2010-04-22, 03:27 PM
Sarah Wrote:Need to add NX sales to the transaction rule.
Still think the permanent ban policy is too strict. I've been pushing for served bans for months now, bugging the hell out of Fiel, but "two strikes" is pretty unfair. I'll use myself as an example here, since I'm the one this will likely effect next, but I've been temp banned, served that temp ban even though it was not required, came back and have been a much better user. I've got 1 (or 3, once these are put into place) points left, and now I risk being banned permanently when I think most people can agree (with the exception of those who dislike me... haha) that I am far more beneficial to this site than I am detrimental. So with these new rules, I'm on the brink of losing my ability to stay a member here when such drastic action is undeserved for the "offenses" I've committed recently.
Just so everyone else can see some of the ideas I've proposed to Fiel regarding bans:
Conduct based bans - When someone is not particularly harmful to the site but often receives infractions for smaller things, spread out. User would be subject to several SERVED temporary bans rather than a BoS.
Three strikes: Two served temporary bans, final ban is permanent
Probation: Upon receiving a permanent ban, user is removed from the site for 3 months. After the three months are over, if they choose to come back, they are put on a month long probation period. If they screw up in this period, they become BoS. If this period ends and then they start acting out often, they become BoS.
Just to be clear, these were all suggested before I was in jeopardy of losing my account. They all seemed like fair banning options because frankly I believe there are very few people who ever deserve to be permanently removed from this site.
read it all, but you think you're at risk of being banned permanently now? i thought that this site wasnt run on retroactive gradings. to the best of my knowledge though, your old points would still normally expire after x amount of days, right? i dont recall what that amount was with the old rules, but:
- Users have the possibility of jumping straight to permanent ban if he or she commits a permanent ban offense or if enough offenses accumulate the 16 points necessary.
- "Infractions expire in 75 days" <-- this only applies to new infractions; the old ones are unchanged
From the new rules on youve got 16 points to amount before a permanent ban. Would your old points carry over if they expire at X date according to the old rules?
ideas arent bad, though.