Have you been Editing and are Suddenly Banned?

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(04-08-2009 01:28 PM)LindaR Wrote:  You end up in cyber space when you get auto banned. You need to log out off the board in order to read posts. You do not have access to "Members" lists and you cannot send PMs. My husband had to send the PM and let the admins know I got "bot banned". The only way to find out who's online is to go and read the posts and check the little icon to the right of the names. The "Who's Online" at the bottom of the main page of the forum does not tell who is online...I guess because they are offline. Can't get online till you sign in...and when you try to sign in (if you are banned), you can't get in!

Sounds like your experience has been quite intense.

I thought maybe you would not be able to see the forum page at all. So that is good know, that you can actually see it, and that you do have to log out.

You can't see who is online because banned people aren't allowed to see members, use the pm or email system. That was to prevent actual people who are officially banned, including spammers, from going after the members privately by pm or emails if they show for a member on a post. I wish that didn't have to be like that.

As I stated, we do try to have an admin on and at least try to catch an auto ban asap. The best action, if you don't know if anyone is around, just go to the SeekGod.ca website and send an email found in the Contact link. I am assuming that the links might not work on the banner on the forum for someone banned. If they do, use it there, if not, go to the website. One of us is usually not too far away. And hopefully you can get back on right away and post away.