Current Affairs section bans

[Zewp]

Here's the one thing I find a bit distressing:

There were many complaints about your posts in this forum, and section ban was therefore requested.

So people can be banned simply when multiple users complain about their posts? Maybe I'm missing something (I don't generally follow the threads in CA), but since when has people complaining been valid criteria for deciding to ban someone? Shouldn't moderators look at the evidence from a neutral point of view and decide whether to take action or not at their own discretion.

So I can just gather a possy of complainers and submit multiple, endless complaints about those posters I don't like so they can be banned from whichever forum I want? Unless this is just bad wording on RPM's part and this was not what he meant.

 

[MickeyD]

Here's the one thing I find a bit distressing:



So people can be banned simply when multiple users complain about their posts? Maybe I'm missing something (I don't generally follow the threads in CA), but since when has people complaining been valid criteria for deciding to ban someone? Shouldn't moderators look at the evidence from a neutral point of view and decide whether to take action or not at their own discretion.

So I can just gather a possy of complainers and submit multiple, endless complaints about those posters I don't like so they can be banned from whichever forum I want? Unless this is just bad wording on RPM's part and this was not what he meant.

I think it takes more than just a few people complaining and will include a review by a mod or two or by rpm himself. So I agree with your last sentence.

 

[LazyLion]

I think it takes more than just a few people complaining and will include a review by a mod or two or by rpm himself. So I agree with your last sentence.

And in fact, the only two accounts that have actually been banned relate to the same person, a previously banned person who returned under other pseudonyms.

 

[ph4t3]

And in fact, the only two accounts that have actually been banned relate to the same person, a previously banned person who returned under other pseudonyms.

How do you guys determine that though?

 

[MickeyD]

How do you guys determine that though?

The super mods can see the login IP addresses, etc.

 

[ph4t3]

The super mods can see the login IP addresses, etc.

Cool cool cool.

 

[bwana]

Here's the one thing I find a bit distressing:



So people can be banned simply when multiple users complain about their posts? Maybe I'm missing something (I don't generally follow the threads in CA), but since when has people complaining been valid criteria for deciding to ban someone? Shouldn't moderators look at the evidence from a neutral point of view and decide whether to take action or not at their own discretion.

So I can just gather a possy of complainers and submit multiple, endless complaints about those posters I don't like so they can be banned from whichever forum I want? Unless this is just bad wording on RPM's part and this was not what he meant.

Mods requested the section ban after reviewing the complaints.