new FAQ says AOL users are banned?

[TheOverlord]

<< 3. If you receive a message saying your E-Mail address is banned, you can contact the forum moderator to question why. Below is a list of popular E-mail services that were banned due to abuse, and will not be re-activated upon user request.

AOL
Bigfoot...etc. >>


So AOL users cant join the forums any more? Shame.

 

[iamwiz82]

thats nothing new. its been around for awhile.

 

[DAM]

where have you been? this has been in place for months!




dam()

 

[TheOverlord]

id never see nit in the nav bar so i assumed it must be new...eh guess ive been under a rock

 

[kaiotes]

`if u are lucky
u still might be able to post via aol connection.

 

[chiwawa626]

Look at my sig

 

[Deeko]

It was like that when I first joined last June.

 

[AnandTech Moderator]

TheOverlord,

The AOL ban has been in place for over a year.

AnandTech Moderator

 

[TonTo]

oh man..... AOL the all mighty internet god is gonna hear about this... and AOL the all mighty internet god is gonna destroy anandtech!!! *crys*
we must all fear AOL the all mighty internet god!

 

[chiwawa626]

Never seen a moderator just post in a thread, always see them editing, ...weird.

 

[tweakmm]

you should feel honored, a mod posted in your thread.....
i see the burning bush now.....

 

[TheOverlord]

<< you should feel honored, a mod posted in your thread.....
i see the burning bush now..... >>


it has brought tears to my eyes...well maybe that was the onions being sliced in the next room. but i have been graced by a mod post, its such a revelation. there's a light at the end....its so nice i want to go to it....

and he/she even said my name! and i wasn't in trouble when they did, oh the joy i must take a screen shot...





honestly tho i guess i hadnt run across that...is the Faq button on the nav bar new or am i just selectively blind?

 

[MrCodeDude]

Yeah, it bans all the free ones too. No @yahoo.com or @hotmail.com
I had to use my @jps.net account because it was the only extension Anandtech allowed
-- mrcodedude

 

[tekker]

imagine a flock of aoler's here on this forum.

*shudders*

 

[tekker]

besides ppl on AOL use computers like e machines and packard bell.
they no need anandtech

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

AOL users should be banned from the entire internet.

 

[Freejack2]

Actually you can't even post from AOL. I got a free year of AOL with my notebook and when my cable modem went down last time I tried to post from aol. Don't work. :/

 

[KthxBye]

Well, personally I'm against any policies designed to keep &quot;the masses&quot; away from centers of communication, but the ban affects me as well. Normally I woldn't use aol (I won't bother to explain why) but at the moment I am on an island about 20 miles off the coast of Maine. My only isp options are aol or my normal isp's wonderful 888 number (10 cents per minute). Not wanting to pay $6 an hour for a sub 20k bps connection, I am forced to use aol to read the boards, then when I wish to post, dissconnect, connect to my other isp, post, dissconnect and reconnect to aol. Same for senind or replying to PMs.