Banned Status

Where do we see whether a certain user has been banned or not? IIRC you removed the "banned" banner below the usernames from each post - but I think at least you should indicate in their profile that the user has been banned.

We don't show that publicly any more. Why do you think we should show it on a user's profile?

I can think of a few reasons:

1. if you PM someone who is banned, I assume he can not write back. Correct?

2. to me it shows how credible someone is. If he is banned then I wouldn't waste any time thinking about his (wrong?) posts.

Why did you show the banned status initially?

1. you can't send a PM to a banned user.

2. for sure.


Probably because we could.

Oh man... I was able to click on "send PM", took me to the "send PM" page. The only difference is, it shows in the line
"With" ... "no one". I can even click on preview and post.

You don't even get an unambiguous error message.

It looks like you guys are trying to hide the fact that this user got banned - which I can'T understand why. It's just a status flag. You show soooo much info about a user on his profile but then skip showing this (also important) banned-flag.


Then it makes sense to make it visible whether someone has been banned or not.

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Thanks for the extra info, it is a bit strange that you're able to click "send PM".

Just stumbled across this thread.

This argument really does make sense:



Any updates on this topic, so far?

But isn't possible for someone to get banned for something on a FORUM RULE issue, but still have good information on unrelated topics?

I really liked that feature. Too bad you got rid of it.

I liked seeing the banned status, it was a subtle reminder to stay in line.

BANNED status should come back.
It shows to other members that :
- The banned member is banned and can no longer log in and anwser
- The forum rules has to be followed

- The user is not very credible, concerning the forum rules.

When a banned user can just create a new account and continue to post the banned status tends to lose it's power...plus just clutters up threads.

Don't you think that a thread with multiple user names listed as banned in it just invites misuse?

YOP!

Let the Mods do their job! If they feel that a member is allowed to come back, and THEY give them a clean slate, let it ride.

If the member acts up again, the Mods know what to do.

I LOVE our mods. (No brownnose) They seem much more human.

Yeah the mods are programmed very well.

It's a tricky one. There are pros and cons of showing banned status.

For people who spend a lot of time on the forum and offer serious, valuable contributions to the community then I can totally understand why it'd be of value to show banned status.

But unfortunately for some people it's like a red rag to a bull and serves only to inflame a situation that, in most cases, I would want to die down as soon as possible.

Keep the thoughts coming and I'll continue to ponder this one.

I'm not too hot on letting banned users come back with similar names either, hmm.

Hey, I've upgraded to vSL3.... :-)