Re: MIXUM has been suspended
For the record, Mixum is suspended for 7 days, not permanently banned. As of yet.
The 7 day suspension was done so we have a reasonable amount of time to both cool off and to ponder what to do going forward. We let you know about it immediately, and all of the staff who've posted in this thread, including myself, have been completely open about it.
There are a few points people have raised in this thread that I should address.
We are a community, and S2 is here to facilitate that. When ABM goes and scores a meet and greet with the Blazers' GM or you all get together a team for a 3-man hoops tournament, I personally feel that the site has accomplished its ultimate goal.
To that end, many of us know one another in person and people say things (mostly) to one another in posts that are playful, not intended to dig at someone else, inside jokes, and the like. I have no desire to see that squashed.
None of Mixum's past activities had anything to do with the suspension. It was for his posts last night, and to prevent any sort of e-drama type escalation that was sure to follow. I'm not entirely disagreeing with what Ed O wrote. His past activities will determine how long or short (it could be less than 7 days, we have that power!) his suspension or ban will be.
Any decision to ban anyone in this forum will almost never be my own. I've banned maybe 2 posters since you all signed up here, and by request of staff members or the poster himself. One being BenDavis503 for repeated racist remarks and the other papaG at his own request (he wanted his account closed, banning him effectively closed it).
If this place were governed by the 1st amendment, some speech would not be allowed. Shouting fire in a crowded theater and all that. Making threats against the president. Or speech that is considered criminal assault.