Thread: please do not beat me

Originally Posted by osiris4isis

So when someone gets "carded", "kicked out", banned; do they know why they are banned? If so, how? It's not as though they are able to check their mailbox for the reason.

Well considering that most users don't read the rules often enough to know (nor remember) what not to do (personally I go with my common senses and hope for the best but sh*t happen) and you get banned but don't know why. Don't get me wrong I'm not against "banning", I'm just curious if they get warning or notified of the reason.

When a banned user logs-in he gets a notice about the reason of his ban and a pm is sent to every yellow/red carded user with the reason of the infraction card given.
All this is automatic in a Vbulletin board, Admin and ban-enabled Staff must always give a reason for banning or giving a card.
Additionally we make a post here [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
This forum bans by automatic script 0 posts users after 455 days of inactivity. A notice is present, and non dismissible by the user, in inactive users' forum header. At login they get the reason: "0 posts user expired account", but after more than a year they should know why they've been banned.
At registration users receive an e-mail with a notice about it too.