- Are Copper Members meant to be able to bypass the Newbie PM restriction?
- If so, shouldnt this perhaps be revised after the Jr. Member demotions and (presumably) increase of Copper Member purchases by Newbies?
The Newbie PM-restrictions were implemented at a time I received many spam-PMs from Newbies. Since it's implemented, that stopped (even though I allow PMs from Newbies).
Copper Membership gives a spammer something to lose. I haven't received any spam from one of them, so I don't think the rules should be changed.
- Can someone get banned for plagiarism (or else), for a post written lets say two or three years ago? (or even longer).
Yes:
- Plagiarism: If you copy some text from somewhere, then you should have a good reason for it, and you must link to the source. Doing otherwise is plagiarism. Changing a few words around doesn't matter. If we find that you plagiarized, then you absolutely will be permanently banned, even if we find it years after you did it.