Reputation and Badges [2]

[Joan Archer]

Those were my thoughts with regards him being here Jonathan he did say he was a forum addict I think he had it in his profile that he was a hacker and I don't think I saw him help anyone, I could be wrong on that though.

 

[Bill2]

I feel a bit bad for iphone. Cheerful character. He was a young one, we could have counselled him. Maybe we can have a warning system in place, something like "Three strikes".

He really wasn't here for the right reasons, Bill. He seemed more interested in getting a high post count fast than helping for others' benefit. See his first post: http://www.sevenforums.com/chillout-room/79106-reputation-badges-2-a-92.html#post752702

He'll just go somewhere else where he can get a high post count without getting in trouble. After all, the ban is actually his warning. Maybe now, he will stop piracy, and thus avoid a copyright lawsuit later on.

On his profile, click the 'About' tab. Under interests, he has 'hacking' listed Not surprised he got himself banned from the rules he obviously didn't read.

If you look up the dictionaries and the wikies, you'll find that the term "hacking" has a large range of meanings, from the completely respectable to the downright shady.

My point is if X is a hacker in the bad sense AND has wonderful windows skills (this may not necessarily be true of iphone, just giving an example), whats wrong with using his good skills on the forum while telling him to back off on the other aspect?

As for the post count issue, IMHO gold membership should be tied to a threshold rep count or at least posts in the Chillout sub-forum (and such like) should be excluded.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

As for the post count issue, IMHO gold membership should be tied to a threshold rep count or at least posts in the Chillout sub-forum (and such like) should be excluded.

We've had more discussions about this than you could shake a stick at. (open and private)

 

[Jonathan_King]

He really wasn't here for the right reasons, Bill. He seemed more interested in getting a high post count fast than helping for others' benefit. See his first post: http://www.sevenforums.com/chillout-room/79106-reputation-badges-2-a-92.html#post752702

He'll just go somewhere else where he can get a high post count without getting in trouble. After all, the ban is actually his warning. Maybe now, he will stop piracy, and thus avoid a copyright lawsuit later on.

On his profile, click the 'About' tab. Under interests, he has 'hacking' listed Not surprised he got himself banned from the rules he obviously didn't read.

If you look up the dictionaries and the wikies, you'll find that the term "hacking" has a large range of meanings, from the completely respectable to the downright shady.

My point is if X is a hacker in the bad sense AND has wonderful windows skills (this may not necessarily be true of iphone, just giving an example), whats wrong with using his good skills on the forum while telling him to back off on the other aspect?

As for the post count issue, IMHO gold membership should be tied to a threshold rep count or at least posts in the Chillout sub-forum (and such like) should be excluded.

How would you feel if the admins told you that you could recommend SFC, Repair Install, how to use the Easy Transfer Tool, and how to upload a dmp, but nothing else? I doubt you would be real eager to help out at all around here, if you were just a tool.

You have a valid point, but I doubt he would take it. The natural human instinct is to go where we can do what we want.

 

[CarlTR6]

I feel a bit bad for iphone. Cheerful character. He was a young one, we could have counselled him. Maybe we can have a warning system in place, something like "Three strikes".

Yes 3 strikes for mild rudeness, or something similar, but not for a criminal act. Would MS give him 3 strikes. I liked him, but our first responsoblity is to the forum and those we help.

Very well stated, Rich.

 

[Tews]

We dont need no steeeenking warning system ... we have an Airbot!! :roflmao:

 

[A Guy]

Congrats JK and Tews on the new bling.

Have to agree about posting for posting sake, accolades are nice when deserved. I got my hand slapped for posting links to new things, so reticent to share such lest I ruin a good thing. But since I'm not looking to pump up my post count, I can live with that. A Guy

 

[A Guy]

Hey I'm now a power user I promise to use my power for good and not evil, lol. A Guy

 

[kucing13]

Hey I'm now a power user I promise to use my power for good and not evil, lol. A Guy

congratulations on your new badge guy

 

[Dave76]

Congrats on the new badge A Guy, looks good on you


Nice hat Joan

 

[Kari]

Congratulations, A Guy.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hey I'm now a power user I promise to use my power for good and not evil, lol. A Guy

Congrats!

 

[mitchell65]

What happened?

He told somebody to use a win7 crack

~Lordbob

I thought the main objective of the OP was to further his interest in hacking. It came up a couple of times before in the thread to get rid of the Microsoft logo on the properties page. I suggested that I could get rid of the logo legally and posted two screenshots to show what I had done. I set this as an example to see how observant the poster was. A simple look would have shown that the screenshots were different files sizes indicating different levels of image editing! There was of course no hacking or coding editing which I pointed out was against the licence we all agree to when loading Microsoft software. This seemed to fall on stony ground so I for one am not surprised by the banning nor am I greatly upset.
The simple thing I did was to take a screenshot using the Snipping Tool then using the eraser tool to delete and parts I wished.

Here's the original post:
http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/87205-question-about-removing-thing-3.html#post756382

 

[kucing13]

I was there too with you mitchell. It is unfortunate

 

[CarlTR6]

Hey I'm now a power user I promise to use my power for good and not evil, lol. A Guy

Congratulations on the new badge.

 

[Jonathan_King]

Congratulations A Guy!

 

[richc46]

Congrats and the best of luck. Well deserved. Wear it proudly, another one is right around the corner.

 

[si8mon]

I am just interested whats the diffrerence between being banned or expelled?

 

[z3r010]

They are both the same, but if somebody has a lot of posts I prefer to use expelled because having hundreds of posts by banned members looks bad.

 

[noobvious]

Hey I'm now a power user I promise to use my power for good and not evil, lol. A Guy

Congrats!