Global bans

**I'm Hot** · 10-02-2009, 12:47 PM

Or the same IP? ^^

**megabyteme** · 10-02-2009, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by The_Martinator

Of course noone gets globaly banned in the absolute meaning of the word. I think the phrase is used to scare people. Call it general prevention.

Well, kinda in the same way we "scare" criminals with things like jail, fines, being "violated" in showers, or put to death.

No system of "justice" is flawless. This community suffers from the same potential for abuse as any other system in place.

No there is no real "global" ban, but being exiled from Rome did not mean that one could not visit cities elsewhere, either. However, at the time, Rome was the center of the "modern" world and being kicked out (and loss of citizenship) was very serious (truly an understatement, but it will work for here).

Nobody prevents "exiled" BT users from going to Demonoid or the like...(BTW, I like Demonoid- not dis'ing it). However, if someone chooses to be "uncivilized", they do not get to be part of the more "civilized" (read as rule-following; respectful) trackers.

**jasperr** · 10-02-2009, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by Funkin'

The term "global ban" is a joke. Maybe the term "banned from a few select sites" would be more fitting as I'm sure not every tracker(or even close) participates when a staffer tries to initiate one.

Just ask Cabalo. His supposed global banned was what, a few sites at the most?

well, that depends on the what the offense was really.. i agree though there really isn't such a thing as "GLOBAL BANNING" per say.. only because there are too many trackers out there to actually say all of them.. however, it could effect your most "VALUED" sites..

**The_Martinator** · 10-02-2009, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by megabyteme

Originally Posted by The_Martinator

Of course noone gets globaly banned in the absolute meaning of the word. I think the phrase is used to scare people. Call it general prevention.

Well, kinda in the same way we "scare" criminals with things like jail, fines, being "violated" in showers, or put to death.

No system of "justice" is flawless. This community suffers from the same potential for abuse as any other system in place.

Yeah that's what I was going for. That's the definition of general prevention AFAIK. Of course special prevention is also there.

**sperm** · 10-02-2009, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by R0D3NT

invite sellers get "global" ban. Just look at what happened to those caught by what.cd (or was it waffles or perhaps both).

an FTN star is an exception to that

**IdolEyes787** · 10-02-2009, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by I'm Hot

Edit: "DISABLED PRIVS" I just noticed. Could some mod in a single post explain why? Don't really want to create a thread over this.

You had a sig that 's only definable purpose would be for phishing.

**I'm Hot** · 10-02-2009, 01:55 PM

Hm even though I don't really remember which sig was, I was only testing it, I never really used one here, I can't even see other's users sigs.

Edit: err, the 1x1 pixel image? Yeah now I get it. Sorry about that. Such method doesn't really work though, as you may have thought to yourself idol lol

**IdolEyes787** · 10-02-2009, 02:00 PM

I really don't know anything about things like that . It was reported and it was hosted someplace that didn't make any sense .
The decision to DP was made by someone who knows something about this sort of thing (I assume).

Btw no one is protecting tracker rule breakers here. In this case it's more about defending an individuals right to privacy.

**sez** · 10-02-2009, 02:50 PM

Originally Posted by IdolEyes787

I really don't know anything about things like that . It was reported and it was hosted someplace that didn't make any sense .
The decision to DP was made by someone who knows something about this sort of thing (I assume).

Btw no one is protecting tracker rule breakers here. In this case it's more about defending an individuals right to privacy.

QFT

I've also heard of methods that am yet to comprehend
http://www.katzforums.com/showthread.php?p=950072