Restitution

The primary goal of the staff at Sythe.org is to ensure that our users are satisfied with this site. This is reflected in our work, which includes banning scammers, deleting inappropriate materal, and cleaning up after ourselves, our colleagues, and our former colleagues.
I've been a member of this site since the day it started, and a member of staff longer than most of the staff that have come and gone over the years. Naturally, I view it as my duty to reverse the way that, over the past few years, so many people have been banned from this site or otherwise excluded from this community, for reasons that are not warranted per our official rules, for no reason other than that they were personally disliked by the staff.

I want to apologize on behalf of Sythe.org to those members who were punished and/or ostracized from this community for personal dislike, unfair reasons or absolutely no reason at all.

If you were banned or had your account deleted for such vague reasons as being "sinister", "a shady character" or "an undesirable", or for association with the same, regardless of how long ago, you are encouraged to post a dispute of the following format:

We encourage users who are still in contact with members whom they feel were wrongfully banned or deleted to inform them of the restitution we are offering. Obviously, this only refers to clearly unwarranted bans/deletions - if someone was banned for scamming or account recovery, for example, then they are not entitled to restitution.

 

Good idea Govind, I'm glad something like this has been implemented to help bring back some good people.

 

Great initiative Gov Would this apply to the specific group of Ghosts members? Or are rulings by Richard relatively set in stone...

 

Glad to see this be implemented.

 

Great idea, Govind, glad to see this take place.

 

I have been waiting to see this for a long time.

Thank-you SMR.

 

Neat initiative. Good work staff.

 

Nice to see this being put into place. Great job, Govind.

 

Interesting to see a pathway available for past users who may been banned "unjustly" in the past. I wonder how it will turn out, nice idea Govind.

 

This is some really good stuff Govind.

 

Great initiative. Wonderful job, Govind and the administration.

 

Can't wait to see who returns! Very good idea guys

 

No, I can't undo bans or deletions by Sythe, nor do I want to.

 

What about people who were deleted/banned for such reasons but vaded afterwards with no harmful intent?

 

I've definitely seen some cool people come and go, so it'll be nice to see some old faces back in Sythe. Great initiative Govind.

 

If they were banned/deleted unfairly, and didn't break any rules on the accounts which they evaded on, that is okay. But, it is up to us to decide what was an unfair ban and what wasn't.

 

I love this idea could certainly bring some people back that really deserve it, thanks!

 

Who exactly decides the disputing users' fate? Is it upper staff only? Or do all staff have a say in it? Bear in mind not all current staff may have been around when the disputing user was banned. Or will it be case by case?

Also, how long this will go for? Or is it supposed to be a long time thing?

 

Nice initiative Govind.

 

What a great idea.

Thanks Govind.