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I have a little issue going on and was hoping to get some input....



I joined a forum back in Feb at my sisters suggestion. I had never heard of forums before but quickly became hooked. My very first forum was full of very nice ladies and I got to know some of them by posting a lot and visiting the site several times a day. I got along with everyone and never tried to instigate any conflict (and never did by the way).



A few weeks go by, and I'm all of sudden banned from the site. I'm informed later that my sis and admin had gotten into it and after my sis got banned, she just banned me too. No warning, no reason, just banned. Not such a bad thing really as I found this place



So time goes by, my sis and admin work out their problem and everyone is reinstated again. A bit of a pain as I lost my post count and a bit peeved at being banned to begin with, but know how misunderstanding can go and let it go.



So time goes by again, admin bans me again and that time, I'm not even sure why. But, sis was banned first, and I just wrote it off as banned by association.



So a few months go by, and sis calls and says she's been allowed back on that particular forum and I am too (possibly due to low traffic). Convinced I will be banned again at some point, I go ahead and join, mostly to see how the people I barely got to know at one time are doing.



And BAM, today I am banned once again......Thats three times. Shame on me for even allowing it to get to a point where I can get unjustly banned from a site THREE times, before actually calling it quits.



Anyone else have a similar story of a time when they were unjustly banned? Or done something as stupid as returning to a forum twice so that admin can pull a power trip and ban you? You think I would have learned a lesson.

Boy, that's a tough one, Devistate, I know EXACTLY how you feel. As a memeber of a board, you begin to feel like a friend or a family member, to be banned is to be rejected from the group, and that can really, really hurt!

I was the Global MOD on a board that had a lot of my friends on it. It was only my second board, I originally got into the forum scene at CodeJunkies, a forum for videogamers. That board got closed down (mostly because some of the extremely high post-counters began to think it was their personal forum), but I got invited to mod the board where most of the members moved.

I really took my job seriously, I took it as a great honor. I tried very hard to do as little "modding" as possible. I mean, without the free exchange of ideas, boards get stale, don't they? But another mod had a problem with me, he was homosexual and didn't like the fact that I refused to close a thread debating that topic. (and debating it very politely, I might add.)

Well, one day while I was offline, this other global mod (who was a 16 year old kid) decided that he didn't want to share power with me anymore. He actually banned me behind my back! (It's considered the greatest of infractions for mods to ban each other, but he did it!)

After a while, the board owner found out what had happened, and he apologized and unbanned me, so I'm free to travel there again. But it's just not the same anymore. I guess I just don't feel like hanging out with that group anymore. It really hurts the feelings! Nowadays, I have two or three "other" boards that I can hang out with, just to forestall anything like that happening again.

A similar thing happened here recently, I went to the mod forum to check on things and found out that I didn't have the premission to go there. There's a restructuring going on, and Tombstone and Anastrophe (the board owners) have told me that it's only a temporary thing and soon all will be restored, but ...

it still "stings" a bit, doesn't it? :-1

ban me once...shame on me!!!









ban me twice...shame on you!!!!









ban me three times....shame on who???? :p

Jives not being a mod?! Just read that...sorry...I'm slow. This is only temporary. Whew!

Jives wrote: it still "stings" a bit, doesn't it? :-1
Yes, and 3 stings make a big ol welp.

:yh_star Hey you two :yh_star their loss :yh_star our gain! :yh_star

Hi, Everyone.

I'm the bad admin, who is mistaken in judgement on this one.

I would like to accept my blame, and tell everyone here I was wrong.

I know that, now and I apologize, so very much.

Angie, you're right. I am truly sorry. :-1

"They say it's overrrrrrrrrrrrr I'm just BAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNED AGAIN... yeah"



one of my favorite tunes by Seether.... I'm think we could re-write it... if anyone here does I want writing credit.

From what I have seen here in the Garden, it really takes a lot to get banned!

I just saw on another Board, someone get Banned for using words in all "capital letters"!!! Go figure? Their Admin said words in all capital letters is like shouting at the other person! :-2

Angela wrote: Hi, Everyone.



I'm the bad admin, who is mistaken in judgement on this one.



I would like to accept my blame, and tell everyone here I was wrong.



I know that, now and I apologize, so very much.



Angie, you're right. I am truly sorry. :-1Devist8me, why on earth would you wanna be on a forum where the admin are so obviously inept!

banned know the word well. i have been to different sites also. in my opinion in realtion to my personality to rid someone is a control issue for some, offensive material, stalking, taunting etc, needs to be addressed. the sites that bann that easily are idiots stay away from there. good people removed makes the place boring, FG is very good about who they keep. :-6

Angela wrote: Hi, Everyone.

I'm the bad admin, who is mistaken in judgement on this one.

I would like to accept my blame, and tell everyone here I was wrong.

I know that, now and I apologize, so very much.

Angie, you're right. I am truly sorry. :-1


you are not a good administrator, i would not attend your site in the least. :wah: sorry is too late, you screwed up!

