Ever go through an old thread, and you see someone who's made a quasi-reasonable, on-topic remark, and then notice that they've been banned?
You see this person has 12 or 13 posts - sometimes a few more, sometimes a few less - and his or her post history shows no obvious reason for a banning.
It makes no sense! Threads around here aren't cornfielded, they're locked. The mods typically make their decisions with full disclosure. And besides, this type of forum shows if a thread was deleted - so there aren't any sneaky mod shenanigans going on.
And yet, some newbie has been shown the door.
Does this make anyone else insanely curious, or am I just an old, gossipy hen?
I took the purple pill by posting this. Soon, supermods in black suits will ban me and destroy all evidence that I ever existed. I go down the rabbit hole, now.
Farewell!
/flounce
You see this person has 12 or 13 posts - sometimes a few more, sometimes a few less - and his or her post history shows no obvious reason for a banning.
It makes no sense! Threads around here aren't cornfielded, they're locked. The mods typically make their decisions with full disclosure. And besides, this type of forum shows if a thread was deleted - so there aren't any sneaky mod shenanigans going on.
And yet, some newbie has been shown the door.
Does this make anyone else insanely curious, or am I just an old, gossipy hen?
I took the purple pill by posting this. Soon, supermods in black suits will ban me and destroy all evidence that I ever existed. I go down the rabbit hole, now.
Farewell!
/flounce
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