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Ha! I am. I got banned about a year ago because of the way that forum deals with its cautions/warnings - they take months to disappear and build up over time. I think that I got banned after a bunch of heated posts in response to some troll all got warned on the same day. TheStudentRoom's system favours trolls over older users, because the latter's previous offences never leave their record, making a ban very likely over time (whereas the troll can simply abandon their account and start anew).The mass reporting of a user's posts in the hope that one or two of them breach a forum rule is another common way to shut down an argument.(and I do appreciate you liking my posts, they weren't always a pleasure to type out!)
Ha! I am. I got banned about a year ago because of the way that forum deals with its cautions/warnings - they take months to disappear and build up over time. I think that I got banned after a bunch of heated posts in response to some troll all got warned on the same day. TheStudentRoom's system favours trolls over older users, because the latter's previous offences never leave their record, making a ban very likely over time (whereas the troll can simply abandon their account and start anew).
The mass reporting of a user's posts in the hope that one or two of them breach a forum rule is another common way to shut down an argument.
(and I do appreciate you liking my posts, they weren't always a pleasure to type out!)
