banned reasoning

[ddevans96]

If it isn't part of the software, couldn't the moderator that banned the user send a forum PM to them with the reason and duration? The mod might not always know their forum name, but a lot of users have the same forum and chat name. Just because someone broke a rule doesn't mean they should be denied basic kindness that only takes half a minute out of a moderator's time.

Most of the people who get banned are guests. I've never seen a member get banned.

ICB.

From chat, not globally.

Still ICB.

[Pineapple]

I've gotten banned from chat 1-3 times :/

[Higurashi]

I've yet to see a case where the user wasn't warned beforehand, unless it was blatant spam. The usual scenario is this:

User says something inappropriate.
Mod gives them a warning.
User disrespects mod/ignores warning.
Mod bans.

As lag can delay the ban for as long as 10-20 seconds, the user may think they can get away with behaving like they have. Then they get shocked over the ban. I've seen this happen hundreds of times, and sometimes I get a forum PM because the user has even figured out who banned them. If that isn't proof they know why, I don't know what is.

However, a duration message would be nice.

[moomoose]

im not going to go into my details, but perhaps it would be easier to spot warnings if they were sent as direct messages in private chat rather than short generalized undirected statements in open chat?

[BloodlinE]

well, we are getting a new chat software, are we not?
perhaps implement this in the new one?

Seconded.

[Xenocidius]

Yes, there certainly should be. I just went on chat for the first time today, wrote a single line - answering a question someone else asked - and was banned when trying to write my second. There was no apparent reason, although I did click the OK button when trying to post many times, because it wasn't responding. I thought this was because of the ban, but could be because it actually sent it multiple times and it looked like spam.

[Scaredgirl]

Yes, there certainly should be. I just went on chat for the first time today, wrote a single line - answering a question someone else asked - and was banned when trying to write my second. There was no apparent reason, although I did click the OK button when trying to post many times, because it wasn't responding. I thought this was because of the ban, but could be because it actually sent it multiple times and it looked like spam.

You were not banned for 6 hours but your IP was.

Do you by any chance have an annoying little brother? I mean the kind that would come to chat as a guest to troll and insult you?

My guess is "yes".

[Higurashi]

There's also a fairly common bug where you get the banned message one or two times randomly.

[Xenocidius]

You were not banned for 6 hours but your IP was.

Do you by any chance have an annoying little brother? I mean the kind that would come to chat as a guest to troll and insult you?

My guess is "yes".

I do have an annoying friend with the maturity level of a little brother who did come to chat as a guest to troll me.

6 hours is a relief, I heard that bans could last a whole year ...