(Moderator Note: Problem Has been Resolved)

- i have been a registered user of bikeforums.net since 2005...

- username: linux_author

- i just reported two posts as SPAM using the text:

SPAM SPAM SPAM

KILL KILL KILL!

- and i have been BANNED!!!

- WTF is GOING ON HERE???

- HAS BF BEEN HACKED????

- WTF is going on here?????

- this a second post... i reported two posts (via RSS) as SPAM, and minutes later, my account, linux_author, has been BANNED?????!!!!!

- HELP HELP HELP HELP!!!!!

- i REPORTED SPAM, NOT GENERATED IT!!!!!

- HAS A NEW MODERATOR SCREWED UP SOMEHOW???

- I'VE BEEN A USER FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS!!!!

- WHAT IS GOING ON HERE???

(sorry for shouting, but this is really, really, disconcerting)

You could always post under the new help_me name is you can't recover the linux_author one. Good luck with your quest.

but the linux_author posts (and my avatar) are still visible...

WHY DID THIS HAPPEN???

WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY!!!

ALL I DID WAS REPORT SPAM, NOT GENERATE IT!!!

I'm sorry, that spam had powerful friends.

- WTF is going on here?????

- this a second post... i reported two posts (via RSS) as SPAM, and minutes later, my account, linux_author, has been BANNED?????!!!!!

- HELP HELP HELP HELP!!!!!

- i REPORTED SPAM, NOT GENERATED IT!!!!!

- HAS A NEW MODERATOR SCREWED UP SOMEHOW???

- I'VE BEEN A USER FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS!!!!

- WHAT IS GOING ON HERE???

(sorry for shouting, but this is really, really, disconcerting)


Indeed. It's been fixed. I sent you an apology.

All capital letters and multiple exclamation points in sentences can oftentimes appear as SPAM when read quickly. My suggestion would be a more traditional format of sharing information to see if that helps.

I'm sorry, that spam had powerful friends.

:roflmao:

Looking Into This.

- bless you, bless you, bless you!

- i am BACK!!!

- YAHOO!!!

(and no, i'd NEVER, EVER SPAM BF!)

:-)

- thanks so much!

All capital letters and multiple exclamation points in sentences can oftentimes appear as SPAM when read quickly. My suggestion would be a more traditional format of sharing information to see if that helps.

Actually, it was a common mistake on behalf of one of the new moderators. He will be teased mercilessly for it until the very end of time as we know it. Or next week, when someone else does it. :eek:

- bless you, bless you, bless you!

- i am BACK!!!

- YAHOO!!!

(and no, i'd NEVER, EVER SPAM BF!)

:-)

- thanks so much!

Dammit, I was just gonna start a FREE LINUX_AUTHOR! thread, so we could play with some new sockpuppets, but now cuz of your whining, you ruined all my fun. :p

Actually, it was a common mistake on behalf of one of the new moderators. He will be teased mercilessly for it until the very end of time as we know it. Or next week, when someone else does it. :eek:

Come on, you can tell us who...what good is torture without a mob?

Dammit, I was just gonna start a FREE LINUX_AUTHOR! thread, so we could play with some new sockpuppets, but now cuz of your whining, you ruined all my fun. :p

- WoW! tks for the support, dude!

(it feels *really* good to be back!)

:-)

p.s. to the mods: you can now delete the username 'help_me' from BF ... i *think* linux_author is good for at least the next 31 years (IIRC the original registration agreement)...

Well, at least it wasn't me that did it this time. :D

By the way, good job on getting the problem noticed as quickly as possible. If (when) this happens to someone you can also pm a few of us mods to let us know it happened. Of course, it will have to be done with a new user name. It's an inconvenience but nothing that can't be taken care of fairly quickly.

Good to have ya back linux......now behave! ;)

Damn those new mods, always screwing things up. *shrug*

Damn those new mods, always screwing things up. *shrug*

We were going to fire him over this one, but ridiculing was more fun.

Is this the cause of the Kemmer references?

Is this the cause of the Kemmer references?
(shhhhhhhh)

I think someone just got outed.