Sign in with
Sign up | Sign in
Your question

...I have been banned, but I am not?

Tags:
  • Tom's Hardware
Last response: in Forum Feedback
Share
April 5, 2013 11:39:08 AM

Went to make a post in a thread, then it said I was banned, refreshed page, then I could post again. Refreshed page, then article said I was banned.

Anyone experience this issue?

More about : banned

April 5, 2013 12:16:50 PM

Hi :) 

I just saw a post from you in Laptops (the one about the wifi connections)

Never heard of a ban not working, so I would guess its a freak forum glitch...hopefully, lol

All the best Brett :) 
April 5, 2013 12:19:07 PM

Brett928S2 said:
Hi :) 

I just saw a post from you in Laptops (the one about the wifi connections)

Never heard of a ban not working, so I would guess its a freak forum glitch...hopefully, lol

All the best Brett :) 


Haha, probably a glitch. I have not broken any rules that I am aware. :p 
Related resources
April 5, 2013 12:20:30 PM

Same issue here.
April 5, 2013 12:22:48 PM

Hi :) 

I just tried a post with no problems, so its not everyone, which should be a relief to the Mods or they would be getting thousands of PMs...lol

Umm...another thought.... maybe the Mods should check how many bans are happening as maybe some who have been wrongly banned cannot actually even get back on the site :(  :( 

But if those bans are invisible, the only way to know would be for the developers to look and see if user numbers are dropping for no apparent reason ...

All the best Brett :) 
April 5, 2013 3:11:37 PM

This was in an article? What article was it in? Neither of you are banned, and have not been banned, so this shouldn't be occurring. Possibly, the article commentary itself was closed, which might pop up that message if the reply dialogue was still showing outside of the standard forum view.
April 5, 2013 3:26:31 PM

Article wasn't closed, it did seem like some form of system glitch due to new forum update, very unusual though.
April 5, 2013 3:30:02 PM

Does the problem persist for you in other areas?
April 5, 2013 3:32:01 PM

It does not luckily, hopefully it was just a one time thing.
April 6, 2013 8:12:21 AM

jpishgar said:
Does the problem persist for you in other areas?



I have had this happen in the CPU forums and commenting on articles.
April 9, 2013 10:57:06 AM

We believe we have isolated the issue that was causing this and resolved it in the short-term. Please let me know immediately if it occurs for anyone again.
April 12, 2013 4:41:00 AM

Will it post?
April 12, 2013 4:41:34 AM

Wow ok, I have not been able to post in several of the other forums. What is going on with my profile?
April 12, 2013 7:24:37 AM

Responded to you in the other thread. :) 
September 4, 2014 9:00:18 AM

Took a quick look at your profile, and did not see any indications that you have been banned. Has this been occurring frequently? We'll get it looked at but more details would be very helpful.
September 4, 2014 12:14:56 PM

It seems to occur randomly, throughout the day, ever since I created an account a few weeks back. It happened on that particular thread earlier today, around 11AM, but 20 minutes later it let me post without issue.
September 4, 2014 12:22:51 PM

That is very curious, especially since there have been no other reports of this. We'll report this to the devs, who will hopefully be able to sort it out. In the meantime, we're sorry for the inconvenience caused by this bug!
September 10, 2014 11:21:46 PM

Rapajez - are you posting from an Internet Café or a location which might be shared with other folks - College, perhaps?
September 11, 2014 9:55:25 AM

Occasionally posting from the office. Usually from my local, home network. I'll confirm whether it's occurring in both locations.
September 11, 2014 11:55:15 AM

I only asked because you seem to share an IP address with some pretty odd bedfellows who have been known to Spam our Forum with unwanted commercial links and adverts. That may be one reason for the system being a little confused over who is legitimate and who is not welcome.
September 11, 2014 11:56:14 AM

Well...there are 200,000 people working here... :)  I'll see if it's happening at home as well.

What's weird is the inconstancy. Sometimes just pressing the button a bunch of times will let it go through.
September 11, 2014 12:00:00 PM

Unless my information is questionable, that's one hell of a commute you have there. :D 

Anyway, you're in the clear and haven't been banned so our apologies for any misunderstanding but we work with the best data we can find to fend off unwanted posts and posters but you definitely are not unwanted.
!