Thread: < banned user > ???

I've seen this: < banned user > on a few of the posts where mine reads Senior Member or something like that..

Is that real? Or are these guys just yanking chains?? Or have they really been banned, and what exactly do you have to do to be banned from a shaving forum site??

Just curious, if any one knows or has an opinion.

Thanks all!!

M

M,

Yes it is real...

This means that the person in question violated a rule or rules of conduct/decorum for the forum.

From the rules here: SRP rules of conduct - Straight Razor Place Wiki

General rules of conduct
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We encourage you to share your thoughts and opinions openly and freely with other members within the context of our rules and traditions with the following caveat:

Freedom of speech, within the context of our site, does not necessarily mean you are permitted to say whatever you want whenever you want however you want, without consequence. Your participation in SRP require that you follow our rules and you must agree to do so when you register. You may view a complete copy of those rules here.
Of specific importance is the following:

1.You agree that you will not use SRP to: post or otherwise make available any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libellous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; [i.e., you agree to conduct yourself in a civil fashion]
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I don't think I would intentionally, or unintentionally for that matter, do something offensive or otherwise something my conscience would tell me is probably improper.

But.... I must admit to having never 'officially' read the rules. I guess now I shall, and I would suggest it to other noob's as well, as it appears the consequences are swift and exacting!!!

I'm kind of stoopid when it comes to reading the rules. I'm the kind of guy that opens the package and begins to assemble things until I actually 'need' the directions, LOL.

Thank you for filling in the blanks!!

Off I go to read some rules!!!!!

Best!

M

p.s. I have now officially read the 'rules'. They aren't tough, just smart. And short enough to keep your interest!!

I'm no where near knowing how the background stuff works, so likely I'm all sorts of wrong

I seem to remember seeing banned users come back. I assume "ban" can be temporary or permanent suspension. I imagine it is case by case pending details of event(s)

Point I am poorly making, sometimes an online acquaintance might be back, but maybe not. Or I could be way off.

Don't sweat it. Most people have never read the rules. I admit I didn't when I signed up.
It is very rare for people to get banned. When it happens, it is not because you inadvertedly broke a rule you didn't know about and then got banned instantly.

If you break a rule, you will be contacted in private and someone will explain what was the problem, and we leave it at that.
As long as a member is willing to work with us, we work with them. What doesn't work is if people start insulting us (or other members for that matter) or intentionally create problems. For example, getting into an angry argument in public and calling us post nazis is one way to get banned.

Most bans also are temporary in nature. For example, getting into a heated argument and calling people names in the heat of the moment can lead to a temporary ban to cool off.

Long ago when I taught the Kuwaiti military, a student came to me just before departure to training in Australia. He wanted to know if Australians drive on the right or the left, which at the time I didn't know. T advised him to just do the same as all the other people.

On this site, you have to behave distinctly differently from what you see around you, to get into trouble.

Originally Posted by Bruno

If you break a rule, you will be contacted in private and someone will explain what was the problem, and we leave it at that.

Well that way of behaving is one of the reasons I'm here and what I like about this place, some other forums could learn for it!

One large forum had a cull of members who were active on a British shaving forum, there was no discussion or explanation at the time. I did get a subsequent apology from the site owner and an offer to reinstate, apparently the mod(s) responsible had thought that we were going to do something "wacky" so just banned en-mass before any rules were broken.

On the forum that I help moderate, for example, the only way to earn an instant ban is by spamming. We actually consider "whacking spammers" as a kind of macabre sport. While there have been others who have earned the wrath of the administration, it normally takes sustained effort rather than a one off accident.

When I was an ironworker, in my youth, they called it overloading your ass with your mouth.