There’s been a ban list that’s been bigger and smaller. I only ban people when it starts to affect the quality of the "community" here with immature banter and flame wars.
Well BillA was banned for a bit but that was more of a personal thing than anything
but that was changed a while ago.
I would say since the forums were opened maybe 12 people were banned for spamming forums, purposely trying to degrade the quality of discussion, making constant in appropriate comments about others or the staff... etc...
To me its all about trying to suppress the Noise in the forum, keep good discussions flowing, keep good debates flowing.
Una was banned and that was ONLY because of his actions on the forum after that whole deal transpired, not because of the deal. ( putting a avatar of a middle finger sort of crossed the line with me ). He’s not banned anymore either.
really if someone has a legitimate bitch with me, or the site, or the staff. That’s fine with me! As long as it doesn’t turn into a flame war, I am all for a good debate. HardOCP bans people if they even hint that they are going to challenge the views of the wonder duo over there.
I think serious and sometimes powerful debates (which are on a fine line between debate and flame war) can get some pretty good things done for the community, and they are fun as heck to read