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Browsing some of the archives I see quite a few people who have been banned.
Some of the reasons are pretty obvious - Stuping postings = Negs = Banned.
But there are a number of pepole banned who's posts, one read, seem sensible and they have lots of greens.
What is it that's likely to get someone banned under these circumstanes and who makes these decisions?
Prior to Jupitermedia owning the site, it was owned by a private individual. In some cases, IIRC, some of the bannings were due to attacks against the site, flooding of the former IRC channel and "alliances" (alliances are when people gang up together to take out a user -- planned).
Also I think that some people were caught looping and giving each other ap to boost status and got caught. it was acid something or other.
mark.. ac1dsp3ctrum ?? nope.. he was in an aliance..
<rant>IMO, some of the seniors are worse than most of the newbies! it's hard to explain the actions of those on the i-net... most of AO would regularly cower before you in life... but online- AP alliances, flooding, etc... like they have b@lls or something </rant>
woh, i've been trying to get that off my chest for quite some time :D
alliance, like in the wwf?
Nah, it was a "if you scratch my back I'll scratch yours" kind of thing: They'd give eachother greens, basically.
Please correct me if I am wrong here. This alliance thing has never made much sense to me in the past, nor does it now. Any user, newbie or otherwise, eventually makes friends with other users. I for one have certain users whose postings alone tend to attract me over the subject content of the thread. Anyone who has been here for long at all, especially before JP sold this site to Jupiter Media, has at least been accused of one "alliance" or another. I will give greens to friends before I will someone I don't know, it is usually an unconcious mouse click, and it is usually accompanied by an annoying little message about spreading my points around some more before assigning them to a particular user. I find it difficult to favor any one user over the others by assigning points, unless you are completely despicable, uncaring, or sadistic... (I could add a few more) and create several accounts, or gather all of your despicable little friends together from school to trash someone who might have posted something you don't readily agree with, then you may be guilty of an alliance and maybe could pull this off, Need I say more? I really think the majority of users here, are good people with a consience.
tampabay420 is one of those with a sense of reality and fairness that would never form an alliance in quoting his rant
This is the pudding of the proof... let it out tampa, letit out.... :DQuote:
<rant>IMO, some of the seniors are worse than most of the newbies! it's hard to explain the actions of those on the i-net... most of AO would regularly cower before you in life... but online- AP alliances, flooding, etc... like they have b@lls or something </rant>
tampa preach on brutha man. I totally agree. I have seen some of these people "not AO members" but these so called intelligent security people. They talk hard or "type hard" when it's through a computer screen but are total complete cowards in real life. I for one consider myself a geek because I love to learn anything that has to do with technology. I don't however like Star Trek and play Magic and stuff of the sort. I also will try my hardest not to insult people to coherse into a fight but if one was to arise to the point I couldn't get out of it I love to fight. At 6'3" 275 pounds with boxing, Aikido, Kung fu, and tae kwon do experience and was club security for about 4 years. I know I can handle myself. I always remember this picture when I think of myself arguing with someone in IRC or something of the sort. http://yupki.mine.nu:8081/i/x334yupke.php
I've noticed 1 senior with like 3-4 account or maybe even more (I'm not gonna say who but you know who you are) and all those account is packed with greenies. Those kind of members are a threat to the community. He could be reading my post now and he could easily just shoot me with effective negg points for no reason if decided to.
Having second thoughts quizz? heheQuote:
I've noticed 1 senior with like 3-4 account or maybe even more (I'm not gonna say who but you know who you are) and all those account is packed with greenies. Those kind of members are a threat to the community. He could be reading my post now and he could easily just shoot me with effective negg points for no reason if decided to.
You are starting to sound a little on the paranoid side, care to share some experiences? :D
I think it's better if I just keep my mouth shut and let things flow. The AO alliance might see me as a threat and banned me :DQuote:
care to share some experiences?
i talk to alot of the oler members online, ones that used to be here but left after JP sold the site. and they all said they left because JP sold it not because they got banned.
*this really doesnt relate to the question but it kinda explains things*
ummmm I wanna know who this senior member is with these diferent accounts. Also how did you get access to AO's logs that you have proof that these people are indeed one and the same?? heh actually why am I even arguing this point - maybe there is I just dont see how you would know if there was! Hell I could be you quiz ;)
I just have never seen any kind of proof about any member with multiple accounts......not have I ever heard anything about it till now, please explain more
v_Ln
Well I have no access to AO logs. At first I noticed that the guy/girl uses the same ugly avatar (not gonna say what kind because that will blow the users identity). His/her screen name uses the same first letter then on one of the threads couple months back. He/She admitted that he/she owns the very same screen name with the same ugly avatar. When that person mentioned his/her other names on the thread. I didn't think anybody cared since that person is a senior member.Quote:
Also how did you get access to AO's logs that you have proof that these people are indeed one and the same?? heh actually why am I even arguing this point - maybe there is I just dont see how you would know if there was! Hell I could be you quiz
I'm not saying that it's bad to have 3-4 names. Maybe that person got sick of his/her name that's why they changed it. All i'm saying is names that is packed with greenies are a threat. Especially the ones that owns 3-4 names.
heh fair enough then ;) I just hadn't heardn anything about that must have missed that oneQuote:
then on one of the threads couple months back. He/She admitted that he/she owns the very same screen name with the same ugly avatar.
v_Ln
mmm...wwf style alliances. Be back in a bit, I need to go get some steel chairs....
Ok this is off the subject but how the hell is Juridan a newbie the guy has 212 pots that is a bit. What happened. For the alliance thing I have balls i don't really care if someone neg's me for something that I said I am going to stand behind what I say. Guess what if your in an Alliance your a ****ing idiot. Why? What do you get out of it Greenies wow I got two you can have them. I mean let's grom up guys we are not in middle school anymore.
Now that I am done with my rant. Guys come on we are a rare group Computer users that aren't really stupid not the point a click version users. Try to be cool for that at least
For the fact of Ap's yeah at times you do automaticly give someone points because you are used to them or something it happens. Just mark it off. Everyone in here has done it at least once. Smile. This is suppose to be fun.
Whizkid2300
To answer WhizKid's question, I remember Juridian saying once that he's still a newbie bc of an AO glitch but you can just look at the AP's and number of posts to see that he's no noob...