I feel the need to clarify one aspect of the running of SBAi following comments on the Biobees forum after Doris posted her defamatory and ridiculous conspiracy theory over there.
1) Like all similar internet fora we get attacked by spammers from time to time. Spammers who get through the safeguards get deleted, their posts cleared up, and their IP address banned. One forum hacker has also been banned. There are blocks of IP addresses banned because it appeared that some classes of IP address were regular sources of spam. This had affected a few regular users and prevented a couple of people signing up. Anyone affected by a failure to register or to log on to the forum is welcome to approach Admin for help. There is a 'Contact Us' link at the foot of most pages.
2) We had one member banned for being persistently unpleasant. Such activity disrupts the normal flow of the forum and puts people off contributing. This member, based in Scotland, had his ban lifted before its first anniversary recently.
3) There have been no other deliberate bannings, not one.
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