We have of course been talking about locking this thread, but I've wanted to keep it open.
The reason being two fold
:
1) I want us to be open about why we did what we did, and to make it clear that it involved all of the moderation team, and all of the IMOC committee.
We don't take these things lightly, especially where it puts the club into a potentially difficult legal situation.
To those people who are new, or don't know what the rules are, it's useful to see them in action
- and it shows that we take the integrity of the website
(front page aside
) very seriously.
2) As is always teh case in these situations, if we'd put up a single locked post explaining things, there there would be a proliferation of threads all across the board, leading to much more sweeping up for our moderation team
- so best to keep it all in one place.
Just to clear up the other points raised
(since I was out last night)
1) Fining people instead of formal warnings
- I have to disagree with that, we can't be drawn into legal problems, just because a member or affiliate has enough money to pay us off.
2) Finite time bans instead of infinite
- Again, if the ban was only for x weeks or months, the person would come back, and in all likleyhood, carry on the way they were before, doesn't really solve the problem, just sweeps it under the carpet a bit.
Thankyou for the messages of support from the other people, it's appreciated
- we really do make sure that banning is an absolute last resort, we want IMOC forums to be a happy place as much as possible.
