What does banned mean exactly?

Well hello there,
Im exasperated at all the spam and garbage "banned" people get to post on threads here... apparently banned is basically a TWC as they can still post flame spam ect.. wtf is this ?? The saddest part is that this contributes to their post count so they can spam excessively and then get an appeal and unbanned after a while .. yes ^THIS HAPPENS. Im just throughly confused as to what banned even means on this site as it appears they have all the same abilities as i do just banned after their name. Seems like as crock of shit IMO, not trying to flame or personally attack anyone at all just genuinely confused as to why this is allowed.

 

Banned means they cannot access the site at all. If you see someone's name normal, with a banned rank under their name, it means they recently got unbanned, and can post around. However, if you see someone's name that is grey, bolded, and italicized, and with "*BANNED* after it, that means they cannot access the website nor any of its features.

If you would like to report a flame post/a post against the rules, please use the yellow triangle button at the top right of the post.