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Post by GasGuzzler »

It sure is nice to come here and relax.

There are some real pieces of work volunteering on other forums. I got a month ban at a popular manufacturer named lever gun site once for using F*** in place of an automobile maker's name (a common practice among GM Technicians like myself) because mods could not use context to tell I wasn't bypassing the cuss filter. Today I learned they banned me for SIX MONTHS but never PM'd or emailed a reason. Since I cannot log in, I do not know why. Oh well...
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GasGuzzler wrote:It sure is nice to come here and relax.

There are some real pieces of work volunteering on other forums. I got a month ban at a popular manufacturer named lever gun site once for using F*** in place of an automobile maker's name (a common practice among GM Technicians like myself) because mods could not use context to tell I wasn't bypassing the cuss filter. Today I learned they banned me for SIX MONTHS but never PM'd or emailed a reason. Since I cannot log in, I do not know why. Oh well...
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Post by Archer »

I've got a friend who gets banned periodically for stating obvious truths on a couple boards.

In my experience It isn't just the mods. Although it IS particularly annoying when the mods are playing stupid.

I was on another FA forum last week and someone dug up a thread that was a week or two old.
Took exception with something from one of my posts on it from a week and a half earlier and quoted part of what I said.
I responded a couple times and even ran the equations for him.
He responded with simplified counter equations that illustrated his point but had NO basis in the reality of what had been being discussed or what I'd posted previously.

I reread the entire thread and best I could figure this guy took something out of context. (He was varying one factor in a situation where the factor was directly related to a second factor with at least a couple hard linked effect.) So I responded with a summary of what I'd previously said, pointed out the linkage in my response and previous posts and asked what his beef was.
He basically point by point confirmed my points could be accurate in some cases and then signed off with an arrogant snit.

Left me wondering if 1) he was socially inept. 2) English was his first language (he seemed to go out of his way to stack double negatives and use awkward phrases and questionable grammar) 3) he was borderline autistic.
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Post by TinMan »

I am a mod on some other forums and like to think I take all thing into account prior to dropping the ban-hammer on someone. Sorry to hear of you getting banned......but maybe I can help. If it really bugs you, feel free to PM (or post on here) the name of that forum. I will gladly join the forum and then ask them why they banned you for using F*** in place of the word FORD. And yes, I am that kinda guy. :twisted:
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We have a member here who is a moderator there. I got one month for "F***" and six months for whatever I said horribly wrong a couple days ago.
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