Digital Spy Forums - another bash!

Then I suggest you refrain from making any more comments, or my moderation capabilities shall have to be exercised.

It is worse than harsh to ban a user on a forum, based on a comment that wasn't even posted on that particular forum.

It isn't even a logical excuse.

Now, let's keep to discussing DS' poor moderation, shall we?

There is a user known as Brookside who has been mouthing off about everyone and the moderators, and the thread has been going on for at least a few days now, and he or she still hasn't been banned yet, and they only joined this year in May, yet if you or I did that, we'd be axed for it!

Yep, in fact, we'd have that weird "delete post" thing done to us (again)!

Try and get a puppet account, then alert the post(s).

Btw, is there a link to that thread?

It is worse than harsh to ban a user on a forum, based on a comment that wasn't even posted on that particular forum.

It isn't even a logical excuse.

Now, let's keep to discussing DS' poor moderation, shall we?

I'm not that Smeggy

So, not the owner of THIS forum then?

In that case sorry about the outburst earlier!

That forum I linked to, is supposed to have freedom of speech, but turns out into pretty much a free-for-all.

I own no forums mate lol.

I was just playing along..

If it is even the slightest bit of consolation, one of the members I hate on there who kept de-railing my discussions has had their final ban before a permanent ban, so with luck, they will mess up and be permanently banned!

How do you know that it is their final ban? was it for 2 weeks then?
As far as I know, DS' longest suspension is 2 weeks, before the permanent ban kicks in.

That is the problem with DS' moderation/banning policy - you follow a sequence of:
1) First warning
2) 48h suspension
3) 7 day suspension
4) 2 week suspension
5) Account termination

and each time you break a rule and the mods are alerted/find out, you go a step further along the line.

They did say, that they will repeat steps or skip steps, based on the severity of the offense - but it is best to assume the above sequence. Thus, for a string of non-offenses (very minor rule breaking), you can have your account terminated.

Here, we have the (much better) card system - blue cards for minors, yellow cards for more-major offences and reds for major/serious offences. Only the red cards carry a suspension - and even better (imo), after a set time the cards will disappear. Hence, you can't really be banned for a string of non-offences.

There is, of course, the black card (account termination) but that is for extremely serious offences, such as spamming, mis-use of dupes etc. They don't get handed out that often at all.

Just another reason why I find TSR's moderation policy to be much better, and fairer, than that of Digital Spy.

I kept checking when their account was inactivated, and their status was the same for two weeks.

Then, I assume, they were brought back?

If that's the case them that temporary ban WILL have been their last one. After that, it's permanent!

The good thing here, is that with TSR, they don't do that sequence of bans, permanently banning someone after a 2 week suspension. AFAIK you have to do something serious to get a permanent ban here, and that decision is down to the section leaders of TSR.

Hence, I prefer TSR's mod policy to that of DS. I'm sure a TSR mod would inform you if you were on your last warning, anyway

Another good thing about TSR is that it doesn't tolerate cyberbullying, whereas DS does.

Okay, cool

Apologies about earlier, I saw your username and thought you were related to the owner of Smeggy Forums (that I linked to earlier)


Thought so.

On a side note, have you ever been to any other forums - including DS?

Yes I post on The Guardian, Comic Book Movies, Jerusalem Post - These are more comments section, than forums.

Don't worry, you're not advertising anywhere, I've seen a lot worse posts.

I think I may have a look at those forums you mentioned

As for DS, There is one thread that I would like to be continued, the "DS Worst Music Poll for 20xx". I revived that in 2012 as it had stopped at 2008 previously, and also revived it in 2013 on a puppet account.

I will be adding that as a feature of TSR's Music department at the end of each year - expect that thread around November time!