Forum Bans

Instead of endless speculation about who's been banned and how long for and what for, could we have a Currently Banned from Forums thread showing poster and length of ban and brief nature of offence, e.g. FredNerk - 3 days - bullying.

The more information is available, the less interest in the contents.

You should know that this is a non starter based merely upon 'privacy', and the fact that any forum ban is merely the result of a single moderators opinion ( still the case ? )...I can see the site owners cringing not just at WHY on earth the poor chap was banned in the first place, but at the thought of just how folk could \ would be 'labelled' by their peers once the banning moderator adds his own comments to the thread with examples such as: ''HarkTheHeraldAngelSings - Life Forum \ Messaging Ban - Lewd \ Crude \ Suggestive conduct''....many RHP members may well find it 'interesting' to raise the topic on a regular basis, all to find out just what REALLY excited the said Bobby B...and with whom naturally 😀
I think it's sometimes just best that we're consistently kept in the dark here...just my opinion of course...

Originally posted by Kewpie
Instead of endless speculation about who's been banned and how long for and what for, could we have a Currently Banned from Forums thread showing poster and length of ban and brief nature of offence, e.g. FredNerk - 3 days - bullying.

The more information is available, the less interest in the contents.

I suppose it's defamation of the character of your sock-puppet ....

Your honour,

I appear for the defence and I shall represent
Mr. Sock Puppet to the best of my ability and
ask for the full rigors of the law to be applied
to his detractors.

We shall prove that he is innocent of all foot odour
and shall demand a five figure sum in damages.
One for each of his toes.

A 'sock puppet'... I obviously need to refer to one of the 'web speak' sites....
what the goodness is 'it' ??

Wikipedia quote:
A sockpuppet is an online identity used for purposes of deception. The term—a reference to the manipulation of a simple hand puppet made from a sock—originally referred to a false identity assumed by a member of an internet community who spoke to, or about himself while pretending to be another person.

Sockpuppets on RHP may be accounts created specifically to defend their owner's normal RHP identity, but let's face it, we're ALL sockpuppets of our real-life personalities.

Originally posted by Kewpie
Instead of endless speculation about who's been banned and how long for and what for, could we have a Currently Banned from Forums thread showing poster and length of ban and brief nature of offence, e.g. FredNerk - 3 days - bullying.

The more information is available, the less interest in the contents.

Originally posted by Zamboner
You must be new to the internet.

Originally posted by Kewpie
Instead of endless speculation about who's been banned and how long for and what for, could we have a Currently Banned from Forums thread showing poster and length of ban and brief nature of offence, e.g. FredNerk - 3 days - bullying.

The more information is available, the less interest in the contents.

Originally posted by johnyg
As someone coming off a month ban (for making a (non-TOS-violating) suggestion in this forum), I would support a public list stating why and when someone was banned.


As for the 'privacy' issue.. seems like a weak excuse to protect repeat violators.