Read rule #25 and then you can see why I assume that account was banned (No I did not ban it).
Dude if you read and follow the rules you can say almost ANYFUCKINGTHING here on this forum. I have yet to see a user following the rules receive a ban for just a controversial opinion.
Although the forum is absolutely centralized you will find very few medium that allows you as much freedom as here. Just don't break the very few, very simple rules and you will be 100% fine!
Shelby (aka @AnonyMint) claimed the opposite up-thread.
He claims he was banned originally because he wrote critically about Monero and Ethereum and because he was insulting (those who were also insulting Shelby) influential anonymous members such as @gmaxwell
1, @Foxpup, @stereotype, @Lauda, @iCEBREAKER, etc..
Shelby claims that the original multi-posting allegation (which he entirely stopped doing a long-time ago) is something everyone does (
look here is a link to (archived
here) @aliashraf doing it yesterday) and was a fabricated reason to silence him because he is the one who speaks with the most critical technological rigor on the entire forum.
I based my statement off my observation of the forum over the last 5+ years here.
I read what both sides claim and we all have to choose which side they feel is right. Based on my personal experience here in the forums and the information I've read so far I am inclined to believe his constant breaking of rules is the reason for his ban and not the conspiracy theory side. (I don't generally buy into a lot of conspiracy theories, but that's me).