iyapol
Dried Fish or Fried Tofu?
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2018
- Location
- Rochdale, England
What's this 'ban evasion' I keep seeing attached to certain users? ?
It sounds like a new moves scroll.
Essentially it's when a previously banned member signs back up to the boards with a new account. For the sake of transparency, when we ban someone the reason is noted in a box above their latest post. With people having to re-register accounts for the new forums, we've had a fair few cases of banned members trying to sneak back on. This is why you may have seen a a high number ban evasion notices lately.
Yeah, the new forum software has really streamlined the process and allowed us to catch them much faster. We had tools before on the old boards, but they felt primitive and slow. By comparison, there have been occasions when the new forums have let us detect ban evaders before they can even make their first post!It's good to know that as Peter said, the staff now finally have a way to get rid of these toxic accounts permanently.
Yes, as Peter stated here the new forums and new site, do not mean past sins are forgiven. They were permanently banned for a reason. We are entering an exciting new age for Shenmue, and we want this to be a great place to be, not a soap box where venom is spread.I take it those banned from the old forum are also banned on the new forums?
Yes, as Peter stated here the new forums and new site, do not mean past sins are forgiven. They were permanently banned for a reason. We are entering an exciting new age for Shenmue, and we want this to be a great place to be, not a soap box where venom is spread.
Yes, as Peter stated here the new forums and new site, do not mean past sins are forgiven. They were permanently banned for a reason. We are entering an exciting new age for Shenmue, and we want this to be a great place to be, not a soap box where venom is spread.
That's right, serious repeat offenders and previously bad things from the old forums. It's going to be a lot better here now, we also have many new tools to weed them out with :)Gotchya, I would imagine those individuals must have been repeat offenders or have done something significant to have been banned but I am glad that we can promote a more positive environment.
That's right, serious repeat offenders and previously bad things from the old forums. It's going to be a lot better here now, we also have many new tools to weed them out with :)
Well that makes me feel better now, I was worried it new rules had come into effect and if I was doing something wrong. I was never banned from the original forums though some of my original posts were somewhat embarrassing as I was still in highschool during that time. If they were people who never cared for the series and were trying to create a toxic environment, I think we will be better off without them.
People have been banned for nothing over the years. Literally nothing, except having a differing opinion of a movie or something. Those people have never returned, and those are the losses I feel. One of the people banned from here permamently has that on his rap list, as well as many other boxes that have been ticked. Any one of those boxes warrenting a ban alone.
Others include repeat offenders whos actions were so frequent and vile that they etched their names into many heads who were around at the time. One, well, one in particular is a hard one, but outside of this site, anyone who is a threat to Shenmue itself, and this community with hate speech, threats and general shit mongering will be completely removed from this site. Anyone who threatens Shenmue and this community which a lot of people have worked hard on will not be anywhere near here, including anyone who associates with people like that.
If anyone thinks, oh here's Peter and his reign of dictatorship... Well if I gave you the specific reasons with specific examples then you wouldn't think that at all, but, even if you still did, bear in mind that not one single person makes a decision around here without support and consultation first. We have 3 admins here, one of which was the previous owner for 8 years. He has supported every decision I have made here, with not a single voice of concern. We have dedicated staff, all of whom are trained in every aspect of account analysis, old forum and new, with the best tools at their disposal to catch idiots who want to waste their own time in their lives, and no one... Not even me, has the authority to go postal and throw out bans and make changes which past admins have done.
We didn't build a Shenmue Dojo with gas soaked wood here. He built something we are all proud of, out of love and dedication, and it's this that we will use to preserve it as best we can, to have a home for genuine Shenmue fans. Not those who want to burn it down.
This ??. I was struck by that the other day, when I realised that a large majority of the users here are around the same age. Which means, back then we were a lot younger, less mature and more stupid and brash. Some never change, but the majority of us have become adults, some have kids, some just learned to respect others and their opinions. So I feel we all would be embarrassed about things we said and did back then, me included.I also think that over the years, many of us here at the community, including myself want to learn and continue to change ourselves to be better individuals everyday by challenging ourselves and humbleness.