This thread is to discuss about your experiences on sites you were banned/suspended from. You can even talk about your experience in general without talking about how you were banned. Just try not to be extreme if you insult the sites even once.
I remember back in 2008 when I joined TV.com under the username turtle4apple (which is also my GameFAQs account since they're from the same network). Although my forum behavior was very bad back then (continuously going off-topic, flaming, trolling etc), TV.com was very strict. Yeah, 90% of the blame for my ban coming from me is towards myself. I was 15 the whole time I was a member. I was worse since I didn't know any better, but TV.com had strict rules. Some of my moderations came from some ridiculous rules. On that site, if even 1% of your post is off-topic, the whole post is considered off-topic, and you get modded (or TOS'ed) from it. I'm not exaggerating, it was even said in the TOS. They also moderate you for something that wasn't said in the TOS or in their FAQs about warnings, suspensions, or bans. For example, I had two moderations for talking to others who were off-topic. If you were quoting someone who was off-topic, even if you were aiming for the on-topic part, you get moderated as well. I felt like those rules are unfair since they were not stated in the TOS. Even so, you shouldn't be guilty for others' "crimes". If the ridiculous rules were taken out, TV.com would be at the appropriate level of how strict a site can be.
On my last month on TV.com, I continued to violate the rules, to purposely get me banned. I did it as a way to show how ridiculous the site's rules are and to give up my account (they didn't ask me to do so, I wad the one who did it). If it weren't for the permanent ban, I would've been worse.
How were your experiences from sites you got banned from? You can even talk about the sites you weren't banned from, but you had a friend who was, or other sites that are too strict. Just don't get offensive.
I remember back in 2008 when I joined TV.com under the username turtle4apple (which is also my GameFAQs account since they're from the same network). Although my forum behavior was very bad back then (continuously going off-topic, flaming, trolling etc), TV.com was very strict. Yeah, 90% of the blame for my ban coming from me is towards myself. I was 15 the whole time I was a member. I was worse since I didn't know any better, but TV.com had strict rules. Some of my moderations came from some ridiculous rules. On that site, if even 1% of your post is off-topic, the whole post is considered off-topic, and you get modded (or TOS'ed) from it. I'm not exaggerating, it was even said in the TOS. They also moderate you for something that wasn't said in the TOS or in their FAQs about warnings, suspensions, or bans. For example, I had two moderations for talking to others who were off-topic. If you were quoting someone who was off-topic, even if you were aiming for the on-topic part, you get moderated as well. I felt like those rules are unfair since they were not stated in the TOS. Even so, you shouldn't be guilty for others' "crimes". If the ridiculous rules were taken out, TV.com would be at the appropriate level of how strict a site can be.
On my last month on TV.com, I continued to violate the rules, to purposely get me banned. I did it as a way to show how ridiculous the site's rules are and to give up my account (they didn't ask me to do so, I wad the one who did it). If it weren't for the permanent ban, I would've been worse.
How were your experiences from sites you got banned from? You can even talk about the sites you weren't banned from, but you had a friend who was, or other sites that are too strict. Just don't get offensive.
