[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Thing is though, the only person I know of who has been permabanned while I've been here (TheTruth) and I don't think he had one specific "terrible thing", just the same **** he was doing for years but the staff decided had gone on long enough? . I'm not saying they ever had to accept his rhetoric if they didn't want to... just that it seems odd that it WAS allowed to go on for many years and then a permanent ban, without much other action being taken first. And I hate to say it but... in the spirit again of calling a spade a spade; he had a major-ish run in with Vicky in a thread (member-to-member not member-to-mod) and then pissed off Niamh in another large thread... and within a week he was perma banned.

Again I'm not saying that the things he was saying were fine or acceptable but it was the same stuff he had been ranting for literally years at other members all across the forum without being banned... and then after a couple of run ins with staff he was gone. It was never really explained in anything more than a wishy-washy way... and I personally think there's still a pretty major question mark hanging over it . If it was the star of a major policy overhaul that would be one thing... but nothing has changed in regards to other people with similar rants / opinions.

My only two theories are that either it's because he went to battle with the wrong people, OR that somehow misogyny has become TiBB's #1 felony and everything else is still pretty much OK.

Or you know, the constant rule breaking and ignoring the reasons for his infractions thereby clearly not learning from them, led to the mods finally pulling their finger out of their arses? idk just a theory

[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Or you know, the constant rule breaking and ignoring the reasons for his infractions thereby clearly not learning from them, led to the mods finally pulling their finger out of their arses? idk just a theory

We are not talking about Morsh

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Cherie

We are not talking about Morsh

Sorry is this not like, complete baiting?

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Sorry is this not like, complete baiting?

Id expect if anyone would know... it would be you




which in itself is a baiting post

[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Sorry is this not like, complete baiting?

Lighten up Marsh can take a joke

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Perfectly good reason to ban him, yes, BUT the reason there's a question mark is that there are plenty of people guilty of this who are still posting away... and frankly, as bad as Truth was, I wouldn't say he was even in the top 5 worst. So why, specifically, was Truth made "the example" and permabanned? And without it being an ongoing policy of permabanning people guilty of what you describe?

Again I have to go back to the two possibilities: 1) he pissed off the wrong people on the wrong day or 2) his major issue generally was misogyny and that's considered by staff to be "a worse crime" (or rather, something they can't deal with seeing) MORE than other similar offenses, and the "reasoning" for the permaban was cobbled together after the decision was already made.

I’ve made threads about this before http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/foru...d.php?t=334736 I’m sure with a rigid system in place people like him would have been gone a long time ago, but the fact of the matter is, as I said on page one, admin are more worried about the number of members than the quality of members

Originally Posted by Cherie

Lighten up Marsh can take a joke

Not the section for it, I’ve made jokes in SD before and ended up infracted bc people take it seriously

[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by Smithy

I’m a lady, I would never!

How serious was this post of yours on the first page

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Cherie

How serios was this post of yours on the first page

It wasn’t about another member and very serious I’ll have you know

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Not the section for it, I’ve made jokes in SD before and ended up infracted bc people take it seriously

They can't have been very funny . I've never been infracted for making jokes in this section (because my jokes are always so funny).

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

They can't have been very funny . I've never been infracted for making jokes in this section (because my jokes are always so funny).

No no, you see, mine were too funny, so they’re obviously not deemed as acceptable in this subforum

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

They can't have been very funny . I've never been infracted for making jokes in this section (because my jokes are always so funny).

My lack of infractions for joking in SD coincided with Josy's hiatus.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Smithy

I’ve made threads about this before http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/foru...d.php?t=334736 I’m sure with a rigid system in place people like him would have been gone a long time ago, but the fact of the matter is, as I said on page one, admin are more worried about the number of members than the quality of members


Not the section for it, I’ve made jokes in SD before and ended up infracted bc people take it seriously

SD is the perfect section to send up members when they are being pompous and self aggrandising

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Lighten up Marsh can take a joke

Reported for mind reading.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Or you know, the constant rule breaking and ignoring the reasons for his infractions thereby clearly not learning from them, led to the mods finally pulling their finger out of their arses? idk just a theory

Perfectly good reason to ban him, yes, BUT the reason there's a question mark is that there are plenty of people guilty of this who are still posting away... and frankly, as bad as Truth was, I wouldn't say he was even in the top 5 worst. So why, specifically, was Truth made "the example" and permabanned? And without it being an ongoing policy of permabanning people guilty of what you describe?

Again I have to go back to the two possibilities: 1) he pissed off the wrong people on the wrong day or 2) his major issue generally was misogyny and that's considered by staff to be "a worse crime" (or rather, something they can't deal with seeing) MORE than other similar offenses, and the "reasoning" for the permaban was cobbled together after the decision was already made.