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My point being, if you have never been banned, you then get a paid advertising signature and continue posting how you have in the past, you aren't going to get a ban just because of the advertising signature. If you let your post quality deteriorate to meet quotas as tends to happen, then you do risk being banned.

I think people are referring to this post when they say that having a signature tends to increase the chances of getting banned. After all, doesn't the ban message say "Insubstantial Post + Signature Campaign"?

Quote from: BadBear on March 14, 2015, 12:33:01 PM

There are people who just don't post very well in general, post "too much", or don't really have anything to say, they just like to participate in the community and post. This itself is fine. But when you add an ad to these kinds of posters, it's difficult or impossible to tell if they just aren't quality posters or if they are attempting to boost their post count. I used to err on the side of caution here because I do not want to ban the former, just the latter, but too many of the latter are slipping through the cracks because it's very difficult to gauge someone's intentions. This is the main thing that has changed lately.

I like to think I fall into this category and just got caught in the crackdown.

Or maybe not. Banned again Cry

With all due respect to the administrators of this forum: this is nuts!

It isn't like I've been horning in on other people's discussions. I stay in like two threads. I don't flame nobody.

I don't get it

What is the reason this time? Is it a perma-ban or limited ban? Can you explain better I can't understand.

7 days ban for Insubstantial Posts + sig. Embarrassed

I'm tempted to blame VOD!

Then you should stop to wear a sig ad (when you will be unbanned). I think the forum staff will abolish the signature campaign, this is the unique and valid way to stop who is posting insubstantial posts.