Originally Posted by cluelusshusbund
Im suggestin that the pont system be adjusted an lead to automatic bans (which becom progressivly longer) when a set number of ponts have accumalated.!!! ”
You mean be what it is now, but just automatic?
Ermm okay.
Anuther suggeston... that mods not make smart-azz remarks when a person is baned... such as... "enjoy you'r vacation"... do you agree.???
Nope.
Because if someone is banned for a homophobic tirade or racist tirade against another, telling them to 'enjoy your vacation' is being nice about it, to be honest.
Let me say this about that... "LOL"
Contrary to what you may believe, I actually do have better things to do with my time then to contemplate draqon's ban. I can understand that it is important to you. And that is fine. If you want to partake in navel gazing over his ban, knock yourself out. But I really don't think about it at all.
So is that a "YES or a NO" to my actual queston (below).???
Are you saying that moderators should be allowed to wilfully ban people they don't personally like without any real reason? For example, if I thought one member wasn't contributing to this forum, was a troll, etc, do you think I should be allowed to ban them based on my own personal views of the individual?
I disagree. A person should only be banned if they have breached the rules of this site and have done so repeatedly. Then of course we have the few choice individuals such as spammers and those who threaten harm to members or threaten to commit other illegal acts against members or their families, etc. Such individuals tend to be banned immediately. I would hope that I do not have to explain why such members are banned immediately...
When mods ban someone, they need to show their reasons why and they need to state what rules were breached, etc. Saying 'well I don't think he contributed to this forum so I decided to get rid of him' won't wash. That is an abuse of power. What is annoying to me and non-contributory to me won't be viewed the same by others.
For example, I could say you should be banned because I don't think you contribute anything to this forum and we should not be made to suffer your presence on this forum and we'd be better off without you and use that as the basis for your ban. You have not broken any rules and had not received any warnings for breaching the site's rules in the past.. Would that be fair? No. It would be an abuse of power and if I did such a thing, I should be removed immediately.