Will you ban based on behaviour on other forums?

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Just a quick question. If you find a username like IKEAGiftCenter and then searched on the web and found that this user was a one-post spammer on another forum, would you ban immediately?

I know that it's 99% likely to be a spammer, but would you do this taking a small risk that it might be a genuine user.

Also in general, would you ban a user for a known pattern of bad behaviour (not necessarily spamming) on other web forums?
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Triumvirate · Posted: 4/4/2006, 3:51 pm Post subject:

If I know it's a bot I might ban it, but if you are unsure then I might wait. As for banning based on other forums banning of a member, it would depend.

Generally I would say no, I won't ban because someone else banned them (unless of course we are talking about other sites in a group of sites I own in which case I may ban them across all of my sites). Different forums have different rules which can be a factor to consider. Also people can change their attitudes sometimes, which is another thing to consider.

I can't really give a definite answer for myself as I would have to look at it on a case by case basis. But, to answer in general as you mentioned, No.
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Nick · Posted: 4/5/2006, 1:00 am Post subject:

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dojo · Posted: 4/8/2006, 12:46 pm Post subject:

hard to answer. I don't usually track my new members. I have no time to do so. But if I came to know something about a member, maybe I'd be careful with him. not ban right away (if the offences weren't big), but be attentive though
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Mercury · Posted: 4/8/2006, 3:38 pm Post subject:

I don't usually track my new members, either. If a person is a known rampant spammer or troll, I may ban him immediately, but only in extreme cases, I suppose. I'll likely just keep a closer eye on him. Some trolls like to act like normal members for a while and then one day they just snap.
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Oh yeah, I will also ban people based upon behavior at another one of my communities. Like, if I ban you at one of my sites, almost a certainty that you are banned from all o fmy sites.
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Teknomancer · Posted: 4/9/2006, 12:13 am Post subject:

I won't take the first step. I'll most likely wait for the member to do something before banning him, mainly because I have complete control of my forum and I backup the database everyday, so no member can do any damage that cannot be undone!
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Cross_+_Flame · Posted: 4/9/2006, 9:42 am Post subject:

Rarely. If we have a poster who just doesn't fit in with the religious community, then our SOP is to search for them on the net. Oftentimes we justify current moderating action by pointing at their behavior on other forums, though we never use that as primary justification. Just backup evidence.

We have a new member who posted four new topics on our community in one day. They looked too well put-together to be anything but pre-written postings. One of our mods searched for his name and found about 8 different forums where he had posted the same thing. He had never replied to any of them (save one).

So, when he came over to ours, we locked a topic and indicated to him that we wanted conversation, not hit-and-run posting. It was a rather hard-line to what we normally do. But it ended up working; he replied to the posts in his threads, and even contributed to other threads.

However, that's a Cinderella story. Usually they are just banned and don't come back to spam again.

In short, yes, take that into account, but for marginal violations I would let them know YOU are aware of their previous behavior and will be watching them closely, and they'd better shape up. Unless they are spammers, then give 'em the boot Wink

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heather · Posted: 4/17/2006, 11:17 am Post subject:

I sit and watch

I was made aware by one member that a new member had been trouble on another sit, so i watch all there post got there IP number in case the tried under a guest, and so fare so good this member has been great, doesn't post very often but fine when does, i watch their post's and my other 2 admin, one foot wrong and out