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Accounts are banned, but that is generally to disuade spamming, or people who have become completely disruptive.
Accounts are banned, but that is generally to disuade spamming, or people who have become completely disruptive.
Ahh, I see - for the common good, that sort of thing? Isn't that how dissidents are treated in totalitarian regimes? Political protests -> disrupting the peace?
And the benevolent cadre makes the "correct" decision from loosely defined sorta-laws?
Can't argue with that logic
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You are incorrect when you say that transgressions are punished on a more likely than not basis, anything that is a bannable offense requires 100% proof in plain text. Bans aren't done on a whim. The rules were designed in such a way that moderators couldn't abuse anything more than deleting posts that shouldn't have been (which Theymos monitors and corrects if someone makes a mistake) I've seen one accidental ban in the past 3 years, and that was my bad which was fixed in a few minutes.
Know from reliable source to be false.
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As I mentioned before, I dont really have an opinion one way or another about whether accounts should or shouldn't be traded at an ethical level. I do know for a matter of fact that banning people for selling or buying accounts would lead to more trouble than it has caused. Speaking of the trouble account selling/buying has caused, have we been able to point to a single confirmed instance? It is a bad idea to ban account selling whether I agree with it or not.
I have given you reasons why bought and sold accounts are a bad thing. Not going to repeat myself for the Nth time, but you better follow your buddy's list and neg rep me - he got the cue from you
If I had any doubts about the vindictiveness of that douche, they're gone.
Fine, we are a totalitarian regime. Go elsewhere if you would like to avoid it.
Your reliable source likely knows nothing of the banning process here, again that doesn't matter, I don't care.
You haven't made a single point since your first page of the last thread you started. You have said account selling is bad because rape and murder and buzzwords, also you are embarrased or something. You have yet to point out any specific downside to buying/selling accounts. We have addressed scamming and spamming, but after I answered that, you quickly switched to nonsequitor arguments and empty analogies that have nothing to do with anything. If you want to actually add anything else, you are welcome to do so. Don't make an analogy, you can use single words if you wish to address the issues.
A) Spamming
B) Scamming
C) ...
I honestly don't have a problem ignoring people who just want to scream and hear themselves talk, but on the very slight chance you actually care at all about the topic at hand, I joined the conversation to provide additional info for you to think about. If you don't care, just let me know and I'll stop replying.