nmihosting
03-31-2002, 05:55 PM
Can anyone tell me why when some host providers company names are mentioned here they get turned into asterix's
for example: ***********
That is the name of a reseller web hosting provider I came across and mentioned in a post just to say that they used Ensim, and thier name turned to asterix's (as it has above)...why?
Woody
03-31-2002, 05:56 PM
Meens they have been really bad on this forum and they are now ****** out to keep them from advertising or anything else.
huckbarry
03-31-2002, 05:58 PM
That is a good idea to enable somthing like that ;)
mindboggle
03-31-2002, 08:02 PM
But then nobody will know that they are bad because their names are ***ed out.
huckbarry
03-31-2002, 08:10 PM
Originally posted by mindboggle
But then nobody will know that they are bad because their names are ***ed out.
But it would solve conflicts ;)
MattF
03-31-2002, 08:19 PM
We don't like to censor names, we'd rather members know the true story about some companies behaviour, but sometimes it is necessary as they continue to abuse the forum despite repeated removals of their posts and/or warnings.
We sometimes get little 13 year old kids, spamming the board from multiple accounts, using various parked URLs etc.. all to self-promote their "unlimited" web hosting operation. Once we censor their URLs they often go away and spam somewhere else like USENET or something.
Of course, we occassionally get "big" companies spamming the forums too because of the pressure on their sales team, just as bad really.
I can't comment on the particular name censored above as I don't know what company you're referring too?
nelix
03-31-2002, 10:31 PM
once a host name is **********ed is it permanently blocked or only for a time period???:confused:
Until someone removes it.
nelix
03-31-2002, 10:57 PM
Until someone removes it.
A moderator or the poster???
mindboggle
03-31-2002, 11:10 PM
I think a moderator removes the ***s after 60 days if the company has been good.
nelix
03-31-2002, 11:13 PM
Thats good...as long as they dont forget to do it:)
nmihosting
04-01-2002, 06:46 AM
Originally posted by MattF
I can't comment on the particular name censored above as I don't know what company you're referring too?
Lets see if this works ...
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That's who I mentioned - why are they blocked?
kunal
04-01-2002, 11:42 AM
Originally posted by nmihosting
Lets see if this works ...
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That's who I mentioned - why are they blocked?
coz theyve been very very naughty.... and the owner, matt doesnt like naughty people one bit... :angry:
