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When is my ban going to be lifted???

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Nico5 said:
I think that's also too simplistic of an algorithm. For example, it doesn't cover the abuse of continually re-registering accounts all that well.

It's one of the fundamental problems with algorithms, including regulations and laws: They tend to fail in edge cases and/or when actively gamed by motivated parties.

I also don't know, if this forum software makes time based banning or ignoring easy.

On another forum, I've seen the concept of ignoring someone with a time frame - and I've used that liberally to give shorter "ignore" time frames to individuals, to facilitate someone maybe just having a bad day.
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New accounts would get a permanent ban then. The idea is not to throw out permanently people with forum history, but at the same time if they're continue to be of nuisance, they would eventually remove themselves indefinitely. I've read somewhere that some helpful and knowledgeable people were removed because of their opinions on topics other than music. That's rather unfortunate.
 
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I was told by someone who read somewhere something by a person whose roomate overheard someone else reading aloud from their phone that people were speculating about reasons nice people who help old ladies cross the street were removed from various forums because somebody else heard somebody say that their beliefs were unpleasant to someone who was reading a secondhand account of their posts.
 
Nico5 said:
I think that's a blatant falsehood - individuals don't get banned for their opinions, but for their behavior
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I don't know the particularities, but the forum owner hinted at banning for expressing opinions about covid, and I'm assuming questioning man-made climate change.
 
I probably should be banned (please don't) because it would save me a lot of money. Before I came here, my most expensive libraries were about $100.

I think, for the most part, this forum self moderates well. But there are always buttons that can be pressed. I know I have seen it happen. I think Mike does a great job at removing the problem posts, even when some are mine and I didn't think they were too off. ;) I think not responding to the posts in the first place would probably help. The need for sarcasm/humor always gets the better of me.

Okay, now to go start trouble in the Performance Samples thread. I hear they don't have second violins. (just kidding)
 
szczaw said:
I don't know the particularities, but the forum owner hinted at banning for expressing opinions about covid, and I'm assuming questioning man-made climate change.
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No, "the forum owner hinted" at posts being deleted within those topics, not bans.
The bans were about "martyrdom", which is behavioural.

Whether you can classify statements like "Climate change and most of the world's evil is part of a plan by a cabal of leftist elites" as opinion is up for debate, but there is a predictable behavioural pattern that usually follows such statements.
 
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