TalonMan said: BenKenobi88 said: Just so you know, truthsayer's been banned for telling me to shove it after I gave him a warning for calling 360 buyers idiots. |
Ah - the perfect example. Thank you for making this public, Ben. I'm sure there are numerous people who come to this forum that didn't realize telling a mod to 'shove it' would likely result in a ban. Perhaps this message from you will educate others on what not to do in a community forum. Let me guess, he was also a Sony-fanboy too, right? YOU ARE TEH BIASED!!1!one!!! Wii fans are ALWAYS allowed to tell you to 'shove it' and it's only the Sony fans that actually get moderated! **cry** /sarcasm :P |
Am I being mocked? Why don't you just shove it, Talon. ;) (j/k, I can take a joke at my expense.)
Back to being serious, yes, you have a point that it's usually the same people complaining about the biased mods, but new ones do crop up. Basically any time someone feels ganged up on because their opinions are unpopular and starts misbehaving, and gets a warning for it, they feel they're being treated unfairly because the ones disagreeing with them don't get warnings (because they're usually doing it nicely). You certainly can't cure that by making public announcements, but I think every bit of visibility still helps.
The reason I didn't answer your question before is because, like I said, it's not about me, and I thought it was clear that I didn't have a problem with any particular banning. But, if you want an answer, no, I don't feel anyone has been banned unfairly, but there have been several occasions where someone was banned and it took me quite a while to figure out why, and a few that I just never investigated because I didn't have time. There have, of course, been an equal number of bannings where I thought, "Thank God." :)
Anyway, thanks for listening. I would PM ioi about the issue of multiple accounts, but I know he's already aware of the problem and is working on it, just like he's working on the report post feature and all the other things on his plate. The reason I chose to focus on this issue is because it's something the moderators can do without waiting for ioi to update the code.