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January 30, 2014 12:52:12 PM

Banned account: KillBot

I was accused of "gaming" the system with two accounts. I had another account with exactly one post that did not vote on anything in any way. Not only was my account banned but any answers I gave have been deleted, making all the threads I posted in incomplete or incomprehensible due to some answers being quoted and some not.

I am posting here only because I pm'ed and e-mailed a mod and the reply I got was "the mod in question probably thought you were trying to game the system". When I asked for a follow up I received no reply.

I this was unintentional I can accept that, but if mods are going to ban an account and delete all posts on a whim, with no warning or contact whatsoever, then this is not a site I want to continue to be a part of. Can someone give me an answer on this?

Some thread examples:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1985721/install-...
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1985941/problem-...
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1985721/install-...
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1970540/fujitsu-...
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1985083/2nd-moni...
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1985821/free-hdm...

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January 30, 2014 1:51:32 PM

I'll look into this for you. I or another mod will be in touch via PM.
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January 31, 2014 6:46:07 AM

It appears you may have been banned by mistake as a result of having a multi-account and posting from the same IP within rapid succession. A moderator is restoring your posts. Vigilance against spammers and gaming for badges sometimes catches the wrong person up in the net. Our apologies for the misunderstanding.

-JP
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