Quote from: HCP on May 21, 2019, 10:54:26 PM

What about the situation where the plagiarised posts predate the posting of the forum rules relating to plagiarism/copypasta?

I've seen it mentioned a couple of times now that the rules relating to plagiarism were only added mid-2016.

It's irrelevant when it was done as people should know this wouldn't be acceptable. If you purposely plagiarised someone else's post whether to farm an account or for financial gain then that tells us all we need to know and you're here for the wrong reasons. There's really no excuses for plagiarism other than laziness and greed.

Quote from: LoyceV on May 22, 2019, 08:22:24 AM

Quote from: suchmoon on May 21, 2019, 03:16:57 PM

How about we give it some time, 90-120 days to let the temp bans expire and see how the sig-less copy-pasters perform. Will some of them disappear due to not getting paid?

If they disappear and return after their signature ban expired, it means they didn't deserve the lenience in the first place.

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In which case the sig ban is good enough, as it gives good users a second chance and effectively bans the financially-motivated ones. Will they abuse the sig ban? Not sure how they would do that though.

Some avatars pay more than most signatures Wink

There is no avatar ban yet, even banned users get to keep it.

If people try skirting their sig ban by monetising their avatars then they should also be removed. If they're not then maybe even negative feedback should be considered if they try monetise themselves in such a way as this is essentially just evading their bans.