Soccer forum ban still not lifted - weeks - late March - now May - technical issue/oversight/ploy?

gormdubhgorm

It was a two week ban back in late March - it is now May time of writing - I actually had forgotten about it.

I sent a message to the mod in question DM_7 no reply.

I noticed I am not the first person that this has happened to as other posters had similar issues. The cynic in me thinks this might be a deliberate ploy by the moderators of the forum to keep it in check/control - 'we don't like your kind in here' - 'not tonight' - 'regulars (we like) only'. Or is it designed to make posters grovel to get back in?

Or is it a completely innocent technical issue where the poster is not reinstated automatically?

Spear

Moved to Helpdesk, as this doesn't fall under DRP at this point.

gormdubhgorm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120605152#Comment_120605152

I didn't know which one to put it in as it fell between two stools.

Spear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120605163#Comment_120605163

The ban reason isn't being disputed, and the ban period has been served. This is either a technical issue, or the soccer mods haven't restored access to the Soccer Group.

ShamoBuc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058296711/soccer-forum-ban-still-not-lifted-weeks-late-march-now-may-technical-issue-oversight-ploy

Then the Cynic in you would be wrong, as posters are indeed not reinstated automaticlly.

Under the previous version of Boards, a poster was Automatically reinstated to the Soccer Forum following a Ban, by the System.

As Soccer is now a 'Group', following a Ban, a poster must ask for access to be returned in the thread below.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058255642/soccer-access-request-thread#latest

Any poster looking for Access to the Soccer Forum for a first time, or since the migration, must do the same.