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Roselvr said:

Is anyone having problems
Is anyone having problems logging in?

I tried to log in last week & found my account removed. Apparently people from this board do not reply to the contact us (I sent 2)- so I'm left wondering what I did to get removed. I hardly get here; so I have no clue why someone would pick on me. I tried clicking my user name; that doesn't even load.

soccerfreaks said:

bans
Normally, anyone who is banned will be alerted that such is the case. In all of the cases I am aware from over the years, folks have been given more than one chance to adjust behavior, whether in the forums or the chat area or on their personal space.

In my experience, it is only when the behavior is continued and/or responses to the initial warnings are replete with continuing unsatisfactory behavior that people are banned from the site.

When people sign in the first time, they are asked to read the terms and conditions, which explain the type of behavior that will not be tolerated. Some consider this censorship, but it is not and we need to consider that since cancer has no biases but attacks all of us, the rich, the poor, the black, the white, yellow, red, the smart, the not-so-smart, catholics, muslims, jews, agnostics, atheists, you get the idea, it is incumbent upon us, all of us, to treat each other with respect.

I am not aware of the most recent banning, so bring up the above only to explain that when it happens, there is generally a very good reason for it.

While on the subject of getting in and out, it is true that the site has had historically acknowledged issues with downages, either the entire site or just the chat room. It is true that the site has also appeared to hiccup from time to time and simply screw up someone's membership. Be advised, in my understand, for what it's worth, that ACS and the CSN group contract out at least some and maybe all of the software (and maybe even hardware) functionality involved here, and so are typically as frustrated as we are when the site or the chat room go down unexpectedly.

That said, it is often also true that some users have adverse settings (perhaps a change in security or java-related settings?), outdated associated software (Java, eg), outdated hardware and the like. If everyone else is getting in and you are not, the chances are that you have a problem locally, perhaps with your provider, perhaps with a memory overload for some reason, a conflict in software running at the same time, something along that order. {I am NOT a CSN employee and have no access to the hardware or software, so this is only supposition, really, based on previous experience designing and developing sites, particularly those involved with the software apparently used here.}

Not to excuse CSN of its part in our frustration from time to time.

Take care,

Joe

Skiffin16 said:

CSN Email
Top left of the forum page...then bottom center, "Write A New Message".

Greta is the one you'd need to ask....that is her screename.

JG