Admin's Right

[Bossanova]

I'm sure we've all seen cases where the main admin (not co-admin, 2nd admin, etc) has banned users for whatever reason, and that user claiming "the admin had no right to ban me."

What users do not understand is, it's the admin's forum, he/she has the right to ban for any reason they choose, whether it be for being inactive, or for having the same first name.

Think of it this way, a forum is like a house, the owner has every right to do whatever he/she pleases, as long as it doesn't disrupt the TOS of their provider.

 

[Taz]

Great way of putting it out.

 

[Daria]

Great way of saying it. I have been to forums where the admin would just ban someone for trolling just once.

 

[master412160]

Then we could say admins who act like that are BAD admins and admins who respect everyones mind, opinon, and don't ban for no reason are GOOD admins.

Voila

 

[Bossanova]

Then we could say admins who act like that are BAD admins and admins who respect everyones mind, opinon, and don't ban for no reason are GOOD admins.

Voila

Not exactly. I've blocked a few people's usernames who I hate so they can't register. am I being a bad admin for refusing them membership? Admins are not bad admins for doing what they want with their forum.

 

[Bluezone777]

The great thing is they do indeed have the right to do whatever they want but we also as members have the right to fill your ad threads with comments about how terrible you are as an admin as well as not join your forum. I say it balances itself out quite well.

 

[Daria]

And then just cause a big scene which results in the topic being locked.. not such a smart idea really.

 

[Nebulous]

The great thing is they do indeed have the right to do whatever they want but we also as members have the right to fill your ad threads with comments about how terrible you are as an admin as well as not join your forum. I say it balances itself out quite well.

That is true to an extent.. Some forums have rules against bashing in advert threads. If the scorned member can word what they say in a constructive / non-insulting manner then it may hold up.

Anyways, yes the admin can do whatever they want but they should have some sort of ethics if they want their board to stay afloat.

 

[Icon]

Think of it this way, a forum is like a house, the owner has every right to do whatever he/she pleases, as long as it doesn't disrupt the TOS of their provider.

Well, a House is a private property, while a Forum is public and accessible by everybody in the internet. No one gets inside your House without your permission, while on Forums, everyone and anyone can get inside / register and stay if they want to. So, if you're the owner of a Forum, you do have the rights to Ban anyone for any reason, but banning, warning or infracting someone if they're not breaking any Forum rules then it's not fair / not the right thing to do, while on Houses, if you're the owner, and if a Stranger gets in without your permission, you have the rights to tell them to get out and telling a stranger to get out of your house is the right thing to do... So, there are huge differences between a Forum and a House XD;

So, if you want a Good, Friendly and Successful Forum, don't do the wrong things (e.g. Don't infract, warn, or ban Members if they are not breaking the rules, / don't ban, infract, warn Members just because you want to) If you don't like what your Members are doing, then just send them a nice PM and explain it to them, they should understand. As a webmaster you should know what's the right thing and what's the wrong thing.

:great:

 

[David]

Don't expect to get far if you feel this is the way to go about things. Like theezy said, they should have some sort of ethics and if they don't, you've given yourself a bad name, especially if that person is known on other forums which are of similar niches.

 

[Black Angel]

Think of it this way, a forum is like a house, the owner has every right to do whatever he/she pleases, as long as it doesn't disrupt the TOS of their provider.

Actually, owning a forum is like owning a restaurant. The owner reserves the right to refuse service to anyone, just as long as it is within the boundaries of the law.

Anyway, while that is true, the members also reserve the right to state their opinion of your site to anyone they feel. Like with a restaurant, if you don't have a good reputation, then you don't stand a chance. Your members can leave a bad review about your forum like a food critic can with a restaurant. Eventually, you are going to piss off the wrong person.

A good restaurant (forum) owner knows that their best asset is, and always will be his/her customers (members), and the best form of getting business (activity) is with happy customers. Your customers will sing your praises to others when they are happy just as much as they will curse your name when you piss them off. Word of mouth can hurt you just as much as it can help you.

A good owner knows this, and that is all the more reason that he/she won't be so quick to act like a putz toward the customers. So while, it is your forum, and you can do whatever you like, it is your members who hold your success or failure in their hands, and without them, your forum won't mean a thing, and by having this attitude all you are doing is making the good admins look better, and adding to their forum's success.

 

[Daria]

There's already alot of forums that have corrupt moderators, admins, etc and are successful. It's probably because it's based off of a popular anime and manga.. LOL

 

[Bluezone777]

The great thing is they do indeed have the right to do whatever they want but we also as members have the right to fill your ad threads with comments about how terrible you are as an admin as well as not join your forum. I say it balances itself out quite well.

That is true to an extent.. Some forums have rules against bashing in advert threads. If the scorned member can word what they say in a constructive / non-insulting manner then it may hold up.

Anyways, yes the admin can do whatever they want but they should have some sort of ethics if they want their board to stay afloat.

No matter how you write it, the board owner will try to make a big scene and act offended so he can get you punished and the negative feedback/constructive criticism removed but I would say aim for constructive and non insulting though as I wasn't suggesting anything else. 😛

 

[Lee Lawson]

Admin's have a right to do anything which happens on their forum. Let's take Anthony who recently bought but closed down 48 hours later, he banned Birdy's site for believing to have pornography/rude material on her site and we all disagreed with that but at the end of the day Nathan would have let her advertise but it was Anthony's site now not Nathan's and he had a right to do anything like placing the eBay ads and header ads which caused everything to die and everyone to leave.
Personally we are lucky to have party-boy Fergal as owner, he hasn't yet made one mistake unless you all still moan about Frog Host banner.
I feel admin's should have a serious but nice funny side to them, if a user troll's to much then he has a right to do anything he feels but I would talk it through, now I am going to stop before I confuse you all.

Good way to put it Grevious.

 

[Taz]

I believe most admins are way to serious and have no fun.

 

[Shahrier]

I believe most admins are way to serious and have no fun.

Well you would know what it's like if you were behind the bars. I still like being humorous when chatting with my members but I'm serious about all the work, dedication and keeping the forum up to standards. This is what makes a forum good.

 

[Taz]

yeah with the work you are serious but with members you have to be a bit more nice and give them chances.

 

[Daria]

I hate admins who are all srs bsn as well. They should learn to respect others. I've left one forum recently because of an admin being an ass towards ne

 

[Lee Lawson]

To all that are saying you hate serious admin's, would you like the best for your community? I definitely know I can be very serious in situations even if we are debating about adding a cash system, I will do what I think is correct for my community and I am sure those admin's do to. If you want an all fun, bouncy, don't care about this admin them why not create a community and you be that, we are all different and do things differently.

 

[David]

To all that are saying you hate serious admin's, would you like the best for your community? I definitely know I can be very serious in situations even if we are debating about adding a cash system, I will do what I think is correct for my community and I am sure those admin's do to. If you want an all fun, bouncy, don't care about this admin them why not create a community and you be that, we are all different and do things differently.

Serious could have different meanings and I think you interpreted it differently. Some could interpret it as "ban and infraction happy" and others would interpret it as "professional and uptight".