So now both @Logic-is-your-friend and @Extinction are banned as well. This is really getting kind of distracting to discussion.
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So now both @Logic-is-your-friend and @Extinction are banned as well. This is really getting kind of distracting to discussion.
To be fair Extinction and especially Elos Anjos deserved it after their posts today.
If only there were a way posters could act to make sure this didn't happen...So now both @Logic-is-your-friend and @Extinction are banned as well. This is really getting kind of distracting to discussion.
If only there were a way posters could act to make sure this didn't happen...
I'm inclined to think it's that they actually break the rules and aren't just armchair anarchists who like to claim there should be no rules.
And now @Big Doopie as well. Come on, what is this, CyclingBans?
This we can say even when we don't know why people have been sinbinned, because if we say it often enough that they've been sinbinned for tiny rule infractions then it's true, even if in reality it's not.It's pretty clear that some people think that everyone should 100% follow every tiny rule all the time. Otherwise it's just... bans all around.
This we can say even when we don't know why people have been sinbinned, because if we say it often enough that they've been sinbinned for tiny rule infractions then it's true, even if in reality it's not.
Yeah well, you go with belief, that way you can believe whatever the hell you want to believe and hell, you may even get folk to join your little cult. Me, I'd rather deal with facts.I just have a hard time believing that has been such a strong surge in posters wishing for/laughing at serious injuries by riders.
Yeah well, you go with belief, that way you can believe whatever the hell you want to believe and hell, you may even get folk to join your little cult. Me, I'd rather deal with facts.
And yet you're saying that Admins have banned these people for minor rule infractions. I ain't sayin' who banned 'em or why. But hey, if you wanna believe that's what I'm saying, that's what you're gonna believe. Cause that's the way you operate. Imagining things.We don't know the facts...
And yet you're saying that Admins have banned these people for minor rule infractions. I ain't sayin' who banned 'em or why. But hey, if you wanna believe that's what I'm saying, that's what you're gonna believe. Cause that's the way you operate. Imagining things.
But hey, don't ever let that hold you back.Admittedly, I don't know either
But hey, don't ever let that hold you back.
No there has not. You make assumptions, that's all. You are a fact free environment.there have been enough examples of unnecessary bans that it's a natural first assumption that most bans probably weren't necessary.
We have one example of one 'unnecessary' ban, some idiot who got sinbinned once for one day for something.
Admittedly, I don't know either, but there have been enough cases of unnecessary bans - and one case is the limit - that my natural first thought will be that there probably was no need for banning.
For the record, I don't care who gets banned or why they get banned. I ain't no moderator and never want to be a moderator and I ain't gonna go round second guessing their unpaid labour on behalf of the rest of us.
Yes. It's kinda funny/ridiculous.And yet you're saying that Admins have banned these people for minor rule infractions.
So if people are the 'heart of the community', they can do whatever they want?Yes so much of these bans could just be deleted posts, or not even posts, just delete the content and say "removed for being offensive etc.". That would also act as a deterrent, people could know why some content was removed, and it's done so on other forums.
Because now when someone gets banned, no one knows why, for how long, just speculation. It just brings anger and confusion. Banning active members who are the heart of the community is not the way to go.
So if people are the 'heart of the community', they can do whatever they want?