Why we do it

[El Gordo]

There have been a lot of comments for a long time from mods, and some from managers or owners, about us ordinary mortals engaging in speculation without the full facts. I thought it might be helpful if I explained why we do this. It's because You never fucking tell us anything! There, I hope that clears things up.

[vampirejackie]

There have been a lot of comments for a long time from mods, and some from managers or owners, about us ordinary mortals engaging in speculation without the full facts. I thought it might be helpful if I explained why we do this. It's because You never fucking tell us anything! There, I hope that clears things up.

Thats a bit unfair and not entirely true.
Firstly Infractions are private to the individual person, and if they wish to share them thats their choice.
We generally explain when asked why someone has been banned, and if its perm or temp. There are times when we cant give you the full facts, and these are generally for good reasons.

[benin]

There have been a lot of comments for a long time from mods, and some from managers or owners, about us ordinary mortals engaging in speculation without the full facts. I thought it might be helpful if I explained why we do this. It's because You never fucking tell us anything! There, I hope that clears things up.

are we as posters getting to fucking nosey?

[El Gordo]

Thats a bit unfair and not entirely true.
Firstly Infractions are private to the individual person, and if they wish to share them thats their choice.
We generally explain when asked why someone has been banned, and if its perm or temp. There are times when we cant give you the full facts, and these are generally for good reasons.

I wouldn't say you generally tell us why someone was banned. In fact you almost never tell us. But my point is that you can't ban someone, refuse to answer questions about it, and then act surprised when people come up with their own explanations. More transparency would mean less speculation.

[Lucy Chambers]

Thats a bit unfair and not entirely true.
Firstly Infractions are private to the individual person, and if they wish to share them thats their choice.
We generally explain when asked why someone has been banned, and if its perm or temp. There are times when we cant give you the full facts, and these are generally for good reasons.

And I posted a thread asking why my thread was deleted. Nada. Just more provocation from Westside.

[scotus]

are we as posters getting to fucking nosey?

Well, curiosity did kill the cat after all ...

[benin]

Well, curiosity did kill the cat after all ...

you bastard..you want me dead...wait you mean gordo or danny dont ya?

[Rayden]

This place. Teh EI cycle - Controversial thread, somebody posts something, gets banned, speculation begins, mods remain silent, the banned user then returns. Right now we are in stage 4 - speculation.

[OnlyMe]

And I posted a thread asking why my thread was deleted. Nada. Just more provocation from Westside.

My posts aren't deleted.
What does that say?

No really, what?

[Westsidex]

I wouldn't say you generally tell us why someone was banned. In fact you almost never tell us. But my point is that you can't ban someone, refuse to answer questions about it, and then act surprised when people come up with their own explanations. More transparency would mean less speculation.

So why dont you pm managers and ask? Whats wrong with that? Instead there are threads started that go on for pages and usually end up all over the place. If you wanted to know specifically why a person was banned wouldnt it make more sense to pm and ask?

Westside.