Does it really matter unless a vendor is operating some sort of multinick scam to drum up interest? Terminating people like Teh Hare only makes T2W more boring, with the inevitable result that teh site gets fewer visitors. Vicious circle.
Yes, it matters. This guy was basically having conversations with himself (his nicks). You can guess as to why.
Hare has/had no other known nicks at this time, btw.
sniper was mr sb again surely.
if it indeed was, then maybe he shouldn't have been allowed 7 new threads and over 100 posts before getting rumbled. or was he not rumbled? but merely caught with other nics?
the chumps and their money are safe for now at least :clap:
Just going by multinicks, there was no indication he was Mr. SB (at least on my end since I don't know who Mr. SB is!). There's little doubt as to what he was about, though.
Any other notorious names I should know? Could be good for future reference.
He broke guidelines I think the very first day he posted, and was reported. He plastered his skype all over a chart for no reason, but the mods said this was not 'overt' selling. He had this part of his post eventually removed after being up for a couple of days, but didn't receive an infraction. I even told mods he had been here before and been banned, but that doesn't count for much. As you say, many days, posts and threads later he was eventually banned.
It really is silly, and why I gave up reporting posts.
Yes, he should have been infracted for that. I think it's just a habit that will need to be practiced.
Initially when Steve came in there were suggestions about being more transparent. We still don't really know why the hare was banned, or for how long (enough is enough doesn't appear in the guidelines).
We also hear about a new set of guidelines, and that we should be patient. How long is this going to take? Seems like a week and more has gone by with no progress.
Actually, Barjon already gave the reason in his post in this thread, though it could be clarified a bit. Of his own initiative, Steve decided enough was enough and banned Hare. That's what we know on our end, but it's easy to speculate that Hare's accusations of dubious/illegal activity on T2W's part went a bit too far. That's my guess, anyway. I'll withhold my own opinion here.
Otherwise, things will come Soon™.
Well, I can't tell you when stuff will get done (it will get done when it'll get done) as things take time, but we're seeing about getting more proactive on our end, guidelines or not.
And I try to be as transparent as possible myself (for better or worse
), so there's that.
I have been told this by an admin during a pm discussion although it concerned a different member. Unreal.
Peter
Why shouldn't it count for much (unless previously banned member was mostly harmless)? Regardless, I looked into Sniper precisely because LM raised the issue. Mr. SB or not, we got him for something he shouldn't have been doing.