Heavy handed apple discussion forum admin's...

[g/re/p]

Originally Posted by PI1

The reason i got banned was because i mentioned Digital Perfermor 4.5, maybe once too often.

It appears that you were warned previously on
several different occasions and did not bother to
heed the friendly warning and as a result received
a less friendly one, which you also ignored -
resulting in your being banned.

I believe it is refered to as cause and effect.


Yes, sometimes the Apple Discussion moderators tend to be
somewhat heavy handed - but it is thier "house" and you
must follow the rules they dictate.

[PI1]

If you read my post properly, which you obviously haven't, you would realise i don't care about being banned.
What bothers me is that they threaten me with contacting my ISP.

Goodbye...

[mdnky]

Probably because they considered what you were doing as Spamming. If you created additional IDs, then they could legally consider that hacking. Both are valid reasons to contact your ISP about your behavior. They were nice enough to give you a warning not to do it, probably an idea hatched by their lawyers.

I don't see how they were heavy handed as you put it, since you were warned and still did it (multiple times at that). What did you honestly expect?

It might be wise to read the terms of service agreements or board rules for sites and forums you visit, making sure you understand them. In fact, you might want to go ahead and look over MacOSX.com's Board Rules while you're at it.

[quiksan]

Originally Posted by PI1

If you read my post properly, which you obviously haven't, you would realise i don't care about being banned.
What bothers me is that they threaten me with contacting my ISP.

Goodbye...

so what then is the actual point of the post here?
you want support for feeling it's too much for them to threaten to contact your ISP?
as was already said, it's THEIR house, those admins can do what they feel necessary if someone is repeatedly ignoring warnings about numerous offences against their Terms of Service.

if you don't listen to the nice reminders, or the less nice ones, they need to take drastic measure. change your postings, apologize, or stop posting. obviously it was not being taken well (right or wrong on their part), so you need to play by their rules.

sorry you feel slighted, but that's their policy, and you apparently didn't listen.
if people didn't stick to the rules of various forums, they'd be a haven of trash that no one would benefit from. people here at macosx.com are pretty good about sticking to the ToS, and it'as a great community to be a part of because of it.

[g/re/p]

Originally Posted by PI1

If you read my post properly, which you obviously haven't, you would realise i don't care about being banned.
What bothers me is that they threaten me with contacting my ISP.

Goodbye...

If you create new Apple ID(s), such ID(s) will be disabled without warning. The IP address(es) which you post from may be blocked, and your ISP may be notified

Maybe you should read it again.



oh, btw - welcome to macosx.com!

[PI1]

This is getting very boring now, perhaps you should read the 'contacting my ISP' bit.
It's a discussion forum.

Anyway, that's it from me, i won't be reading any more replies because i won't be getting the notification, i'm about to cancel my .mac a/c.

[bobw]

Time to close this thread.