Self-bannage

BlackViolet13 · May 2, 2008

So what happens when you're self-banned? Is it just something you write on your profile to let people know you've stepped out? Or is it something a mod can do to your account so you can't post? I think I need to put myself in time-out for awhile

Thanks!

CACTUSWENDY · May 2, 2008

From my understanding....just do not come in any more....

Several have self-banned and told folks about it first. Others just stopped coming by. I think that call is up to you. Am sure someone with more insight will be able to tell you for sure.

Sorry to see you go.

BlackViolet13 · May 2, 2008

CACTUSWENDY said:
From my understanding....just do not come in any more....

Thanks, CactusWendy

This place is so fun and addictive (as I'm sure you know) and I'm having such a hard time staying away!

JoNightshade · May 2, 2008

Actually I think you can request the mods to ban you for a specific period of time if you want.

Not that I would ever want. I think I would die if I couldn't feed my addiction.

BlackViolet13 · May 2, 2008

LOL Jo! I am really debating this right now because I think I'd die if I couldn't feed the addiction, too! But then I think if I take a few weeks off to focus on finishing my WIP, I could get so much done. This place is like crack and I love it

ETA: but I'd be able to see it still, wouldn't I? I think if I could still see it (being a public forum and all) then it would defeat the purpose. Hell.

Dawno · May 2, 2008

Self-banned is something we super moderators and the Admins can do for someone who needs a little extra help staying away. Just PM one of us. Can be a day, a week or longer.

Cranky · May 2, 2008

Jo's right. I asked one of the mods to ban me for a brief time when I had some stuff I needed to do and I couldn't keep myself away, lol.

I might do it again soon, too. *shrug*

BlackViolet13 · May 2, 2008

Awesome to know, thanks, everyone! I am having the TOUGHEST time staying away. So I think I will have to do it, at least for a little while

OK. I'm going to do it. I'm checking into AW Rehab Center. Take care, I'll miss you all! *sniff sniff*

Straka · May 3, 2008

I made myself go away for a bit to focus on editing one manuscript and starting another. Just to count down on the distractions. I just wrote Self Exiled or something like that and didn't contact any admin.

HeronW · May 3, 2008

So if we ask for self-banning and get it, don't we come back hooked on AW even more? Not to mention needing to get rid of nervous tics, get over that toenail chewing habit (since the fingernails are LONG gone) and we've missed our Silly Friday fix?

DonnaDuck · May 3, 2008

Yup. Read the thread title as "self bondage." That's some talent, right there!

CaoPaux · May 3, 2008

DonnaDuck said:
Yup. Read the thread title as "self bondage." That's some talent, right there!

Freudian slip knot, eh? :e2brows:

*bans self from further punning before breakfast*

A. J. Luxton · May 3, 2008

Yes, well, AW does keep us rather tied up. Sometimes to be a productive writer one just needs to crack the whip. Not that I'm advocating being handcuffed to any one project...

Someone should gag me now!

Matera the Mad · May 3, 2008

One way to keep away for a while would be to pull a really good Flounce. I know that if I went manic enough to do that, I wouldn't want to show my face for a few months.

inkkognito · May 4, 2008

A friend of mine recently told me how to make a 'suicide pact' that is similar to self-banning, but with the help of a friend who has the same addiction. You each give the other person your password, then you both go in and change it. In other words, I would give my password to someone else and they would give me theirs. I would go into their account and change theirs to something that only I know, effectively "locking them out." They would do the same for me. It can be a temporary or permanent arrangement (if it were temporary, I guess that would make it more of a 'coma pact').

Matera the Mad · May 4, 2008

And the other person better not be in the habit of losing track of pwds...lol

inkkognito · May 4, 2008

Matera the Mad said:
And the other person better not be in the habit of losing track of pwds...lol

Or be fond of blackmail: "Well, I forgot it, but a C-note would probably refresh my memory..."

Giant Baby · May 5, 2008

Matera the Mad said:
And the other person better not be in the habit of losing track of pwds...lol

Or be someone who'd find it amusing to log in as you and pull the flounce of all flounces in your name!

That would be ~~hilarious~~ really wrong!

Pamster · May 5, 2008

I stayed away for awhile, because life got so complicated, but I'm back now and loving it. It definitely is addictive, but if I left again I would put Self-Banned in the custom title like the OP did.

Self-bannage

BlackViolet13

CACTUSWENDY

An old, sappy, and happy one.

BlackViolet13

JoNightshade

has finally arrived

BlackViolet13

Dawno

Shiny!

Cranky

BlackViolet13

Straka

Bored Fanatic

HeronW

Down Under Fan

DonnaDuck

My Worlds Are Building

CaoPaux

Mostly Harmless

A. J. Luxton

Wibbly-Wobbly. Timey-Wimey.

Matera the Mad

Bartender, gimme a Linux Mint

inkkognito

Onlyifyouwanttowillyoufin daway-Enya

Matera the Mad

Bartender, gimme a Linux Mint

inkkognito

Onlyifyouwanttowillyoufin daway-Enya

Giant Baby

Oh, the humanity.

Pamster

Counting Stars