Banned members using new IDs

[jeffbert]

I do not believe that Avatargirl has even 1 mean bone in her body; anyone who thinks that her reference to "boys vs. girls" is sexist has a problem with bias.

diehard67, the point is not that her past name has come to haunt her, but that she had been banned or actually put on probation (see above posts), and that if we, in recognizing her in her new user ID allowed her to stay, we should likewise allow any and all banned members to create new user IDs and continue where they left off when we banned them. Hence, banning becomes a joke; those who break the forum rules simply return using new IDs even though everybody recognizes them by their habits.

We would have unacceptable behavior all over again. Not even Superman, with his never ending quest for truth, justice, etc, could help us. Members would leave us in droves. All would be lost, etc.

[avatargirl]

Thank - you i never meant harm to anyone i love this site and the people here. Never meant to annoy anyone- people like ANIME GIRL 14 and Diehard are why i love coming here. Respect and admire people like Dannavy85. If i am banned i will have failed people like DANNAVY, ANIME GIRL AND DIEHARD. Thanks and if i am banned i will miss my friends here- pray everyone the very best- your friend always and truly hope you want to be my friend.

[avatargirl]

Thanks- i apologized for any trouble i caused and am so sorry i let down people like DANNAVY WHO I RESPECT. Thanks ANIME GIRL and DIEHARD for your support. I never ever- ever meant any harm here- i love the people here and will miss them if i am banned. Never meant any harm or anything bad in my remarks about boys- so sorry anyone found me annoying. Pray everyone the very best always and want to be a good friend.

sorry about the double-posting- thought my first post did not post-

[King Porky]

e gads, i wake up to find all this going on here. D: Aw man.

I'm not sure what to say to be fair. While i was slightly offended by said "girl vs boy" comments, due to personal reasons (aka: me being trans), i know she didn't mean it that way, and besides I've had worse thrown at me from people who did mean it. Plus i tend to joke about it all the time anyway.

But then i am also unaware of the past of Avatargirl... But to be honest, i don't think right now she's done anything to warrant banning. She hasn't been malicious on purpose, and overall she is a pleasant person...
I'm someone willing to give second chances (even third or forth chances) and while it has been my downfall on a few occasions, i don't see that would happen here.

[cybotron]

Give her another chance. She learned...

[MightyAstro]

I voted for another chance.

I haven't been logged in for awhile but I always used to enjoy exchanging PMes with Toni. I do not currently know whether avatargirl is Toni and if I did I would leave it up to her to openly admit it if she wished to out of courteous respect for our friendship. But in any case I'm delighted to say if avatargirl has seriously realized the error of her ways and if she proves it by her actions then she deserves another chance.

[Black Rabbit]

I think Avatar Girl should have another chance. And like Anime Girl, Avatar Girl was one of the first people I though of as a friend. I respect other peoples opinion, but Avatar Girl can be sweet, she doesn't mean any harm. I haven't been at this forum for long, but I don't think that Avatar Girl should be banned. And like Jeffbert said, being banned doesn't really help, the same person could just get a new user and come right back to the forum. It becomes a game to them.
It would be sad if Avatar Girl was banned.

[Bakabits]

avatargirl BROKE the rules people! she should be banned! i am just saying.

[Astro Forever]

actuley, I think that the person that posted in big red letters calling all mods bluh bluh, is just stering up trouble for avatargirl, such things are rude and why couldn't this person pmd a mod or 2 instead of blasting this out on the public forum.

I agree here, I also would have preferred if one (or two or three, it doesn't matter) of us had gotten a private message instead. I can understand why this issue was brought up, but we would have taken it as seriously and it would have been better for avatargirl. I would like to use this opportunity to ask all members to use the report post icon (the exclamation point at the bottom left of each post, in the username column) if you want us to pay attention to a particular post or to write us if something doesn't seem right to you.

As for your doubts over whether tonigirl and avatargirl were the same person, from what vBulletin gives us, it seems likely, and as I said, we gave her as many explanations as we could.

[karl0s]

The rules are there for a reason, if someone breaches the rules, they have to go. If we are constantly handing out second chances, then having rules would be pointless. As far as I see it, it's pretty simple.