I can't tell if this thread is a bitchfest about me or a bitchfest about banning for offsite offenses. Seem to be mixed.
Bans aren't based upon a guessing game, you guys need to think for 1 minute.
but just think how bad it would feel to be wrongfully banned?
I know the feeling......and the feeling of being wrongfully TWC'd.
I think he is technically doing what a mod is suppossed to do, but Banning someone just because they have interested in hacking, etc, shouldn't be a instant ban.
Well it is an instaban here. Thats the rules and thats how they are currently being enforced.
He shouldn't close disputes because he thinks other staff will agree, he should wait for others
Obvious bans are obvious. Also I always let dispute forum threads stay in there for 24 hrs for anyone else to have a look over them. NEVER had 1 pm about any of them.
I don't even move 50% of the disputes I do and if someone else archives them then that means they approved with my decision as well.
Never have I seen a staff member cause so many bans which are unjustified
I misbanned a lot when I first started but have only misbanned 2 in the past month. Also you probably think that every ban that gets overturned was automatically a wrongful ban at the time of the banning, well they weren't.
Firez said he's good at guessing who's potentially harming anything and they will be banned.
Wrong context from you yet again. I do guess who is potentially harmful, they get an investigation and if a rule was broken they are banned.
I don't play "Spin the bottle" and just ban whoever it lands on.
Would you ban a phisher that failed and was never able to phish somebody?
Users aren't banned off success, they are banned off intention. Its called being proactive.
Lastly guys I am taking feedback from you but most of it is just filled with hatred for whatever reason. I cannot change overnight either. I have toned down in the dispute forum as of late.
If you guys could HELP for once rather then just attack attack attack, I would be 10x more willing to listen to you and adapt "faster". Like Gohan said this is going to take 2 sides and effort must come from all around.
Also I don't think some people enjoy the "intense" style but I mod at work a lot so I come across as much more serious and intense then I really am. I am honestly pretty chill all the time.
Regarding harshness: I wasn't born on sympathy lane or cupcake drive. I don't give people forgiveness where it isn't deserved. Most of these people who end up banned at 1 point or another didn't give any forgiveness to whoever they were offending. Yet that seems to be alright. Its not with me though.
I also make a lot of decisions and inevitably there are going to be some that you guys won't agree with. If I do anything wrong then someone else will mention it to me and I will take a 2nd look and make sure the right decision gets made.
Lastly I'd request you guys stop turning every single thread into a fight about me, whether its the OP or the responders. It just looks like 2 sides lining up their support and going at it continuously and its getting tiring.
Also a lot of the people who disagree with my banning philosophy don't/wouldn't ban anyone for anything they do.
Anyone with a REAL concern can always send me a PM, I don't bite.
This thread is now locked as it is a suggestion, feedback and an attack on a staff member all in one.
Use the sticky and lets work this out.