What happens when you get banned?

aircooled

Lifer
Oct 10, 2000
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Do you get a PM or just that bolded mod-message on the post that got you banned?
 

AreaCode707

Lifer
Sep 21, 2001
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Wanna find out?

edit - actually, nothing happens except that you can't login or post, IIRC. If you're lucky, you get a mod edit.
 

imported_Tomato

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Sometimes, you get nothing at all. Basically, when you return to the forums you aren't permitted to log in anymore (when you try, you get some sort of message that basically says you're banned).
 

PunDogg

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Jan 15, 2002
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the secret mod police come and take you away

/goes and hides, hope the mods can't find me

Dogg

You can run, but you can never hide. We will track you down, we never sleep, we are all knowing and all seeing.

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kermalou

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Jun 22, 2001
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no email nothing..just saying that there is an error when you try to log in.
 

her209

No Lifer
Oct 11, 2000
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Everything around you gets dark. Then fire bursts from teh ground below you. You see little red men who prick you with their little forks. Then out of nowhere, Saddam Hussein greets you and makes you his bitch.
 

rudeguy

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you are automatically logged out as soon as they ban you. When you try to log in you get an error message saying that you dont have permission to access the forums. No email til you are unbanned.
 

Azraele

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Nov 5, 2000
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There are 3 quick thunderclaps, and suddenly you find your ability to post compromised.
 

Bryophyte

Lifer
Apr 25, 2001
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Well, when Wduaqnug was banned, apparently for good, he got no mod edit, no email explanation, and the mods refuse to explain exactly what he did to deserve it. He was *NOT* automatically logged out, and was able to lurk, logged in. Once he got logged out (suspect it happened during the blackout last month), he couldn't log back in. He still doesn't know what he did to get permanently banned.
 

Konigin

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Jan 21, 2003
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Originally posted by: rudeguy
you are automatically logged out as soon as they ban you. When you try to log in you get an error message saying that you dont have permission to access the forums. No email til you are unbanned.

Yeah, thats how it works.

<--voice of experience
 

AgaBoogaBoo

Lifer
Feb 16, 2003
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When I got banned it was an e-maiol saying I've been given a one week vacation by the mods and couldn't log in. I actually had to e-mail to tell them the ban was over, hehe
 

Tetsuo

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Oct 20, 2002
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Originally posted by: kermalou
no email nothing..just saying that there is an error when you try to log in.

Yep, then they forget your 1 week ban is up and you end up being banned for 2 weeks. lol
 

Kadarin

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Nov 23, 2001
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Originally posted by: BigDan
Well, when Wduaqnug was banned, apparently for good, he got no mod edit, no email explanation, and the mods refuse to explain exactly what he did to deserve it. He was *NOT* automatically logged out, and was able to lurk, logged in. Once he got logged out (suspect it happened during the blackout last month), he couldn't log back in. He still doesn't know what he did to get permanently banned.

He should send moderator@anandtech.com an email asking for explanation.
 

Bryophyte

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Apr 25, 2001
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Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Originally posted by: BigDan
Well, when Wduaqnug was banned, apparently for good, he got no mod edit, no email explanation, and the mods refuse to explain exactly what he did to deserve it. He was *NOT* automatically logged out, and was able to lurk, logged in. Once he got logged out (suspect it happened during the blackout last month), he couldn't log back in. He still doesn't know what he did to get permanently banned.

He should send moderator@anandtech.com an email asking for explanation.

I'm under the impression that he did that and they ignored him.

 

Ranger X

Lifer
Mar 18, 2000
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Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Originally posted by: BigDan
Well, when Wduaqnug was banned, apparently for good, he got no mod edit, no email explanation, and the mods refuse to explain exactly what he did to deserve it. He was *NOT* automatically logged out, and was able to lurk, logged in. Once he got logged out (suspect it happened during the blackout last month), he couldn't log back in. He still doesn't know what he did to get permanently banned.

He should send moderator@anandtech.com an email asking for explanation.
I think that e-mail address is read by several people so you get a different answer all the time if you get a response at all. I got an explanation on my last ban and both did not match one another's explanation.
 

aircooled

Lifer
Oct 10, 2000
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I'm way too good to get banned ;) but I'm also an asshole, so you never know.

i was just wondering how the 'banned' individual was informed.
 

iamme

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Jul 21, 2001
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Originally posted by: BigDan
Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Originally posted by: BigDan
Well, when Wduaqnug was banned, apparently for good, he got no mod edit, no email explanation, and the mods refuse to explain exactly what he did to deserve it. He was *NOT* automatically logged out, and was able to lurk, logged in. Once he got logged out (suspect it happened during the blackout last month), he couldn't log back in. He still doesn't know what he did to get permanently banned.

He should send moderator@anandtech.com an email asking for explanation.

I'm under the impression that he did that and they ignored him.

i've always wondered what happened to him. i'd love to read the thread that got him banned :D
 

Bootprint

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Jan 11, 2002
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They send a Hooker over to your place and you don't bother to log back in. Then after you ban is up, you come back with a YAGT...
 

Evadman

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Feb 18, 2001
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Originally posted by: rudeguy
you are automatically logged out as soon as they ban you. When you try to log in you get an error message saying that you dont have permission to access the forums. No email til you are unbanned.

I don't believe that is correct. I was given a vacation, and was notified by e-mail, but I was still logged in and able to post. I logged out myself.