Allow me to preface this with a bit of philosophy. We welcome all perspectives here (well, almost all, actual Nazi's, Stalinists, and Maoists need not show their faces here). However every user, regardless of their perspective, is bound by our rules, both the civility rules and the Terms of Service. It has always been my policy to err on the side of a light hand in enforcement of these rules, but they do exist, and they are expected to be followed.
These rules apply both to regular forum posts, private messages, and to user profile posts.
When a user chooses to violate the Terms of Service, the remedy is to remove them from the service on either a permanent or temporary basis. This is never something that is done lightly, nor something that is done without consultation amongst the staff.
At this point, the user @Lord Invictus has violated the Terms of Service, specifically TOS 3h, 3i, and 3j both on his user profile and in private messages to members of staff.
Members of staff have attempted to engage with @Lord Invictus in the course of these PMs, only to be met with extreme hostility, accusations of bad faith, abuse, calumny, and now the posting of screenshots about business negotiations taken out of context and in bad faith.
This cannot be and will not be tolerated.
At this time the following has been agreed to. @Lord Invictus shall be temporarily banned from this forum for 2 months, moreover he shall be permanently banned from making use of the private messaging function due to his continuing serious abuse.
He has not been disciplined for his opinions or his public posts in the regular forums. If he had simply confined himself to the conduct he engaged in in those posts this announcement would be wholly unnecessary, as they did not violate any of our civility rules.
The text of the relevant sections of the Terms of Service are as follows.
h. Incitement of communal tension.
--- This does not mean posting controversial material or having strong opinions at odds with the rest of the forum denizens. What this specifically means in this case is malicious conduct with the sole goal of creating discord and tension.
i. Threats, harassment, and doxing of any member, for any reason.
--- This is also one of the civility rules, showing how seriously we take this. Bombarding staff with repeated PMs, ignoring their responses in favor of simply repeating your initial PM, demanding privileged and private information from staff, constant accusations of bad faith, etc
j. Any material that disrupts the operation of the service or causes negative market feedback for Belter Alliance Media LLC.
--- The catalyst for this eruption is, in the opinion of staff, a desire to disrupt the ownership transfer between @Zoe and myself in the belief that it was in some way corrupt. This is prima facie an attempt to interfere and disrupt the operation of the service, of Belter Alliance Media LLC, and the ownership teams in question.
These rules apply both to regular forum posts, private messages, and to user profile posts.
When a user chooses to violate the Terms of Service, the remedy is to remove them from the service on either a permanent or temporary basis. This is never something that is done lightly, nor something that is done without consultation amongst the staff.
At this point, the user @Lord Invictus has violated the Terms of Service, specifically TOS 3h, 3i, and 3j both on his user profile and in private messages to members of staff.
Members of staff have attempted to engage with @Lord Invictus in the course of these PMs, only to be met with extreme hostility, accusations of bad faith, abuse, calumny, and now the posting of screenshots about business negotiations taken out of context and in bad faith.
This cannot be and will not be tolerated.
At this time the following has been agreed to. @Lord Invictus shall be temporarily banned from this forum for 2 months, moreover he shall be permanently banned from making use of the private messaging function due to his continuing serious abuse.
He has not been disciplined for his opinions or his public posts in the regular forums. If he had simply confined himself to the conduct he engaged in in those posts this announcement would be wholly unnecessary, as they did not violate any of our civility rules.
The text of the relevant sections of the Terms of Service are as follows.
h. Incitement of communal tension.
--- This does not mean posting controversial material or having strong opinions at odds with the rest of the forum denizens. What this specifically means in this case is malicious conduct with the sole goal of creating discord and tension.
i. Threats, harassment, and doxing of any member, for any reason.
--- This is also one of the civility rules, showing how seriously we take this. Bombarding staff with repeated PMs, ignoring their responses in favor of simply repeating your initial PM, demanding privileged and private information from staff, constant accusations of bad faith, etc
j. Any material that disrupts the operation of the service or causes negative market feedback for Belter Alliance Media LLC.
--- The catalyst for this eruption is, in the opinion of staff, a desire to disrupt the ownership transfer between @Zoe and myself in the belief that it was in some way corrupt. This is prima facie an attempt to interfere and disrupt the operation of the service, of Belter Alliance Media LLC, and the ownership teams in question.