Is mylot justified banning its members without any prior warning?
@arvindneemuch (662)
India
May 27, 2007 11:53am CST
I am a part of other paid to sites as well, and this has come to my notice that many members - both old and new, haverecently been semi or fully banned from the site.
One of the member was right there at the top - he was in the top five posters of the site. Others were also there - one guy told me that he was abt to reach the minimum payout mark, and he was banned, and he felt cheated.
Now, mylot might have got its own valid reason to bann these memberess, but what i want is your opinion - how justified is mylot, or for that matter, any other site, to just bann a person, without any warning mails?
I think we should have some kind of format here - just abning someone woithout warning wont give a good name to the site.
In fact it seems that they have done a 'clearing' - they baned lot of members at one go - now that is like something not good - I am hearing some really bad news - this action has given a bad name to the site.
aS I said, they might have got their own reasons, but still, dont we expect a site of such a high reputaion and goodwill, to be sensitive,sensable, and also responsable wnough to atleast give some kind of warning - they might have send an alert that they generally send to all members.
Its sad that, beasue of this action, people are talking abt this site, the way tehy should not, and its a pity that it could had been easily avoided, had mylot shown a bit more profeesinalism - which its always known for...
your comments please.
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@sandwedge (1339)
• Malaysia
27 May 07
they are banned for a reason, whatever the reason maybe. MyLot pays you to post, you don't pay them. Its thier right to do as they see fit.
If it happens to me and I cannot figure out why i got banned, i'd just move on and find another forum to join. i do post in other non-earning forums too. the pay here is peanuts and the eranings only appeals to those with big different in currency exchange. the rest of us, well its a community and "earning" on the side may be good in a hundred years.
shoul;d the ban happens then move on.
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@arvindneemuch (662)
• India
27 May 07
well, thats what they have done - joined other forums , but this is not the point of this discussion. of course mylot has every right to do - banning included, what i am saying is that they ould make a wanring option in their mode of opration - this will avoid unnecessary confusion - dont u think its practical? i don t think thats too much of an ask - elementary i gues.. wh ?
@sandwedge (1339)
• Malaysia
28 May 07
you are right. at least the person should be given a chance to make good on what he did wrong, if htere is any.
@coolseeds (3919)
• United States
27 May 07
Don't use the site.
Usually when someone is doing something they shouldn't do, THEY KNOW what they are doing is wrong and should be banned without a warning.
As for the others that ban people instead of paying them... DON'T use the site.
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@arvindneemuch (662)
• India
27 May 07
Well what can u say abt a person who was banned - hes 76 years old and had posted like 15000 posts!
so what suddenly went wrong with him ? odnt u think that needs an explanation?
he told me to post a discussion so that he can know why sudenlty he was banned?
@arvindneemuch (662)
• India
27 May 07
he dont know why he was banned! Like i said - 76 years old,, odnt really expect him to act smart for 'extra money' do we?
n the problem is - no warning - i think the rule sghould be simplel , if anyone voilatees one send a mail, twice send a reminder mail thrice bann him - but the way mylot has done is quite ..u know ... i am sad that ppl r talking bad abt it .... n this could had been easily prevented with a bit of commen sense.
send warning mails - banning is fine, if someone voilates rule he should be banned but then let him aware of it also !how lonfg does it takle to end a male afterall? make an automatic redaymalde mail - m send it -simple.
n the site is getting a bad name outside beacuse they ignore it - this prima face sounds like they have become dicataors, n dont respect the members, which in fact makes this site success...
as i said, this all could have been easily avoided by some commen sense.
i hope they take this discussion seriously, n in future, make the 'warning mail' feature included in theior modus oprendus.
@nannacroc (4049)
•
27 May 07
i kow someone who was banned from another questiona and answer site with no clear explanation, she was eventually told, after a number of months, that she was banned for pretending to be a fish. I think all sites shouldgive clear warnings before cancelling any accounts and explain exactly which guidelines have been broken and how. It would alos be useful if they sent messages about why discussions are deleted.
@arvindneemuch (662)
• India
27 May 07
I know this man, he told me that he cant even send pvt msg to mylot, as his a/c is freezed, he was afraid not to make another a/c as they might permanetly bann his IP!
so npow ths old man - just think of him.. he sounds so innocent - he dont want to make a new a/c just because he thinks that they might bann his ip permanelty - right now hes able to login but not able to post , thats what he told me ...
its quite strange , isntt it - n hes not the only .. i have seen many ppl sudeenly commin i other forums n claming that their mylot a/c was freezed ... as i said, it looks like mylot has done a cleaning .... so it would had been a lot more better had they send them a warning msg prior to it .... what say?
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
27 May 07
How do we know that they were not warned? All we have is their word for the fact that they were not warned. It's possible that they were warned by private meaaga and they ignored the warnings. Now they want to complain and cause trouble for the site. Some people do not read the rules to begin with.
@arvindneemuch (662)
• India
27 May 07
I know a few that were not warned ... not all but a few i know for sure ...
as i said there was this old man - 76 years, top poster with over 15000 posts .. so dont expect him to lie ... he ws quite depressed that suddenly he cant post :(
@BunGirl (2638)
• United States
29 May 07
If there was indeed no warning at all, there would be a valid complaint. The truth though is that people who are banned from myLot are banned because they repeatedly break the rules. When you sign up for myLot it is your responsibility to familiarize yourself with the guidelines of this site. Those guidelines are in place for a reason. Those who choose to ignore them have taken the chance that they will be banned. They should accept the consequences and move on.
@BunGirl (2638)
• United States
31 May 07
The problem with that is that by the time myLot catches someone doing something wrong, they've usually done it many times over. If they give a warning, the person may do whatever it was another hundred times before they catch them again. In the case of plagiarism (not saying this was why your friend was banned but I know that's why a lot of people were) every time someone does that myLot COULD be sued for it. Why should they take that chance for people who can't follow simple rules?
Now, IMHO, they should send a message to the person and tell them why they're banned. And if the person can prove that they weren't doing whatever it is that myLot has accused them of, they should be reinstated. But a warning system would require myLot to have extra staff just to check up on those who have been warned -- and that would cost money, and we would probably no longer get paid.
@arvindneemuch (662)
• India
31 May 07
Nobody is questioning that my friend. If someone breaks rules then he should be punished for ure. What was the motive behind this discussion is that would not it be better if mylot gives the user a warning become banning him.
As i have already said, that mylot has done a routine ceaning, and hs banned hundreds of them in a row, now those ppl r not spreading good word abt mylot, as most of them r not even sure y they were suddenyl banned! Now this 'suddenly' thingy would not had been so shocking had they been give a waring mail before banning ... isn't that sensible? Thats all we are discsusing here - people unworthy should banned - but a warning mail prior to it would definately help. Wat say?
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