Novacane
Registered User
Since we're on the topic of bans and whatnot, what do infraction points actually do? I got infracted a month or two ago for telling an offensive joke in the "Tell a joke" thread in the lounge (OP was in 2008, and thread was full of racist/sexist/dead baby jokes that were never deleted). Do they escalate if you get a certain number within a certain timeframe?
From FAQ:
There are 10 predefined infractions that expire in 30 days and 3 Levels of punishment that incrementally disable privileges. Warnings are the same as infractions but carry no point penalty.
Spam, Ads, Off Topic, Thread Hijacking (5) Warez (5) Flaming (5) Copyright Abuse (5) Trolling (5) Offensive (5) User Title, Avatar, Sig, Location (5) Libel (5) Disclosure of Private Information (5) Moderator Abuse (5) Ethnic/Racial/Gender Slurs (5) Misc. listed in Site Rules (5)
The following penalties are triggered by the point total in parentheses:
Level 1 (10 points) = the following are disabled: search, poll posting, avatar, attachments, email to a friend, profile editing, invisibility, signature, username changes, vbookie privileges, and post editing. The PM quota is reduced to 10
Level 2 (15 points) = Level 1 + complete loss of PM + ability to start new threads.