DML bans

[MurDuc]

Banned for this tar.



No points, warning, or explanation.

[Duc L'Smart]

Self-impose exile, 'cept I pop by once in awhile to see if we have any lost sheep   

& I had over 1800 posts, too... 

[PizzaMonster]

Self-impose exile, 'cept I pop by once in awhile to see if we have any lost sheep   

& I had over 1800 posts, too... 

But I can't get PM's to work in TOB.  Unless you have their email address how are you supposed to get those lost sheep back over here?   

[Ducatista]

But I can't get PM's to work in TOB.  Unless you have their email address how are you supposed to get those lost sheep back over here?   

Shoot PMs to people who haven't been banned, like me. 

[PizzaMonster]

Shoot PMs to people who haven't been banned, like me. 

Maybe I'm "half-banned" or something.  I don't even have a PM option anymore!

[Rev. Millertime]

I guess I got a little too "Marxist" for them.

[duc996]

With the way things are going here we don't have to plug this forum at the TOB,they will just ran out of forumers,this DMF is going to explode!In a good way 

[Randimus Maximus]

Maybe I'm "half-banned" or something.  I don't even have a PM option anymore!

I believe I got a point infraction for sending this url to another member in a pm.  WTF!

[MurDuc]

Yeap. Lucky you didn't get banned outright.

If you see a wandering sheep lost out in the cold over there your best(safest) bet is to shoot them a PM asking for their email. Say something innocent like "Hey need some input on an upcoming ride." or some such. Then shoot the link via email.

PM links will be stripped and you'll probably be banned.

[onederer]

i haven't been banned or anything. And don't plan on doing anything to get banned. I just don't visit there any more.
I may if any info that I need is not found here. which is not very likely.

This reminds of of when the split between i-club and NASIOC happened. I club made a new site and had a few "hardcore" members went over and posted up the address on NASIOC.  People applauded i-club for being less commercial and more like the old club. I-club has one third the population and one third the valuable information. And has since been sold and is chock full of ads. But, both serve their purposes.

I hope the DMF does well. And gets back to what the DML was.

[Norm]

I'm just a welder who can barely use a computer, but it seems like a poor way to increase your membership. I recognize some of the banned names & that alone make me wonder if I should even visit the DML site. I know Jeff H isn't in charge anymore, but I still have a great deal of respect for him & I would guess that he's as unhappy about all this as others. Maybe we'll see him over here or maybe he's just disgusted with the whole thing.

[ScottRNelson]

I'm just a welder who can barely use a computer, but it seems like a poor way to increase your membership. I recognize some of the banned names & that alone make me wonder if I should even visit the DML site.

Norm, I was checking in every day or two, but now I'll reduce that to maybe once a week.  I really can't stand to look at what they've done to the site, but people still send me PM's, because my signature says something about having left.  And I no longer receive notification of anything from that site.

Before I realized that putting ducatimonsterworldwide.org in a PM was not acceptable, I sent a few responses to people who asked.  What they received looked like ******************.org in the messages.  I've answered a few others indicating to add "worldwide" in front of the dot in the current web site name.  Who knows if you get minus points for doing that?

I've never been banned from a forum and don't intend to start now.  But The Old Board (TOB) is dead now as far as I'm concerned.

People who sell Ducati-related stuff, like you, and like the various Ducati dealers, probably need to keep visiting TOB and remain as friendly as possible there.  You'll have to make that decision.

[desmobloke]

I was Infractionated, then infractionated for asking why I was being Infractionated and, of course for mentioning this Forum... and that video but don't seem to have been banned yet.
I very much resent the fact that I was effectively barred until I reregistered, a slightly cynical way making me agree to a different (or a differentl interpreted) set of rules, not what I originally signed up for. It seems to me that the DML has simply evolved, market forces and business interests are at work. I know plenty of people who wouldn't like Walmart to move into their community but would probably still shop there. I'll be looking in from time to time.
Although the spirit is diminished.
As far as irritating those in charge is concerned it's what members of motorcycle clubs have always done, it's in the blood. Consternation to the establishment.

[NAKID]

From VS's website, this is a description of TOB:

Perhaps we're a bit too vibrant for them!   

That's the same description of the website that was up before the same IIRC...

[ryandalling]

I got demerits for "SPAM" which means I had the URL to this site in my signature. Then when I argued with them that the only way they could call that a real policy, was to delete all URL references to any site from the entire DML... they said I was being beligerent. I argued that they were enforing a "no compete" policy and not a SPAM policy. So... they banned me... although it says, "Banned till 5-18-2008"  I wonder why I only got a week and not a lifetime ban. Anyhow, I requested refund of my membership fee for them breaching my membership agreement and contract. We will see how that goes.