I also feel this is a good time to bring up this idea again:
With regards to unfairly banning people, or banning people willy-nilly:
A company/site that relies on its customers buying products or consuming its product does NOT want to ban people unless it is actually warranted.
They aren't going to ban people for saying something they dislike, unless it is something that can also harm their bottom line (such as getting the rest of the site upset and threatening to quit, or in the case of the chargeback). They aren't going to ban people 'just because'.
Sites that do that end up going down. They might not go offline, but they often aren't *good* sites and word gets around.
So, again while I am sure that there are people who get caught up in ban waves because they somehow became associated with people who are legitimately breaking the rules, I would feel confident in saying that the majority of people who are banned? Most likely aren't banned unfairly.
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anonrerising2022-08-02 07:34 pm
Re: Unfairly banned?
(Anonymous) 2022-09-01 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)With regards to unfairly banning people, or banning people willy-nilly:
A company/site that relies on its customers buying products or consuming its product does NOT want to ban people unless it is actually warranted.
They aren't going to ban people for saying something they dislike, unless it is something that can also harm their bottom line (such as getting the rest of the site upset and threatening to quit, or in the case of the chargeback). They aren't going to ban people 'just because'.
Sites that do that end up going down. They might not go offline, but they often aren't *good* sites and word gets around.
So, again while I am sure that there are people who get caught up in ban waves because they somehow became associated with people who are legitimately breaking the rules, I would feel confident in saying that the majority of people who are banned? Most likely aren't banned unfairly.