Banned..?

[pigletwillie]

When I tell others about the Grapevine I take pride in saying I know people who have been banned for persistently being obnoxious, rude or just intolerant. So many other forums allow a level of rudeness/trolling and only ban based on direct offence. But I love the fact that if you're not going to play nice then you're not allowed to stay.
It's the mods' no nonsense attitude that makes this the most friendly and pleasant forum I've ever found and the odd banning serves as a healthy reminder to watch your Ps & Qs like 99% of us do out of habit.

Hope that doesn't make it sound too much like a communist dictatorship!

Thanks for that Ollie, trolling is especially naughty as the perpetrators just post for reaction. Alas seemingly still waters can run very deep.

[Hilary B]

I remember seeing 'banned' against a poster's name recently. One of the posts by same poster a couple of days earlier was decidedly lacking in tact, in a situation where tact would be more than ordinarily desirable. Would that sort of situation be enough for a banning, or not?

[SarzWix]

It would be if they had been repeatedly warned about the same or similar things and asked to desist, but then persisted in doing it.
We do try very hard to give people a chance to sort things out, but eventually you just have to put your foot down

[shirlthegirl43]

Blimey, that's going to take a week to read!

Who has been banned?

I wondered that too? It's gonna take a while to work out I guess.

[Headfry]

How can you tell if someone is banned?

[shirlthegirl43]

It says banned under the name (where mine says gardening guru for some obscure reason)

[piskieinboots]

.... but eventually you just have to put your foot down

you be careful doing that my lovely - look what happened last year or was it the year before

[piskieinboots]

.....(where mine says gardening guru for some obscure reason)

mine too - although in my case gnome would be more suitable

[Glutton4...]

mine too - although in my case gnome would be more suitable

Ask a Mod to change it! I want mine changed to Chatterbox!

[zazen999]

Unfortunately, we can't change them. Otherwise, think of all the fun we could have

We can only change our own.

[Glutton4...]

Unfortunately, we can't change them. Otherwise, think of all the fun we could have

We can only change our own.

Yeeeeeees!



* Wonders what the chuff Fifi the hairy Hobbit would change mine to!

[ginger ninger]

I think mine would be "Madam Squash".

The modes do a brilliant job and I have to agree with the banning of irritating, obnoxious and dam right rude peeps. When all most of us want to do is pop in and have a look for good advice, recipes, have a natter and console our friends when life not being kind. Not having to put up with with rather border line nastiness, peeps trying to sell things to you etc is something the modes try very hard to keep to a minimum for all of us.
WELL DONE TO ALL THE MODE...AND THANKS

[FionaH]

Yeeeeeees!



* Wonders what the chuff Fifi the hairy Hobbit would change mine to!

If I could have changed yours dont you think I would have done it by now?


probably something really really nasty that I am too tired to think of right now

[Jeanied]

If I could have changed yours dont you think I would have done it by now?


probably something really really nasty that I am too tired to think of right now

Like sweetie pie?

[shirlthegirl43]

and I still haven't worked out who went missing