To ban or not to ban

The guy is fed up of dealing with NUMPTIES who will not read the guidelines before submitting. If these NUMPTIES happen to come from one area, and it is affecting his ability to do his job then of course there is reason there. Isn't there?

<ADDED> I have banned any registrations at some of my sites from email addresses that end in .ru the reason being that most of the crap was from there. Now I know there are some nice romanians, but as most of them were causing me probs, I banned them.

 

Excuse me?

 

I am certainly not being racist

i live in area with a high indian population and have a lot of very good friends

it is just the ones in india submitting sites time and time again with out reading the guidlines

 

No one said you were.

 

It was a joke based on your non commital answer with a bit of 80's nostalgia thrown in. Sometimes I post just to make myself laugh realizing no one else will.

I think it is only Pedro that implied that. I didn't think you had any racist undertone in your first message. Anyway, if a WASP guy living in India tried to visit your site after the ban he would be banned too so there is no race even involved.

I made mine paid because poor people are free loading spammers

 

Hey hey could you please stop implying that I was implying anything?

 

So when you said "This is distasteful", were you actually eating a Chalupa and the computer read your mind and posted it?

 

mmmm Kebabs

 

I still think it's distasteful. Any sort of generalization always leaves a bad taste in the mouth. But I must admit, it is sometimes necessary. gladly I have never had to do this in my own business.

 

Keep the friggin politics out of the forum!!!!!!!!!!

The question is whether or not to ban people who cannot read or wish not to abide the rules. Nothing else...

 

I think banning a particular IP is probably the best option. That way the legitimate sites can still get through. Also: it's probably a good idea to unblock them in a year to see whether something has changed. It's very likely that as the economy of India gets better, there will be less spammer-type submissions from there.

 

I think YOU should ban all of India. I wouldn't though.

 

and any firm reason for that?

 

I am interested in that reasoning as well..

As for the banning thing - its ur directory so your choice

 

Hypocrit

You need to have a spine....take a stance and then be firm and stand behind what you speak (type)

 

Iam just laughing at the poll results and the poll starters options.
Its something like Yes/No, iam sure the results would have been reversed it it would have been a public poll.

 

I have a spine.

I wouldn't ban an entire country. It's stupid. He can, because he runs a competing directory. LOL

 

ahh now I see youre being evil lol,,,,,,good move then

My misunderstanding

 

Better late than never, I always say

There's more and more SEO companies in India that have money. The more clients they get, the more they'll buy links.

No need to ban an ENTIRE nation of people based on the actions of a few bad apples.

 

Agreed. Thats a mature and sensible way of looking at things