more. I might even know the bubbles thing and i think there was one or two others but i heard a pretty sad story about that bubbles chap where he was looking in the window of a boards beers but didnt go in he just stood there for ages or something - i dont know it was years ago and for all i know that line may have been a joke because sometimes sarcasm can be hard to spot on paper...
    If he did, he did it because he thought it was funny.


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