I think you raise a fair point. I don't look forward to disciplining kids on this site. Some of these guys, like Joey, never had a respectable father figure. While I don't want to wear that hat, I'd rather teach kids a hard lesson here than have them lose a job or land in jail because they think they're smarter than somebody who has a position of authority. I don't mind spending a little extra time on a guy like Billay. I used to be an idiot kid like lots of these guys. I don't know Billay's background but I like to think he actually took something from this humiliation. In fact, I know he did. Thanks again for your opinion but I'm just going to disagree and keep doing it the way we do it.

I'm pretty sure this mssg board was not intended to be used in that way.

Yeah, because that happens.

I guess I dont understand why he didnt get banned for this.

Skip got banned for just "allegedly" threatening to do just about the same thing that Billay actually did.

Hootie got banned for less
Joey got banned for about the same thing (but I may not know about everything)

I don't think a permaban is in order, but shouldn't the guy spend a month away AT MINIMUM?

If not, can we change his username to OJ Simpson?

That makes one of us.

I think it's mostly that the "victim" (who happened to be a mod) didn't want him to be banned. I'd probably treat it the same way if it were any user. If they're not upset about it, then public humiliation is probably sufficient.

Taking this to real life was a huge line that was crossed. The opinion of the person who was affected in real life should have sway in the situation.

Or Billay Simpson or OJ Billay?

Seriously he attempted to publish 2 different users info publicly, slandered Phil with fraudulent claims and then repeatedly (and poorly) lied about it. Had I done it I would commit ritual Internet seppuku and expect fully to be permabanned.

Well, Kudos to Billay for finally fessing up. I do think you should ban yourself for a few months. Just because you get mad at someone on a message board doesnt justify ****ing with their real life. Step away, realize, come back, have fun.

But first, chi-chi

billay wwebsite as on the internet when you were a sperm in your daddys balls and before it was the internet

If a guy takes a piss in the aisle of a Best Buy, and they ban him from the store, are you going to criticize Best Buy because public urination shouldn't be handled by an electronics store?

I don't know why I didn't ban him. I have a 3 week old son sitting next to me and I know he's going to screw up when he's growing up for the next 30 years. I hope people give him some leniency for shit that is clearly just dumb kid stuff. Somebody mentioned JD Prez earlier in this thread for which the comparisons are obvious but Billay is clearly not even close to that guy. I think the humiliation factor is probably much worse than just getting canned from the site. A permaban means he just registers for a new ID and he's back in a day. I think this tact is where the most value for the buck is obtained.

The most value for the Buck would be a permaban.

Billay's avatar hasn't been changed yet, we're dropping the ball.