- Jun 28, 2015
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For some of you it will not come as a surprise that Duff @Duff has now been permanently banned from the forum. This is a permanent ban and can not be appealed.
This is the first occasion that we have ever had to permanently ban a member of AF-UK (spammers excluded of course) and felt that it warranted an announcement. This decision was not taken lightly (again, we take every measure to not have to ban someone) but in this case - despite numerous warnings - it's evident that he was unable to follow both many of the written rules on not derailing topics and playing nicely but also some of the unwritten agreements between members to not take the biscuit when it comes to our relatively open policies on language and aggression.
We've received numerous reports on this member from every corner on the forum (actually a record high for any member here) as well as a number of PMs from various members (new and old). It's obvious that - despite what points Duff may have been trying to make - that his approach is incompatible with enough of the forum membership that we're just not going to give him any more chances.
It may be worth - at this point - reminding you all to take heed of the reactions that you get from other members. If you're always the centre of controversy it might be worth re-evaluating at least how you approach speaking to other forum users. There is absolutely no need to be abusive on these forums. No one is asking you to change your stance on a particular subject to fit in with a common consensus, but we will warn (and ban) people who consistently take the piss with straining relationships on the forums, and derailing otherwise productive threads. The vast, vast majority of you understand and respect this balance and hopefully recognise the fact that apart from herding content into the right sections that the moderation team prefers to stay hands-off when it comes to the actual wording of content.
Thank you.
TL;DR
Duff is the first permanent ban on AFUK due to his attitude and behaviour not being compatible with the values of the forum. Constantly ignoring the forum rules and guidelines. Abusive and aggressive posting is not acceptable.
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This is the first occasion that we have ever had to permanently ban a member of AF-UK (spammers excluded of course) and felt that it warranted an announcement. This decision was not taken lightly (again, we take every measure to not have to ban someone) but in this case - despite numerous warnings - it's evident that he was unable to follow both many of the written rules on not derailing topics and playing nicely but also some of the unwritten agreements between members to not take the biscuit when it comes to our relatively open policies on language and aggression.
We've received numerous reports on this member from every corner on the forum (actually a record high for any member here) as well as a number of PMs from various members (new and old). It's obvious that - despite what points Duff may have been trying to make - that his approach is incompatible with enough of the forum membership that we're just not going to give him any more chances.
It may be worth - at this point - reminding you all to take heed of the reactions that you get from other members. If you're always the centre of controversy it might be worth re-evaluating at least how you approach speaking to other forum users. There is absolutely no need to be abusive on these forums. No one is asking you to change your stance on a particular subject to fit in with a common consensus, but we will warn (and ban) people who consistently take the piss with straining relationships on the forums, and derailing otherwise productive threads. The vast, vast majority of you understand and respect this balance and hopefully recognise the fact that apart from herding content into the right sections that the moderation team prefers to stay hands-off when it comes to the actual wording of content.
Thank you.
TL;DR
Duff is the first permanent ban on AFUK due to his attitude and behaviour not being compatible with the values of the forum. Constantly ignoring the forum rules and guidelines. Abusive and aggressive posting is not acceptable.
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