Evolve27 has been temp banned and Thatguy is gone forever.

Dude decided to test the waters earlier with inane bumps of 3 threads. You reported and infracted him. We've banned him for 5 days.

That's really all there is to say about it.

Additionally, based on Thatguy's activity on this thread and reports that trolling is his MO we've dumped him permanently. He seems to be a mult of another permabanned username as well, so I'm not really going to spend much time explaining or defending it. We like people who want to contribute to the board's discussion and we even tolerate a little trolling for entertainment value - but if that's all you bring to the table, we don't want you. Farewell.

For future bannings of regulars, this sticky thread with all the details will be SOP to avoid 3 or 4 different threads and 1000 different questions. Hope this helps.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

Is there a rule on how old a thread must be (either from the original date of the thread, or the last date any given thread was last replied to), that constitutes said violation? The "Drink of Choice Tonight" and "Workout" threads are of potential concern to me... So many rules!

Only if you try and make everything in the world black and white. There's nothing wrong with bumping an old thread if there's a reason other than being obnoxious.

[Bowser]

Was it Joey that used to bump random shit at an ADD pace? I remember getting on here early one morning and seeing all these random threads with the last poster KurtCobain. That might have been the time when Bob Dole went on his Lock-A-Thread Rampage. Heh.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Only if you try and make everything in the world. There's nothing wrong with bumping an old thread if there's a reason other than being obnoxious.

And if they're drinking an Obnoxious beer??? Ha!

It's all good! I'll try not to be obnoxious...

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Was it Joey that used to bump random shit at an ADD pace? I remember getting on here early one morning and seeing all these random threads with the last poster KurtCobain. That might have been the time when Bob Dole went on his Lock-A-Thread Rampage. Heh.

You may be thinking of this:

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=157139

[suzzer99]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Let's just put it this way. Being racist is not against the rules. Posting racial slurs is.

There are lots of other sites on the internet with stricter rules than that. IE - when vailpass makes some veiled reference to monkeys and black people that he knows is just going to skirt the boundaries of what he can get away with - that would get him banned in most other moderated internet forum sites. At least from my experience.

[Bwana]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

There are lots of other sites on the internet with stricter rules than that. IE - when vailpass makes some veiled reference to monkeys and black people that he knows is just going to skirt the boundaries of what he can get away with - that would get him banned in most other moderated internet forum sites. At least from my experience.

So are you saying you want MORE rules, or are you just making a general observation?

[Setsuna]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Yes, the constant whining you do about every little thing with no need for any kind of solution is better than complaints regarding breaking actual rules to those who could do something about it.... the more passive aggressive, the better.

I don't think I like you. Not one bit.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Was it Joey that used to bump random shit at an ADD pace? I remember getting on here early one morning and seeing all these random threads with the last poster KurtCobain. That might have been the time when Bob Dole went on his Lock-A-Thread Rampage. Heh.

Sounds like a blueballs special.

[patteeu]

I don't know anything about Evolve27 so I don't have a comment about his banning.

I have two other relevant comments/questions for Phobia (or another moderator) though:

1. Before this "ban for bump" rule came about, it was my understanding that when you had something to post, it was polite (but not mandatory) to first see if there was a relevant existing thread in which to post it before starting a new thread. Baby Lee's bump about Fred Willard a great example. Is this preferable or should we err on the side of creating a new thread?

2. Could we either do away with the infraction system or start banning people who infract others for something that the mods determine isn't really a bannable offense?

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by patteeu

I don't know anything about Evolve27 so I don't have a comment about his banning.

I have two other relevant comments/questions for Phobia (or another moderator) though:

1. Before this "ban for bump" rule came about, it was my understanding that when you had something to post, it was polite (but not mandatory) to first see if there was a relevant existing thread in which to post it before starting a new thread. Baby Lee's bump about Fred Willard a great example. Is this preferable or should we err on the side of creating a new thread?

2. Could we either do away with the infraction system or start banning people who infract others for something that the mods determine isn't really a bannable offense?

Bearcat's head is going to explode when he reads this.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Bearcat's head is going to explode when he reads this.

Uh oh. I didn't read the whole thread before posting it. I guess I'm in trouble now.

[ThatRaceCardGuy]

"Old men who have no life, and take it out on the rest of us by bitching/crying/bleeding out their vaginas complaining about internet etiquette " for $500 Alex."

Q. "Reasons why Phobia and others like him complain so much"

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Thatguy

"Old men who have no life, and take it out on the rest of us by bitching/crying/bleeding out their vaginas complaining about internet etiquette " for $500 Alex."

Q. "Reasons why Phobia and others like him complain so much"

That's not how Jeopardy works.

[patteeu]

OK, I read the thread now, and I'd still like a clarification on this rather than Bearcat's assurance that mods sometimes don't take notice of these things.

Originally Posted by patteeu

1. Before this "ban for bump" rule came about, it was my understanding that when you had something to post, it was polite (but not mandatory) to first see if there was a relevant existing thread in which to post it before starting a new thread. Baby Lee's bump about Fred Willard a great example. Is this preferable or should we err on the side of creating a new thread?

Beyond that, if I've been away for a week or two, come back and check my subscribed threads and find 4 threads (which are old at that point) that I want to post a relevant reply in, am I going to get banned?

[BigMeatballDave]

LOL @ patteeu for thinking this place is a democracy...