Quote from: The Pharmacist on October 30, 2018, 11:48:37 AM

Quote from: k0er on October 30, 2018, 11:29:42 AM

Who told that? i dont believe you. This is contrary to paragraph 25 of the forum rules.

I don't know exactly who told him this, but hilariousandco has a tendency to say things exactly like that in some ban appeal threads--which I disagree strenuously with and wish he would stop doing. And I've seen other assorted noobs offering the same advice in other ban appeal threads, too.

Probably the same person who tells everybody else things: their "friend". But it's true. Just create another account because that's what everyone else does and nobody is going to check or find out unless they stupidly link them publicly. This shouldn't be how it is but it is. I wish certain rules were either enforced or just got rid of if they're not going to be because it just creates a huge double standard and undermines the point of them in the first place as they're pointless when they're not enforced so until that changes it's pointless telling people otherwise. The forum is already mostly a free for all and the few rules we have here are rarely adhered to or enforced, but do you really think 99% of the people who lose their accounts here due to bans just accept the fact and sulk back into the ether never to return like a shunned outcast? Most will just create a new account and try again. It's a joke when users or staff find dozens of alt accounts copy and pasting and they're banned but are free to continue on whatever ones we might've missed and some will be doing so on dozens or even hundreds more and admins never look into them. I wouldn't ever tell someone who had seriously done something wrong here to just create another account (spreading malware purposely or whatever), but copy and pasting shouldn't be a death sentence for life and losing that account is probably already a big enough punishment for them and at least they might actually change their ways and improve their behaviour on the new one. As long as they don't do the same thing again I don't really see an issue with it and people do deserve second chances (especially for something like this, but if they do the same then I'd have no sympathy for them). People should also be made aware of the rules when they sign up as well and that's another thing that annoys me (and not that that justifies copy and pasting and there's no excuses for plagiarising someone else's post here but when people get banned for copy and pasting a definition or some quote from some other source it can seem a little harsh). If they're explicitly told not to do this when they sign up then this behaviour would significantly drop in the first place, but if they ignore that and still do it then fair enough as they've got no excuses then.

Quote from: The Pharmacist on October 30, 2018, 11:48:37 AM

It is absolutely against the rules to create a new account once you've been permabanned, and if mods (or anyone else) disagree with that they should convince Theymos to change the rule.

Maybe we should change the rules here and I've suggested we do so amongst various other things, but we all know how often theymos listens to suggestions. I would much prefer signature bans for things like copy and pasting rather than banning a person from the forum forever, especially if it's just one or two copy and pastes or something, and especially when you can just sign right back up with no problems.