I virtually alway do it. Nope, I've really got nothing to do.
Plus, it's useful to know what you can be banned for.
Plus, it's useful to know what you can be banned for.
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Yes, always. 
This probation was a bit of a disappointment though. I seem to recall my last one had something to do with justifying rape.
This probation was a bit of a disappointment though. I seem to recall my last one had something to do with justifying rape.
Almost always. It's usually to see what they did to deserve it so that I can avoid the same fate but sometimes the thread title's just too hilarious.
Also, it's interesting to see whether the ban/suspension/probation seemed deserved or not. Generally, I think the mods strike a pretty good balance, more so than most other sites I frequent where things are either so controlled I'm scared to post or so lenient I'm scared to read others' posts.
Also, it's interesting to see whether the ban/suspension/probation seemed deserved or not. Generally, I think the mods strike a pretty good balance, more so than most other sites I frequent where things are either so controlled I'm scared to post or so lenient I'm scared to read others' posts.
Yep. The official rules are a little bit nebulous, so I like to study what I can't do here in order to avoid moderator wrath. This is a lesson I learned early in life: "learning from the mistakes of others is much less painful than learning from your own".
...so far I've gotten one warning for participating in an argument... and it was a public one, not a private message... I think I've been lucky.
...so far I've gotten one warning for participating in an argument... and it was a public one, not a private message... I think I've been lucky.
A ban with no post associated with it is usually a Staff-applied ban for reasons outside of posting on the forums. The Tech Team tends to use it when we discover people banjumping, attempting thread/post flood attacks on the site, and other various things that don't make sense for us to track down a post to tie it to.MercurySteam said:
Did you appeal it?ghii3 said:
I can't speak for the staff involved in reviewing appeal cases, but I can't imagine attempting to publicly declare yourself a martyr on the forums is going to win you any points with them.
I tend to look, and I usually end up thinking "what's the big deal?" I especially take note now since I've been put on probation once for insulting somebody...Konata from Lucky Star. Seriously. I was put on probation for personally insulting a fictitious character. Gotta love the mods.
I do click, yes. Occasionally find a case where I have NO IDEA why the comment was probation worthy. Ah, well.
EDIT: Which isn't to say there isn't plenty of stuff that is totally worthy of probation.
EDIT: Which isn't to say there isn't plenty of stuff that is totally worthy of probation.
Oh hell yes, I always click those little red links. Watching other people crash and burn for the stupid things they should have never posted (but did anyways in a spectacular lapse of judgment) is highly amusing - it's always immensely disappointing when the link points to a "page not found" error, because I crave my precious schadenfreude damn it!
Finding out what gets other people into trouble might also be considered educational, but really the trick to not inciting moderator wrath is just common sense. Frankly, if I were in charge things would be much more draconian - I am after all a fellow who, on a much smaller forum mind you, systematically went about editing everyone's posts to correct their myriad grammatical and spelling errors. Those were (ostensibly!) my friends - when dealing with a collection of random strangers I would probably treat every instance of threads or responses wallowing in the undiluted effluence that is "text speech" as cancerous growths that must be forcibly "cut out" of the host so that the average level of intelligent discourse rises.
So it's probably a good thing for all those folks who are too damn lazy to communicate in bloody English that I'm not in charge of what constitutes "breaches of the code of conduct", because man would I be dealing out wrath like nobody's business.
Finding out what gets other people into trouble might also be considered educational, but really the trick to not inciting moderator wrath is just common sense. Frankly, if I were in charge things would be much more draconian - I am after all a fellow who, on a much smaller forum mind you, systematically went about editing everyone's posts to correct their myriad grammatical and spelling errors. Those were (ostensibly!) my friends - when dealing with a collection of random strangers I would probably treat every instance of threads or responses wallowing in the undiluted effluence that is "text speech" as cancerous growths that must be forcibly "cut out" of the host so that the average level of intelligent discourse rises.
So it's probably a good thing for all those folks who are too damn lazy to communicate in bloody English that I'm not in charge of what constitutes "breaches of the code of conduct", because man would I be dealing out wrath like nobody's business.
My Ex got put on probation just because he used an image which had three words on. He then put "This:" above the image. Because the image already stated what he wanted to "say", he didnt think it was necessary to probate him for it. The Mods didnt care, they didnt like the "one word answer", and it was his first offence also. If I remember, he did eventually win his case and it was taken off, but he realised that they were watching him after, so the next little thing he did, he was put back on probation for. So he got cocky and bad tempered, messaged the mod, and got banned for messaging them.warprincenataku said: