When a ban is issued with no one knowing about it but the high-level officer that issued it, as well as with no indicator whatsoever of how long that ban will be, it is two things, "secret" and "indefinite".

When a ban requires "lifting" in order to go away, it is clearly very different than the automated "temp ban" system Cryptsy falsely leads us all to believe governs banning.

The only reason the ban was lifted is because a friend of mine went on Cryptsy and posted this had happened, along with a link to this bitcointalk thread, so that other people could see what was happening. Then, people started talking about it in the chatbox to support me, as well as coming here to see what was up. Then, Cryptsy came here, freaked out because of the bad press and lifted the ban. Had my friend not spread the word on the chatbox there, Horus and DCGirl (and anyone else there, other than JShock) probably would never have even been aware my ban was issued. I would have simply... vanished. It was quite clear that the COO was banning me secretly and indefinitely to get rid of me, because I do have a louder (and possibly more specific voice) than many of their complaining customers.

So, while that might not seem like a big deal to you, and while you have the gaul to come here and equate the ban I received to a publicly-issued "temp ban" (as is clearly indicated in the scathing subject heading of your post and your opening statement, both quoted above), you are completely wrong. Secretly banning someone is exactly the same as "disappearing" someone in the night without a trace. It is exactly the same as putting a dissenter in prison and taking their pen and paper away to silence their voice. I basically got lucky getting the ban lifted, because I have the wherewithal to do things like create this thread and send a friend in with the link, and I am also lucky enough to have people that care about me in the Cryptsy chatbox.

Additionally, it probably took me less time to write my post than it did to write yours, but I'm not going to try to tell you how your time would be best spent.

And, if you haven't noticed, everything working just fine for you at Cryptsy puts you in a minority. Their chatbox has been a CONSTANT tidal wave of people for whom nothing is working properly. I'm glad it's working properly for you, but that doesn't entitle you to make any claims that it's working properly for everyone else.

I am also not complaining about Cryptsy needing to follow complicatedly detailed regulations. Obviously they need to do that, because they are an exchange who, by their own choice, is dealing with FIAT. I think they will soon regret that choice (if they haven't already), but that's another topic. I am also not crying that Cryptsy has gone "Mt. Gox." In fact, I specifically state earlier in this thread, as a reply to another post, that I am NOT stating Cryptsy has gone "Mt. Gox." I might be in the minority on that, however.