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jumpenjuhosaphat · 12-20-2006, 01:13 AM

Who's been banned from forums?

Back when I was first starting out building websites(way back in July), I joined a forum, made a few posts, then edited my signature bar to include a link to my first site. A few minutes later, after making another post, I noticed that the link wasn't in my signature bar, so I figured it just didn't save or something. So, I decided to try it again. I tried posting one more time, and low and behole, I got a message informing me that I was banned permanently for signature rule violations, with a rude message from the banning mod.

Another time, I noticed a bunch of traffic to my site from a forum, so I went to check it out. I left a post explaining how I found the forum, stating that I had received several visits from a link on that site. The next day, I returned to the same forum only to find that I had been banned. So I went to the post that I left, and a moderator left a post saying "Now you have seen, goodbye". I couldn't explain that one at all, I didn't leave a link to my site, I didn't curse, I didn't flame. That was back in August, I still get hits from that site.

Anyhow, that's my forum banning experiences, how about yours?

12-20-2006, 01:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
jumpenjuhosaphat Contributing Member Join Date: 07-22-06 Location: Denver, Colorado, USA Posts: 495 iTrader: 0 / 0% Latest Blog: None	Have you ever been banned? Who's been banned from forums? Back when I was first starting out building websites(way back in July), I joined a forum, made a few posts, then edited my signature bar to include a link to my first site. A few minutes later, after making another post, I noticed that the link wasn't in my signature bar, so I figured it just didn't save or something. So, I decided to try it again. I tried posting one more time, and low and behole, I got a message informing me that I was banned permanently for signature rule violations, with a rude message from the banning mod. Another time, I noticed a bunch of traffic to my site from a forum, so I went to check it out. I left a post explaining how I found the forum, stating that I had received several visits from a link on that site. The next day, I returned to the same forum only to find that I had been banned. So I went to the post that I left, and a moderator left a post saying "Now you have seen, goodbye". I couldn't explain that one at all, I didn't leave a link to my site, I didn't curse, I didn't flame. That was back in August, I still get hits from that site. Anyhow, that's my forum banning experiences, how about yours?