Banning
I was recently banned from posting and PMs for 10 days. The explaination for this was this...
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So, I was banned from from posting or sending personal messages on this forum. OK
The reason was I cannot post for 10 days. What?!?! I don't understand.
Here is what happened. I tried using this forum in an intelligent way. I had information regarding the 2006 Degree Poker Championship. Instead of starting a 50th thread regarding this topic, and over-assuming the logic of some members, I used the infamous SEARCH button and found the pre-existing threads that mentioned the Degree Tournament. I then proceeded to post my new info in each of the results. I had assumed that someone coming to this forum looking for such information would naturally SEARCH for "Degree" and voila, there would be the most relevant info. Yes, this amounted to me posting the same info repeatedly, so I guess I was actually banned for spamming. From now on, I will continue to start new thread after new thread about previously discussed issues, even if I know it has already been started, duscussed and died.
Is poker legal in bars? Home games? Can you laydown KK pre-flop in a cash game? Any home games in KW? Anyone else think Hellmuth is an ass?
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So, I was banned from from posting or sending personal messages on this forum. OK
The reason was I cannot post for 10 days. What?!?! I don't understand.
Here is what happened. I tried using this forum in an intelligent way. I had information regarding the 2006 Degree Poker Championship. Instead of starting a 50th thread regarding this topic, and over-assuming the logic of some members, I used the infamous SEARCH button and found the pre-existing threads that mentioned the Degree Tournament. I then proceeded to post my new info in each of the results. I had assumed that someone coming to this forum looking for such information would naturally SEARCH for "Degree" and voila, there would be the most relevant info. Yes, this amounted to me posting the same info repeatedly, so I guess I was actually banned for spamming. From now on, I will continue to start new thread after new thread about previously discussed issues, even if I know it has already been started, duscussed and died.
Is poker legal in bars? Home games? Can you laydown KK pre-flop in a cash game? Any home games in KW? Anyone else think Hellmuth is an ass?
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By your own statement, you weren't banned for starting a new thread or even posting in an old one. You posted the same thing REPEATEDLY. Pick a SINGLE thread, make your post with your valuable info, and then let people find it.
From those of us who read everything that's posted, thanks to "the management" for trying to keep the forum :spam: free!
The reason I posted in multiple pre-existing threads was because of the results often given by the SEARCH button. For example, if you do a SEARCH for this topic heading, Banning, this thread comes up 15th on a list of topics:
Banning
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Banning by 13CARDS 13CARDS 15.1% Today at 03:14:49 PM
Notice that I did a SEARCH for the exact title and still only got a 15.1% relevancy rating. When I SEARCHed for Degree to make my posts, I took quite awhile to find the relevant threads that I wanted to post in.
IMHO, It seems like 13 was trying to be helpful by putting his content in the right spot but just didn't consider that every thread that gets a response makes in appear in the 'search for new' list..
As far as "banning" being 15th, it's 3rd in my list. The forum's search engine may use replies or views to rank the relevance of a thread (not sure about this, but it would make sense).
Finally, I understand your justification for breaking the rules, but you broke them. If you have a problem with the "no duplicate posts" then either try to get the rule changed (although I think most would fight this, and I can't see it happening) or find a forum without that rule. Simply saying "dumb rule, so it doesn't apply to me" makes no sense.
ScottyZ
30 years of age...why do you ask?
I have posted one new thread...I am sorry if this is clogging the forum. Useless? Probably, but so are a lot of threads here. I was merely trying to voice my concern over my banning and express why I felt it was undeserved.
I do not believe I said this.
I missed the tone in the original post. My bad.
Like I said though, I am very unaware of if warnings are being given out as a rule prior to bannings. Perhaps the mods could clarify this...
stp
Now that's funny. Really.
BBC you kill me.
This sort of thing puts total control in one persons hands and if that person has a momentary lapse in judgement someone disappears for a while. This is after all a free country.
Yes it is a free country, but that does not give everyone the right to abuse a website run by other people. I think your point may be valid if 13Cards was banned forever. It was a temporary ban, that in itself is a warning.
If I started a thread that promoted racism or other kinds of hate should I be given a nice little warning or a banning? I know this is a much more severe rule infringement but I think you get my point.
In regards to the rule that caused the temporary ban of 13Cards, it was spamming and this site gets spammed a lot. You just don't know because the moderators clean it up and ban the people involved. In these cases it is a good thing. You can't be nicey nicey about it.
I hope you don't complain when someone else's dog craps on your lawn.
What about eating babies? Isn't THAT a little crude?
Baby-eater.
Mark
Don't try to turn this whole thing on me!! I'm not doing anything wrong; Brokeback Mountain says so.
Mark
So... do you like pickles?
Mark