Being Banned because of a personal Grudge

[Naiwen]

Against that user. So, in my time on forums, I've been banned from a section of the forum because a user had a grudge against me. What a reason for banning a user
What do you think of: being banned or getting banned for nothing but a dislike from another user? (Someone else disliked me on the forum).

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Against that user. So, in my time on forums, I've been banned from a section of the forum because a user had a grudge against me. What a reason for banning a user
What do you think of: being banned or getting banned for nothing but a dislike from another user? (Someone else disliked me on the forum).

Are you sure the person simply disliked you? Were you being argumentative in that forum?

 

[Sinon]

It's fair. There's no law that says you must be allowed on a forum.

 

[TehSabbingSlayer]

A lot of potential context is missing. I banned an ex- from a community I administrated because she was harassing me and all that fun stuff.

From my personal stand point. I find it fair to ban someone if they are causing me (or others) great emotional/psychological/mental pain; which can fall under the 'banned because of a grudge' category.

 

[Jazzy]

I've been banned from a section of the forum because a user had a grudge against me.

There's more to this than a member holding a grudge. Obviously the member had no power to ban you from a section of the forum, so the Admin must have agreed with the member.

 

[Naiwen]

Me being argumentative was just an excuse... Nebulous. He's been doing that to me for a while on forums.

I don't think it's fair when an admin bans you because a member's holding a grudge against you, but yeah.

And no, a member "causing great emotional distress to you" isn't fair either (to the member/user).

And the freedom of media actually guarantees your right to be on any media platform: be it forums, blogs...

 

[Jazzy]

I don't think it's fair when an admin bans you because a member's holding a grudge against you, but yeah.

Why did the Admin only ban you from a certain section and not from the whole forum? What caused this member to hold a 'grudge' (as you put it) against you?

 

[Bluezone777]

The biggest issue with these kinds of conversations is that there is no one in the know who is really going to be objective as they are likely to present the evidence that makes them look good and leave out or downplay anything that doesn't.

I imagine the restriction from only one section of the board might have been done because the problems are only occurring in that section and they felt a full out ban was unnecessary much like someone might restrict Pm abilities from a PM advertiser instead of just outright banning them.

 

[Kirito]

When presented with the story this way I guess I'd have to agree that it's not cool. However since it's the admin or owner of the board, there's not much to do about it. He can do whatever he wants with his own website.

So suck it up or leave. I'd go for the second option.

 

[Naiwen]

I don't think it's fair when an admin bans you because a member's holding a grudge against you, but yeah.

Why did the Admin only ban you from a certain section and not from the whole forum? What caused this member to hold a 'grudge' (as you put it) against you?

Presumbably because he didn't want any more reports from this member/user.

Yeah. I got him banned from the same section on another forum. I just realized how unfair I was to him... by asking him to stop "harassing me" when all he wanted was to talk with me. He resented me for it. But he first called me a moron, so yeah. Shouldn't he get banned for these reasons?

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Me being argumentative was just an excuse...

Seems like a good excuse to me? You being overly argumentative and unpleasant might be something that admin doesn't want to see and deal with all the time?

 

[Naiwen]

Me being argumentative was just an excuse...

Seems like a good excuse to me? You being overly argumentative and unpleasant might be something that admin doesn't want to see and deal with all the time?

And him (the other guy) calling me a moron and provoking me first by calling me close-minded isn't... wow...? Some unbiased and fair admin.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I don't know the full story since I wasn't there. Maybe that admin should show up here to tell his side of the story.

 

[Naiwen]

I don't know the full story since I wasn't there. Maybe that admin should show up here to tell his side of the story.

Yeah... but still him reporting me because of a grudge and him calling me a moron first (the other guy, not the admin). I got angry because the admin/mod didn't take it into account (what I reported).

 

[Jazzy]

And him (the other guy) calling me a moron and provoking me first by calling me close-minded isn't... wow...? Some unbiased and fair admin.

Reading this I would assume you got banned from the Debate section of that forum. Often times in debates tempers run high. Especially when one person is providing facts and another person is disregarding facts and continuing to argue his/her point. There are times you have to know when enough is enough and let it go. I think you continued and that's what got you the ban.

 

[Naiwen]

And him (the other guy) calling me a moron and provoking me first by calling me close-minded isn't... wow...? Some unbiased and fair admin.

Reading this I would assume you got banned from the Debate section of that forum. Often times in debates tempers run high. Especially when one person is providing facts and another person is disregarding facts and continuing to argue his/her point. There are times you have to know when enough is enough and let it go. I think you continued and that's what got you the ban.

Oh no... and they didn't ban him nor others for holding to his opinion, so why should I be...? He disregarded my points first (my links and my articles that proved my points and supported my opinions). He also did it... so...?

 

[Jazzy]

Again, as previously stated by Nebulous, we only know your side of this story. It's a shame the Admin or the member involved, don't have the opportunity to tell their side of the story.

 

[Raven]

I have been blocked from 3 forums in the past because of grudges. First one the dude thought I was stealing his members - I wasn't I was just posting normally. Didn't even advertise my site. He blocked me and someone else, then blocked me on any other site he made :/

2nd one was an advertising forum, can't remember how that happened though.

And the 3rd one was a pain in the arse. He ended up blocking me and half of his forum because they were connected to me in someway. Maybe he was just jealous that I had more of a successful forum than him

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I have been blocked from 3 forums in the past because of grudges. First one the dude thought I was stealing his members - I wasn't I was just posting normally. Didn't even advertise my site. He blocked me and someone else, then blocked me on any other site he made :/

Sounds like he was jealous and felt threatened by you. How sad.

 

[chatterbox]

Against that user. So, in my time on forums, I've been banned from a section of the forum because a user had a grudge against me. What a reason for banning a user
What do you think of: being banned or getting banned for nothing but a dislike from another user? (Someone else disliked me on the forum).

That is a abuse of power. The person that bans because of a personal grudge should not be allowed to continue to do so and should have that power taken away from them