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Thread ID: 117187 2011-04-06 12:45:00 Interesting vBulletin discovery bot (15449) PC World Chat
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1192470 2011-04-06 12:45:00 If you put 'Banned' in your user title, it changes to '******'
Try it...

An example here:
pressf1.pcworld.co.nz
bot (15449)
1192471 2011-04-06 19:56:00 Coz we had some clever people pretending we had banned them for no reason when we hadn't ;-)

:pf1mobmini:
Chilling_Silence (9)
1192472 2011-04-06 20:26:00 Cheeky sods The Error Guy (14052)
1192473 2011-04-06 22:37:00 What happened to Ice Road Trucker anyway? He just disappeared :stare: pcuser42 (130)
1192474 2011-04-06 23:21:00 Caught in the thaw. R2x1 (4628)
1192475 2011-04-06 23:52:00 Coz we had some clever people pretending we had banned them for no reason when we hadn't ;-)

:pf1mobmini:

If they want to pretend they are banned then they can't post either, if they post, it's obvious they are not banned. Either way the problem solves itself, doesn't it?
Agent_24 (57)
1192476 2011-04-07 00:56:00 No coz they'd wind somebody up, then change their status and just lurk, then make us look like we've been overly strict and have double standards or something along those lines... I can't remember, it was a long time ago :p Chilling_Silence (9)
1192477 2011-04-07 01:05:00 I'm Banned - or not :)

Haha - sorry Chill, I always have to take these things as a bit of a challenge! LOL
bevy121 (117)
1192478 2011-04-07 01:08:00 No coz they'd wind somebody up, then change their status and just lurk, then make us look like we've been overly strict and have double standards or something along those lines... I can't remember, it was a long time ago :p

Lets face it Chill, somebody is so easy to wind up
plod (107)
1192479 2011-04-07 01:10:00 :lol:

well pretending to be banned should be a bannable offense then :D
Agent_24 (57)
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