by Blackened » 25 Apr 2022, 4:01 pm
Hi all,
For clarity on some of the comments above.
Accounts may be banned, in which case the account becomes inaccessible for future use but the account's Avatar image, signature, name, etc. all remain to show who the poster was.
Occasionally we may delete the account itself. In these cases, typically, the posts will remain in topics to maintain continuity of conversations, but all information associated with the account with be removed.
Any inappropriate comments published by the account would of course be removed, regardless of which of the above actions is taken.
That said, banning an account is done when we feel the user's posts or behavior are not appropriate for this particular forum. It's not done to promote any personal agenda, to condone or condemn a certain individual or organization, and not about making a big show of banning someone or making sport of them after.
A moderator may ban a user for the reasons above, beyond that though, the what, when, or why of it will not be highlighted or discussed with members, as that serves no purpose beyond gossip.
Cheers.