If I may be permitted to necro this thread just to vent for a minute:
I recently got banned from BF. I wasn’t participating in very many threads, generally because of the pile-on that would invariably happen. I expressed divisive opinions on hot-button topics like:
Is Nintendo Doomed? (my opinion: no);
Is Google Sheets a good-enough replacement for Excel for most people (my opinion: yes);
and the thread which got me suspended and eventually banned:
Did you like or dislike The Last Jedi? (my opinion: dislike).
After the piling on in the Last Jedi thread, I was banned for two weeks. After the ban ended, I messaged Lum and asked:
- What rules did I specifically violate to deserve a ban?
- What can I do in the future to avoid this?
- Who else was banned at the same time?
The response I got was (paraphrasing): “I have zero interest in pointing out the many ways in which you aggravated people on that thread.” And when I asked again about what rules I violated, I was permanently banned. So, I was banned for asking why I was banned.
Look, I know I can be argumentative. I’m just amazed that no one notices the piling on over there, and everyone seems to be okay with it.
Thanks for letting me vent!