"Prison bars" over a poster's icon?

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What does it mean when a poster has bars over his or her icon? Today I noticed them over a well-respected poster’s icon.

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I’ve also wondered what they mean.

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<a href=“Icons with "jail cell" door? - College Confidential Community - College Confidential Forums”>Icons with "jail cell" door? - College Confidential Community - College Confidential Forums;

Answer is in the linked thread.

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Thanks @thumper1. That thread says that the user has been given a warning. Any idea what triggers a warning?

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A violation of the Terms of Service, which everyone agrees to adhere to when they sign up on CC. Here is a link to the rules: <a href=“https://auth.collegeconfidential.com/module.php/hobsonspolicies/policy.php?policy=tos”>https://auth.collegeconfidential.com/module.php/hobsonspolicies/policy.php?policy=tos&lt;/a&gt;

Usually a “major warning” isn’t given for a first offense. It most often happens when a user has repeatedly broken the rules.