That is just crazy, and sorry to hear they did that to you. Banning by association is garbage.

Been there done that. Not because I was related to a banee, but because I totally supported thebanee.

I dunno devi, I would be inclined to steer clear of such a poorly managed board.

i think where i go...trouble goes. :p but hey! i'm the little sis...i'm supposed to be trouble? right? :sneaky:

hotsauce wrote: i think where i go...trouble goes. :p but hey! i'm the little sis...i'm supposed to be trouble? right? :sneaky:


Ok trouble stop getting your sis in trouble will ya sheesh Ya Brat.

hotsauce wrote: i think where i go...trouble goes. :p but hey! i'm the little sis...i'm supposed to be trouble? right? :sneaky:


i have NEVER seen trouble with you? but that red tongue on your avatar can be annoying. but who cares i am annoying myself? :wah:

Agnes: You don't annoy me at all! You crack me up!!

Thanks because you are afraid of me. :wah:

I'd ban all them women from the kitchen.:wah:

capt_buzzard wrote: I'd ban all them women from the kitchen.:wah:


good idea. :-6

canaan wrote: Now THAT'S what I'm talkin bout! I like the way you think capt!Can't have my coffee in peace. They are always messing about in the kitchen. Doing nothing,just messing about. :-5

Agnes wrote: i have NEVER seen trouble with you? but that red tongue on your avatar can be annoying. but who cares i am annoying myself? :wah:
and yeah...that red tongue is sticking right out at you!



i think you were a banned babe too, maybe? i have read the comments. you certainly aren't queen of the banned...you have to beat us and be banned 4 times at least. anyway...you make me laugh. glad you found a way around it...or made up. you add a lot of humor to this place.

i had trouble with forum etiquette. simple. and don't call me babe or hon i hate that when someone younger than me calls me those names. i am 48 and full of hell. there have been members that have taunted me to bite back. you know how BACK BITING can get. I guess their wings are broken they haven't been around. there are still a few who could use a beating with a tension curtain rod! :wah:

Agnes wrote: i had trouble with forum etiquette. simple. and don't call me babe or hon i hate that when someone younger than me calls me those names. i am 48 and full of hell. there have been members that have taunted me to bite back. you know how BACK BITING can get. I guess their wings are broken they haven't been around. there are still a few who could use a beating with a tension curtain rod! :wah:48. That's old mam

its old enough to know i wasn't born yesterday? so you underage members need to respect your elders.

Agnes wrote: i had trouble with forum etiquette. simple. and don't call me babe or hon i hate that when someone younger than me calls me those names. i am 48 and full of hell. there have been members that have taunted me to bite back. you know how BACK BITING can get. I guess their wings are broken they haven't been around. there are still a few who could use a beating with a tension curtain rod! :wah:Come on babe, lighten up a little why doncha hon?:p

Agnes wrote: i had trouble with forum etiquette. simple. and don't call me babe or hon i hate that when someone younger than me calls me those names. i am 48 and full of hell. there have been members that have taunted me to bite back. you know how BACK BITING can get. I guess their wings are broken they haven't been around. there are still a few who could use a beating with a tension curtain rod! :wah:
dang...i have been called worse things that babe or hon and had less of a reaction. what is your name of choice then?

ABBEY keep it up and I'm out of here too, mark my word. STOP IT.

abbey wrote: Come on babe, lighten up a little why doncha hon?:p
abbey...you kill me....always make me smile!!!

Agnes wrote: ABBEY keep it up and I'm out of here too, mark my word. STOP IT.
no way...that was cute! take it down a notch. sheesh!

Agnes wrote: ABBEY keep it up and I'm out of here too, mark my word. STOP IT.Keep what up hon?:yh_angel

abbey wrote: Keep what up hon?:yh_angelThat's those Yankie Women for ya Abbey. Prefer the Brit Ladies anyday Real Ladies:-6

Call me what you want and Captain I AIN't no YANK woman. hahahahaha i'm horse shittin it up with you all.

abbey wrote: Come on babe, lighten up a little why doncha hon?:p


Guess you're over "48" !!

This thread has got to be one of the best laughs I've had since leaving 'another' forum. Thanks y'all! It's a hoot! :yh_rotfl

we aim to please. :-6

My tongue hurts.

And I'm still Jack Benny's age:D

cars wrote: Guess you're over "48" !! :DNot quite

Old Jack B. was 39 for donkey's years:D

BabyRider wrote: My tongue hurts.


i wonder why? you have to stop eating fire. :wah:

Agnes wrote: i wonder why? Because I keep having to BITE it.....

help is on the way, try not to bite it off entirely. :wah:

abbey wrote: Not quite


Well then Agnes said you have to respect your elders!

capt_buzzard wrote: And I'm still Jack Benny's age:D


Yeah Yeah, you're "39 and holding! But how old would you be if you let go? :wah:

cars wrote: Well then Agnes said you have to respect your elders! :)I was being facetious.