Very confused

[idalovett]

I am trying to read all the topics and I keep seeing people posting in green who have been banned. How can they change their name (slighly) and still be here? Surely AB needs to demand a proper ISP address when people join (not yahoo or hotmail) so if a person is banned then they cannot come back here? I am reading that people are banned because they have made too many posts or answers in a short period of time. I can understand that this rule stops flooding but everywhere else there is no banning, simply the inability to post again within 5-10 minutes. Why do they get banned? I think I understand the rules then I am reading all these posts and I am so confused to what the rules are. Is the forum moderated? I have seen a lot of what I would call serious posts that end up as a big joking thread. I think this is mainly on Body and Soul. Can anyone tell me what the rules are as I don't want to get banned because I make posts or answers, and if I get banned how I can remain a member and who are the moderators?

[ummmm]

You don't necessarily get banned for any reason. Sometimes you can't post answers because of a technical hitch. Sometimes you get banned because silly people keep reporting your perfectly good answers.

[idalovett]

Well I'll be very careful. I think AB seems a very nice place but a very confusing one.

[ummmm]

You'll be ok, it can be good fun here and you'll soon get use to it

Welcome

[naz_nomad]

That ain't gonna work, my ISP is currently in Saudi Arabi, could be Italy, or USA tomorrow ...

[dot.hawkes]

As one of the moderators I can only say it is nothing to worry about if you do get temporarily suspended for inadvertently submitting a question or response too many times due to the slowness of your system.

If you are banned and find that your posts for a particular 24 hour period disapear but not earlier ones, it is a technical suspension caused by said accidental overposting. If your entire contribution vanishes and you are not able to sign in with your ID in your profile, then you have indeed been banned by the site and the editor and you may well need to return using another completely new ID.

idadidlovett would be a good choice.

[B00]

As one of the wut dotty???!?!

[whiffey]

Let's say my username is baboon. It gets banned. All I have to do is register baboon1 or ~baboon~ and jump on here and say "hello it's me, baboon !! I got banned by the wicked editor, but I am back, how thrilling for all of you"

Banning on AB has no meaning.

[dot.hawkes]

lol B00, it is a self-moderating site after all.

[B00]

Oh rofl, doh @ me dotty, didn't think of that

;-)

[idalovett]

I think I understand now. I'll remember your suggested new name for me for when I get banned then Dot. I like that idea

[enigma]

The only problem with banning an IP address though is that other users from that IP address will be unfairly banned too. My hubby and I both use AB , as do my sister and friend when visiting , so if they posted something which got them banned or overposted , resulting in a ban , then I would be banned too. It seems a bit unfair to block access for ALL users of that IP address.

Sadly , some users seem to have more aliases than i've had hot dinners but I am sure that this will be obvious to the AB ED due to how many times they must log in and out under various guises and I don't doubt that some of these said users use their various names to wreak havoc , banning posts and making snide remarks to other ABers. I'm not quite sure what the answer is to that problem.

[dot.hawkes]

enigma if u look further down you will see the answer is prospecter / pathenon lol

[-Zorro-]

whiffey...u r not intelligent enufff to be a baboon

[littleone85]

I thought I understood answerbank but now i'm confused, you get banned for making too many posts? isn't the point of answerbank to be able to ask questions and answer others questions? What does it matter how many times someone posts? Have I missed something?

[enigma]

Oh I see what you mean Dot. What a mistaka to maka !