But if you have a terrible history here and are reformed (somehow I always think of the Bumble from Rudolph when I write that!), can’t you just ask for your account to be closed? In effect banned?
Then you open a new account under a new name (with the admins blessing of course). You have no history now, you can’t support your old name (which I thought was the reason for the no-sock rule) by posting to their threads in support of them. Your old account is closed and you have a new one. Seems very straightforward and simple to me.
I thought the rule was not to have two active accounts here? So close the old one and you are good to go.
I don’t think she was banned the first time – she did a voluntary disappearance when things got too hot for her.
And CarnalK – no, I really don’t think we should have one set of rules for posters “everyone” likes and another for those who don’t have that big a claque – for one thing, I think you can count on one hand the people who are “universally” loved, so you’d have to get into some weird calculations to determine what constitutes “popular,” let alone “popular enough to deserve a dispensation.”
Well, I didn’t mean “universally loved” I just meant “generally gets along”. IMHO, that is already the status quo in general. If you are new or have a history of shit disturbing you get watched a little closer and warned a little quicker.
As a guest, I know that I have no “right” to question or comment on the behaviors of the SDMB community, but I’ll say this- it strikes me as one of the most unfriendly places for n00bs, guests or contrary opinions/thoughts/ideas I’ve seen on the interwebs. Flame away, I’m impervious to it.
Well, it’s definitely not allowed without the mods’ blessing. Whether you could do it with their blessing would be up to them. And then they wouldn’t tell us they’d done so, because that would defeat the purpose.
So, you’d have to ask a mod for the official answer, but I think it’s: if you really think you need a “fresh start,” present your case to the mods; but don’t count on that option being available.
But I’m wondering why, or whether, there are all that many people who think they need a fresh start or a new identity. Aren’t you happy being you? Why do you need to be someone else? We like you just the way you are.
[/Mr. Rogers]
That would upset our carefully calibrated community! Posters would not have their reputation at stake for what they say! No one could trust that the people they’re talking to are real! Horses would eat each other!
I guess if you are reformed you will change your behavior and no one will be the wiser, if you haven’t changed then it will come out pretty soon, because we all have a posting style.
I think it is a pretty small minority of posters that would opt for this. I really don’t see it as a huge problem to be honest.
Personally I don’t see the need to change your name or open a new account–I stand behind what I posted here, otherwise why post if you don’t truly post what you are saying? You are who you are by posting here. Any strong personality posting now would be outed within a 100 posts I think. But if you really did start off on a really bad foot and no one would drop it, but you had truly changed then I could see going another route.
The staff has no access to the subscription system and cannot see any of your subscription information EXCEPT for these things:
The date your subscription started.
The date your subscription expires.
If your subscription is currently in force.
And that is only administrators; moderators can’t even see what I just listed, they can’t see anything regarding your subscription at all.
The only person I know of who has access to your subscription information is Jerry Davis at the Chicago Reader. And he does not share that information with anyone.
I agree it would be a small number of people opting for this. But it seems if you really felt you needed to do this, at least this option (if it is available) seems preferable to what just happened in the jarbabyj series. She hasn’t posted for a long time, so close out her account and let fatgail do what she can. This is very different from a banned poster trying to come back it seems.
To be fair, the “Not true” likely applies to the “Mods have access to info that personally identifies us.” I don’t believe they do either, and in that sense, Tuba’s statement is accurate.
The fact that the privacy of members has been flouted in the past and incidents like that could contribute to the untrustworthiness of certain mods/admins is pretty bulletproof, I’d say.
You know, Lib, for once I agree with you. That’s because sometimes, jsgoddess responds to the poster and not the post. By her lights, you or I should, if we felt the weight of her negative opinion of us too heavily, be allowed buy a sock and pretend to be someone totally new. Would that be OK, jsgoddess, or is your laissez faire policy on socks only for posters you like? Think it through-- you might accidentally find yourself saying something nice to Lib or me. Ewww.
I’m sure you think that Lib or I would be our asshole selves regardless of what identity we took on, so you’d be safe from the horror of being nice to our socks unintentionally. But I wouldn’t be so sure you’d know. This is a big board. I hardly know who’s who half the time, and I’m sort of paying attention.
Thing is, everyone here has to own what they say. Kinda like real life, only not. I like it that way, even if I am sometimes not proud of everything I’ve ever said here. That’s for me to think about and deal with. What’s NOT dealing with it is buying a sock (or worse, getting some poor sap to buy me one) and sneaking in the back door in an effort to get out of being a bitch in the past.
There are times I wish I could switch to anonymous mode and ask about that embarrassing rashy itch in that embarrassing place possibly caused by that embarrassing activity I engaged in.
Too bad we don’t have a forum where everyone is anonymous, but not for flaming or trolling crap. Maybe I don’t want everyone to know about my hemorrhoids, et al.
You know what----you’re an ass. You’re not only an ASS, but a rather poor excuse for an ASS. My ASS would be embarassed if I compared it to you. World Class Asses would be chagrined if compared to you. Take a course in reading comprehension, buy a clue.
The question was asked and answered about Mods/Admins having personal information about people who post here. We F-U-C-K-I-N-G DON’T. Get it yet?
