At least here on this forum we are free to talk about being wrongly banned from another forum.And have freedom of speech within reason.
When I posted about my ban from Seven Forums on Neowin Forums. They changed my thread from public view to private view. Which means that only members of Neowin forums could view it. And they and I had to log in to read it. And it was not visible on the web or in the search engines,like Google.And I got a few replies. But then a moderator came along and locked the thread.Telling me it was against the rules on Neowin forums to talk about being banned from other forums.And that my thread was locked, and also under review as it is against their rules. And that's the moderators were locking the thread.And they did do.
So on Neowin forums,if you have been banned from another forum,even if wrongly banned or treated badly on another forum. And you post about it,it is against the rules. And your thread will be re-set from public view to private view,locked and even deleted.
Which is ridicules. And I was and still am,very upset and angry about this. As what is so different about my story about being wrongly banned from Seven Forums for doing absolutely NOTHING wrong. That would made a forum change my thread from public view to private view on the web.And then lock it.
And as the moderators on Neowin forums had already made sure that nobody on the web could read my thread. By changing it to private view. Even though a few hours earlier Google had already indexed it. But now when you clicked on the web link you got a message saying you had to log into Neowin to see the page. So my thread had disappeared from the web anyway. So locking the thread was pointless.
But Neowin forums are very strict. And that's what they will do if you post about being treated badly on other forums or being wrongly banned from another forum.
They make out they are not but they are. And also a lot of posts get deleted on Neowin forums. If you write a post that they think is off topic or they don't like. A moderator will come along and delete it.
The other day I posted on a thread about IE10 on Neowin forums and I said I will never install IE9.
And my words I wrote was-" Ask me when I am going to install IE9 or IE10 on Windows 7? The answer is NEVER." Nothing offensive about that. But a moderator deleted that post. But that was all I said.
And also I wrote a really good tutorial on a thread that I had started myself on how to avoid the July 2012 update to Windows Live Essentials 2011 on Windows 7. And stay with WLE 2009. But it was spoiled by several stupid comments from other members of Neowin forums,saying things about me,that were nothing to do with the topic. And a moderator locked my thread.
See here-
http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1...1-version/page__pid__595045315#entry595045315
There has been a lot of posts on the web from Windows users who are not happy with the forced update by Microsoft from WLE 2009 version to WLE 2011 version. And many threads about it on others sites from other people,not just me.
And 2 nights ago another member started another thread about it on Neowin forums. And I replied on that thread. And the moderators locked that thread as well. See here-
http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1...9-to-2011/page__pid__594947827#entry594947827
So I can't help wondering if Neowin forum are locking the threads because of me. There is such a thing called read the signs. And sometimes if you are not welcome on a forum.They can make life uncomfortable for you by locking your threads or any thread that you post on and other things. And locking the thread is a way of saying you're not welcome.
Neowin forums are becoming a real pain in the neck.I am just giving you an example of some other forums. Andrea Borman.