Differences                   (Rev #2    vs    Current):
You may be reading this FAQ entry if your acc       You may be reading this FAQ entry if your acc
ount has been banned from using the site. Nea       ount has been banned from using the site. Nea
rly every ban is because of content that has        rly every ban is because of content that has 
been posted that moderators consider does not       been posted that moderators consider does not
 abide by the site rules.<div><br /></div><di        abide by the site rules.<div><br /></div><di
v>Permanent account bans are a last resort? a       v>Permanent account bans are a last resort? a
fter warnings and temporary bans have been ig       fter warnings and temporary bans have been ig
nored. We may also ban accounts we strongly s       nored. We may also ban accounts we strongly s
uspect are duplicate or controlled by the sam       uspect are duplicate or controlled by the sam
e individual that been banned previously. Per       e individual that been banned previously. Per
manent bans can only be given after a randoml       manent bans can only be given after a randoml
y selected group of moderators agree? in the        y selected group of moderators agree? in the 
majority? that a ban is warranted.<div><br />       majority? that a ban is warranted.<div><br />
</div><div>Ignoring these: <a href="http       </div><div>Ignoring these: <a href="http
://www.dslreports.com/faq/648">http://www.dsl       ://www.dslreports.com/faq/648">http://www.dsl
reports.com/faq/648</a> guidelines on co       reports.com/faq/648</a> guidelines on co
mmunity conduct can result in banning.</div><       mmunity conduct can result in banning.</div><
/div><div><br /></div><div>Since permanent ba       /div><div><br /></div><div>Since permanent ba
ns are a last resort? they are rarely reverse       ns are a last resort? they are rarely reverse
d. If you believe a mistake has been made ple       d. If you believe a mistake has been made ple
ase use the site contact page.</div>             |  ase use the site contact page.</div><div><br 
                                                 >  /></div><div>If your IP is believed to be run
                                                 >  ning malicious software? for example to auto-
                                                 >  post spam or be running a bot? then it may al
                                                 >  so be banned.</div>