NobelCynic wrote:
KBABZ wrote:
I spent the next week or so constantly checking back and having multiple users go "Where the heck is KBABZ?". I even watched as they said they may form a virtual petition to bring me back (it was the most bitter-sweet day of my life).
I am curious KBABZ, did your Sock Puppet join that virtual petition and what was the admin's reaction to it?
Well, I wasn't able to join the petition because at the time, I had no idea how to get back on. This event happened about four or five months ago, and it ironically led to me joining WP, but in any case, I created a second account but it got locked at Read-Only status, which isn't helpful because you've got the same privileges as a normal member. As I said, I didn't actually know just WHO banned me, and I had to do some searching to find out why, because they didn't tell me, and when I did find out, it was more than a month later, and I was already on WP.
NobelCynic wrote:
I am afraid that I don't know what censor by-passes are. How could you use them inadvertently, and why are they there if you are not supposed to use them?
Censor by-passes work like this: On this particular board, it is intended to be friendly for those at 13 years of age, so swearing is not allowed. I'll use their example word 'gris'. Now, if gris was a swear word, then typing it as gris would be counted as swearing. A censor bypass is hiding only
part of the word, such as gr*s or ***s. I had happened to find a way to censor nearly all of the word **** by using the symbols $, #, ! and the letter T, in that order. I didn't know at the time what censor by-passes were or that they weren't allowed, so I thought I was adhering to the rules. Usually you only lose some Karma, but I got a full-on ban due to how many times I inadvertently used it. (karma is like 'respect' and stuff, a bit like authority in a gang, to name one real-life example, and you build it up as you post on a board and stay logged in, and lose it by violating the rules).
NobelCynic wrote:
I am also curious if there was any attempt made to explain to the administrator that you did not know that you were breaking the rules. It seems to me that if your Sock Puppet can function on that board without getting into trouble with the moderators, and they still will not let KBABZ back, there is something very strange about that board; but then, there are a lot of strange things about NT's.
There was a thread made on one of the forums I frequented (Jak X, it was a gaming website), where plans were made to make a topic about it in the complaints board. However, before they could do anything, the thread was deleted for being, guess what? Being
off-topic, and the creator of the topic, who was a good friend of mine (and still is, we keep in touch on MSN) got a Karma loss. I don't intend to use my Sock Puppet of sorts to try and explain myself, as I do not think it is a very good idea if I try and appeal all on my own. As of yet, no-one but a select few people know who my second identity is, and I've allowed them to know because they had helped me get back while I was away. But so far, no-body on the forum knows about it.
I still remember when I first got banned, and it was such a shock to me that I didn't feel like eating much for a few days. I'm only thankful it happened on a Friday and so the days of 'feeling out' didn't overlap into school days and affect my work.
Oh, and you get two awards for spelling my username right twice.
*updates sig*
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I was sad when I found that she left
But then I found
That I could speak to her,
In a way
And sadness turned to comfort
We all go there