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That account has not posted again in the last ten days. It may be a customer we pushed to our competitors? Would a one minute suspension or just a pm warning have been ok?

Thank you,

Jim Kuhn
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That account has not posted again in the last ten days. It may be a customer we pushed to our competitors? Would a one minute suspension or just a pm warning have been ok?

Thank you,

Jim Kuhn
Catfish4u
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what competitors? the guy probably had another acct or made a new 1

Re: Bans
 

nick, what you don't realize is a lot of new users haven't been around the internet that much. they know how to use it to google stuff, check email, look at porn, and thats about it. there are tons of people who don't use message boards regularly. i was like that when i first joined here.

it would be very likely for him to make a new account, post that (and yes, there are lots of people who use poker metaphors), and then when he couldnt log in or anything thought he was completely banned, didnt know to clear cookies and/or make a new account. or maybe that was his first foray into 2+2 so when he was banned he didn't miss it or anything and just never bothered to come back. that's called pushing away potential traffic.

in other words, stop the bans for non-intentionally sucky posts.

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what i'm trying to say is you have to stop assuming that people are going to want their fix of 2p2 and a ban is never going to turn them away. only the regulars who have been assimilated into the community are going to want to come back.

it's the repeat offenders (like edd) who everyone says is sooo valuable to the forums but really just tard it up and make every attempt to break all rules that need to be permabanned. those guys will not leave and will just make new accounts. those are the ones who need to be punished and taught a lesson so they stop shtting the bed.

fwiw, i don't think he should have been banned after first asking dids, then asking again to make sure dids saw the hidden image. that was on dids. then again, he should have been permabanned long ago.

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nation is at the core here totally right.

the ban he pointed out was absolutely uncalled for.

kyle wanted to be like censored so badly that he brought a stupid oot rule to b4l. unfortunately for him, no dice. people can feel free to use stupid poker metaphors.

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nation makes some good points

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nation makes some good points

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agreed.

OTOH, I thing a lot of mods feel disgruntled as some(all) of their tools are ineffective.

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nation makes some good points

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agreed.

OTOH, I thing a lot of mods feel disgruntled as some(all) of their tools are ineffective.

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Obviously disgruntled, modding is serious business after all.

Re: Bans
 

please send me a pm about this: examples. you can post it here as well. the pm is for my attention.

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Mat,

I was not really speaking for myself (I feel warnings usually work, the PM I sent you last week was more out of seer frustration). I was more commenting on what I think other mods feel and why they are ban happy.