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Do the Dubstepforum mods hellban people?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:07 pm
by bjackman
I was just reading
this article, and since this is the only social (yes, this is social by the standards of a programmer) forum I post on, I wondered if the claims that "most forums do it" are true.
Maybe this forum isn't big enough for that to be necessary. Maybe
certain users in here are just too entertaining to be banned.
But maybe.. just maybe.. there is a parallel universe of fucking idiots posting in here that none of us are aware of.
Re: Do the Dubstepforum mods hellban people?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:11 pm
by spire
Interesting. Never heard of that.
Re: Do the Dubstepforum mods hellban people?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:15 pm
by Samuel_L_Damnson
Why would they tell anyone if they did?
Re: Do the Dubstepforum mods hellban people?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:16 pm
by pkay
i couldnt read that website due to the font bothering me
whats the difference between ban and hella ban?
Re: Do the Dubstepforum mods hellban people?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:16 pm
by knell
if we did, it would be fairly counterproductive to admit it
Re: Do the Dubstepforum mods hellban people?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:18 pm
by spire
It explains that hellban makes it so you can still post but no one sees them. So you think youre still participating....but not really.
Re: Do the Dubstepforum mods hellban people?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:22 pm
by wormcode
The hellbans make it seem to the person only like they are still an active member on the site, but no one else notices them. Basically like adding him to everyone's ignore list.
phpBB doesn't support that natively, but there were similar plugins like one called Tarb (or 'Tard'?) Abuse Plugin.
Basically they were to help discourage people from just registering a new account to continue the trolling. It would take them quite a while to realise they were 'banned'.
Re: Do the Dubstepforum mods hellban people?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:23 pm
by Pedro Sánchez
I thought I was hellbanned, so I troll for attention to check now and again.
Re: Do the Dubstepforum mods hellban people?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:26 pm
by kay
I think the mods should say "Yes" whether they do or not. Just to increase the sense of paranoia for shits and giggles.
Re: Do the Dubstepforum mods hellban people?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:28 pm
by Mortal
kay wrote:I think the mods should say "Yes" whether they do or not. Just to increase the sense of paranoia for shits and giggles.
following this, we all pick a target to ignore, and the magic happens from there.
Re: Do the Dubstepforum mods hellban people?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:41 pm
by alphacat
Re: Do the Dubstepforum mods hellban people?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:43 pm
by pikeymobile
well now im paranoid
Re: Do the Dubstepforum mods hellban people?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:46 pm
by BNanni
pikeymobile wrote:well now im paranoid
This.
Re: Do the Dubstepforum mods hellban people?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:46 pm
by wormcode
who said that?
Re: Do the Dubstepforum mods hellban people?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:48 pm
by pkay
who's that bumpkin that used to get banned all the time? the one with the zztop beard and the kid?
Re: Do the Dubstepforum mods hellban people?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:48 pm
by pikeymobile
bass hertz
Re: Do the Dubstepforum mods hellban people?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:49 pm
by Kochari
Quick - someone quote me please
If I was a mod I'd do this all the time just to fuck with people
Re: Do the Dubstepforum mods hellban people?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:10 pm
by pkay
Kochari wrote:Quick - someone quote me please
If I was a mod I'd do this all the time just to fuck with people
shit son u hella band
Re: Do the Dubstepforum mods hellban people?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:14 pm
by Shum
pkay wrote:who's that bumpkin that used to get banned all the time? the one with the zztop beard and the kid?
Re: Do the Dubstepforum mods hellban people?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:11 pm
by ketamine
The entire idea of this is amazing to me, I never would have thought of something like that. LOLOL
