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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 4841697" data-attributes="member: 1">Negativity is fine; it's rudeness that's the problem.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the negativity and the rudeness seem to be firm bedfellows.&nbsp;&nbsp;Hmmm?&nbsp; The post you got the 3 day ban for was: &quot;I can't &quot;man up and talk straight&quot; to you, sir, because that would get me a suspension, and you're not worth it.&quot;&nbsp;Admittedly, an incredibly minor infraction which would have ordinarily have gone unnoticed.&nbsp; Unfortunately, it came shortly after a civility warning.&nbsp; But that aside (I won't dispute that it was very minor), the ban reason clearly was &quot;ignoring a mod&quot;, not &quot;negativity&quot;.&nbsp;I think this is, perhaps, a perfect example of what I meant above when people see the reasons for a ban as something contrary to the actual, and indded explicitly stated, reasons.&nbsp; &nbsp;Someone else would be crowing on RPGnet by now about how they got banned for &quot;not liking 4E&quot; or some such nonsense (you, of course, not being that someone else - I can't imagine you acting in such a manner).&nbsp;&nbsp;Sure.&nbsp; I think that goes to the level of the infraction rather than the reason for it, though.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;One thing we are imlpementing now is that in the &quot;Reasons for ban&quot; field, the mod in question will be leaving their email addess in addition to the reason.&nbsp; That way you have the ability to actually talk to the mod privately about it; that often resolves things very quickly.*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*I realise you emailed me, but I found that email too late.&nbsp; Sorry about that!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 4841697, member: 1"] Negativity is fine; it's rudeness that's the problem. Unfortunately, the negativity and the rudeness seem to be firm bedfellows. Hmmm? The post you got the 3 day ban for was: "I can't "man up and talk straight" to you, sir, because that would get me a suspension, and you're not worth it." Admittedly, an incredibly minor infraction which would have ordinarily have gone unnoticed. Unfortunately, it came shortly after a civility warning. But that aside (I won't dispute that it was very minor), the ban reason clearly was "ignoring a mod", not "negativity". I think this is, perhaps, a perfect example of what I meant above when people see the reasons for a ban as something contrary to the actual, and indded explicitly stated, reasons. Someone else would be crowing on RPGnet by now about how they got banned for "not liking 4E" or some such nonsense (you, of course, not being that someone else - I can't imagine you acting in such a manner). Sure. I think that goes to the [I]level [/I]of the infraction rather than the reason for it, though. One thing we are imlpementing now is that in the "Reasons for ban" field, the mod in question will be leaving their email addess in addition to the reason. That way you have the ability to actually talk to the mod privately about it; that often resolves things very quickly.* *I realise you emailed me, but I found that email too late. Sorry about that! [/QUOTE]

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