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Will "Banned" labels negatively affect CC's image?
austinmshauri
9343 replies351 threads Senior Member
While searching through the "latest posts" recently I've noticed numerous "banned" posters. Most were the OP's, so in 10 pages of latest posts several avatars have "Banned" prominently stamped across them. CC already seems to have a reputation as being harsh because of the straightforwardness of some of the posters. If I were new to the forum and ran across page after page of banned posters, my impression wouldn't be that it's a welcoming site.
I wonder if I'm the only one who found the image startling. I can understand the need for moderators to be able to quickly identify banned posters, but I wonder if there's a more subtle way of doing it. Perhaps a special avatar could be created that could be assigned only to those who've been banned. A less obtrusive marking, such as a small red CC in the corner of the current avatar, seems preferable to the current method.
100 replies I wonder if I'm the only one who found the image startling. I can understand the need for moderators to be able to quickly identify banned posters, but I wonder if there's a more subtle way of doing it. Perhaps a special avatar could be created that could be assigned only to those who've been banned. A less obtrusive marking, such as a small red CC in the corner of the current avatar, seems preferable to the current method.
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Replies to: Will "Banned" labels negatively affect CC's image?
@CCadmin_Sorin Would you like to weigh in?
It would not have given me the idea that I'm going to be eaten up by the natives
In any event, I found it humorous.
The banned "label," AFAIK, is browser-dependent. A general user cannot see it with Safari, but can with other browsers (I forget the specifics, since mods can see it regardless of browser).
@skieurope, do you have an example of a user that displays this avatar?
Firefox mobile: avatar has the word "banned" on it.
Firefox desktop/laptop: avatar shows the hat with one corner pointing to a bullseye on the left.
Browsing the College Life section with Firefox mobile will show several sticky threads started by users with the "banned" avatar.
Note also that the list of threads in Firefox mobile shows the thread starter and his/her avatar, but does not show the most recent poster and his/her avatar. In Firefox desktop/laptop, the thread starter is named but his/her avatar is not shown, and the most recent poster and his/her avatar is shown. So banned users who happened to start sticky or popular threads may be more noticeable on browsers like Firefox mobile than on browsers like Firefox desktop/laptop (presumably based on how this web site renders based on browser detection).