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Cheap SEO Services banned?

Discussion in 'Support & Feedback' started by kkibak, Nov 30, 2006.

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    I have done some business with Cheap SEO Services in the past, and apparently the account has been banned. He sent me an IM asking me if I could check it out for him but I didn't see any related threads, so I was wondering if a mod could maybe mention why?

    Thanks
     
    kkibak, Nov 30, 2006 IP
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  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #2
    No, sorry... you would have to ask them. If they want to tell you, it's up to them.
     
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  3. kkibak

    kkibak Peon

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    Ah okay, well they are actually asking me why. Cheap SEO Services is instant messaging me right now on MSN asking me to try and find out how come the account is banned.
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #4
    Users are emailed when they receive an infraction giving details.
     
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    jaree Well-Known Member

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    I hope he will be back very soon. Great member of DP :)
     
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    gr8liverpoolfan Notable Member

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    Possibly due to accumulating infractions??
    He will be hopefully back soon :)
     
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    Shawn is powerless sometimes, what is this, a republican forum?
     
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  8. kkibak

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    He got an e-mail but he says he has no idea why he'd be banned for that reason.. I don't mean to get annoying being an intermediary here but he's really distraught over this. Anyway I guess there is nothing more for me to do here, except maybe you could tell me someone he can contact or something?
     
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    I just finished talking to him on msn and he says he had only 2 infractions when he got banned and that the ban ends march 31st unless revoked.

    WTF Moderators?

    Oh, and also the reason is unknown to him but it was sited as "system abuse."

    How the hell does Cheap SEO services abuse the system? Does he provide seo services at too low of a cost with too high of a quality for his customers?

    This is an abuse of authority and if it is a practical joke, no one is laughing.

    :( :( :( :(
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #11
    Well okay... apparently the user in question wants it to be a public topic, so here goes...

    User left a negative rep for this post (no biggie, people can leave rep for whatever they want). But then he decided to leave 6 negative reps for users of that thread with the note "And I thought I could stir up some shit ....phewww ......." (if you didn't read the post he left the first negative rep on, please go look at it). As far as I'm concerned that's "reputation system abuse" (which is what he was infracted for) since he was trying to provoke users to give someone he doesn't like negative rep by making them think it was that user that left it.

    Quite the abuse of authority I've invoked, eh?

    Here's a copy/paste of correspondence:

     
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  12. kkibak

    kkibak Peon

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    Whoa there, relax :) You sound like one of my customers from a dropshipping site! Yelling at the mods definitely won't help his case.
     
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    jaree Well-Known Member

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    IF my request counts i would request Shawn or Mods to let him back in asap he was a great member of the forum and i have never seen a useless post by him :eek:
     
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    kkibak Peon

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    Ouch.. I guess it probably is in your best interest to disclose details like this, that's some pretty attentive administration.

    Anyway is it a perm ban or a temporary one?
     
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    After shawn's explanation maybe I was over reacting, but I think rep point abuse is an infraction or 5 not an all out ban especially on such an outstanding member.
     
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    #16
    Seems like a temp ban till 31st March 2007..
     
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    Is it possible to set a proxy to any IP address? Cheap SEO firmly believes that he did not do this.

    I call for a member tribunal!
     
    math20, Nov 30, 2006 IP
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    jaree Well-Known Member

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    Thats pretty long ban and i know he rely on forums for his livelihood so i hope that Shawn will forgive it and revoke the ban asap :)
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #19
    I know people think we don't actually watch or manage things, but I'm guessing we see (and handle) more than other forums.

    He's welcome to come back when his infractions expire. It's not like I personally dislike him or anything... I just don't have time to sit down and ask people to "Please don't abuse our system." If they abuse it, then they will get an infraction for it... and I'm sure they will remember that they abused the system in that case more so than if we asked them to stop something which they clearly knew was wrong and abuse in the first place.
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    No, you can't set a proxy to any IP address.
     
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