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Post by Tricky »

I received a message of someone nicked Turing a little while ago. Hi, how are you doing, nothing more. I replied but never got an answer. I checked on this person's status just now and reads 'banned'.

I'm curious, what happened there?
[INDENT]'..tolerance when fog rolls in clouds unfold your selfless wings feathers that float from arabesque pillows I sold to be consumed by the snow white cold if only the plaster could hold withstand the flam[url="http://bit.ly/foT0XQ"]e[/url] then this fountain torch would know no shame and be outstripped only by the sun that burns with the glory and honor of your..'[/INDENT]
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Post by Xandax »

... the person have been banned for some reason. :)

I'm not familiar with the specific "nick", and while I could check up on it, it is not custom for us to discuss banning with non-involve people, in which case I would not disclose such information.

Often a banning are "public", however some violations do require us to delete and/or modify posts, which makes it less clear to the "public" why a person might have been banned. Some accounts get banned for advertisements, or linking to pornographic sites, piracy sites and so on - and it is custom for us to delete such threads.
And it could be the case with the account in question, but as said - we rarely discuss the specifics of a particular banning outside moderator/Buck. :)
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He sent me the same PM. "Hi. I'm new. How are you doing." He didn't have any posts to his name, only a link to a site on Buddhism. :rolleyes:
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Post by DesR85 »

This person also sent me a PM too a few days ago. I also replied back but never got a response.
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I got the same PM and thought it was pm spam. I didn't respond.
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I didn't get one

So sad :(
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After multiple abuse notifications on this account, I went ahead and banned it. I'm not sure it was even a real person. From the looks of it, it was just a spambot designed to PM everyone at a forum with a link to some bizarre website.
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Oh yeah, that's right! First I thought the guy was just being nice, but when I saw the website, I thought, "This guy is trying to convert me or something!" Sort of nice in the soliciting way.

And to think I responded to his friendliness! I feel used! ;) :D
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Well the link was in his or her signature. Awkward, but I have seen [url="http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/gamebanshee-announcements-30/gamebanshee-affiliates-87373.html"]stranger things[/url] in signatures around here. :rolleyes:
[INDENT]'..tolerance when fog rolls in clouds unfold your selfless wings feathers that float from arabesque pillows I sold to be consumed by the snow white cold if only the plaster could hold withstand the flam[url="http://bit.ly/foT0XQ"]e[/url] then this fountain torch would know no shame and be outstripped only by the sun that burns with the glory and honor of your..'[/INDENT]
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Post by Naffnuff »

Tricky wrote:Well the link was in his or her signature. Awkward, but I have seen [url="http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/gamebanshee-announcements-30/gamebanshee-affiliates-87373.html"]stranger things[/url] in signatures around here. :rolleyes:
Lol!:laugh:
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Post by Xandax »

Seeing as Buck has explained his actions et al, I'm closing this thread to avoid it getting turned off-topic.



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