It certainly looks like the cure is worse than the disease.
KLA2 wrote:Having said that, however, I think more effort should be made at BAUT to warn, including by PM's from moderators, or temporary bans before perma-banning. Valuable people are not always slavish rule-followers, and there are varying degrees of offence and harm.
Arneb wrote:reason enough for some serious PM exchanges with the mods or the admins,
Arneb wrote:maybe even reason enough to refrain from posting there altogether.
Arneb wrote:If this kid was so intelligent and his contributions so valuable, couldn't he just, you know, behave?
Mactep wrote:Committed myself to this strategy just a short while ago, more strenuously than prior commitments. Not really because of what happened to this kid, but the discussion brought the place back to my attention for a bit. I have banned myself before, but relented; this time I did it in a way that I don't think I could regain control of my account if I wanted to.
Mactep wrote:If the goal was to get him to behave, I'm not sure trash talking him for six pages while he was banned was a good idea...
Arneb wrote:Well, you can always ask the very respected admin/mod junta to reset your password and thus give you a fresh start. It's only really beyond use if they banned you. :D
Arneb wrote:Interesting. AFAIK, the system offers you to send a new password to the E-Mail adress from which you frst registered. If that doesn't exist any more...
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Arneb wrote:Well, there should be an easy way to test it: Create a new ID from a different IP with a different clear name and a different e-Mail adress and see if they can blow your cover. If they can, you'll never be tempted to come back for more posts, ever.
Mactep wrote:Maybe I will try that. What do you think about Arneb II as a username?
Heid the Ba' wrote:Shame we can't get him over here.
I haven't checked any of the Connor threads but it might be interesting to compare them with the knobhead whose name escapes me for the moment who has been banned at least four times and always let back.
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