Jan,
No problem, great minds.....
But, really, I was not aware that people were permanently banned because of bad relationships with one person?
Several, perhaps, the more conflict, the more the likelihood, but isn't this reasonable since the forum is a community and we all like people to get along?
EDIT:
Andrew, I think this quote from Anatech, Chris, answers your point:
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Now for what is known. Greg had the problem of always pushing his designs and ideals, no matter what a thread was discussing. Endless salesmanship. This was the root of his troubles. Now, we are too finicky? Well, DiyHiFi had to get rid of him too - for the same reason.
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This is one part of his response, somewhat brief, but it seems to be saying that endless salesmanship - effective abuse of membership according to the 'commercial' forum rules - was the root cause of it. Further, it states that some research indicated this happened again on another forum after banishment from DIYaudio, and that enough was enough.
Since the Greg Ball issue was addressed by Chris, I feel it is somewhat of a betrayal of his position that you should bring it up here without first discussing it in detail with Chris.
In case you already have done so, perhaps you would like to tell us his response, to give him his right of reply, or better still Chris himself could respond.
As forum members, and not Mods, the issue is out of our hands, and I would point out that this forum is not a democracy. The owner pays the bills, appoints Mods, and we play by their rules. Fair enough, too.
Hugh
Greg Ball (ampguru) censorship
