Check this out:
"Considering what went on in the chat room that was reported to us, the staff were more than within grounds to issue a chat ban. You should have also received a formal reminder about Rules 3, 5, and 9, but we can go over that in more depth now. The first time members break rules we start with reminders, because we don't expect people to actually
read the rules before they start using the site. After receiving a reminder, the next violation is a 0-point warning, and the one after that becomes a 1-point infraction. When members accrue 4 points of infractions, the forum software restricts their account. Restriction means you can't post anywhere on the forums or use the chatbox, and remains until a point expires. Make sense? I bring this up because I want you to understand that while I'm about to give you a big lecture about the rules, this is only the first offense. We'd like to work together to curtail future problems early on by helping you understand the rules better.
Let's start with the easy one, which is Rule 5:
5. Obscene Language and Adult/Violent Content
The public content areas of RF must maintain the equivalent of a PG-content rating. This means no profanity, sexually suggestive/explicit content (except in the Eros Room*), or violent/disturbing content. Automated filters catch most, but not all, profane language; members are responsible for ensuring their posts are profanity-free. Use of disturbing content may be acceptable if put in spoilers and it is relevant to the topic of discussion, but gratuitous content is never allowed and spoilered content is still subject to moderation.
*Sexually explicit content is allowed in the Eros Room (a private group/forum restricted to members 18 years or older), but nowhere else. Pornography and sexually extreme/vulgar content is never permitted, even in the Eros Room.
Posting a picture of yourself flicking someone off is not in keeping with Rule 5 for reasons that we hope are fairly obvious, as it's effectively profanity. It's also a form of trolling, which is covered by Rule 3:
3. Trolling and Bullying
Where Rule 1 covers personal attacks, Rule 3 governs other behaviors and content that can generally be described as being a jerk. Unacceptable behaviors and content include:
1) Content (whether words or images) that most people would find needlessly offensive, especially when such content is posted just to get a rise out of somebody and/or is not part of a reasoned argument.
2) Defamation, slander, or misrepresentation of a member's beliefs/arguments, or that of a particular group, culture, or religion. This includes altering the words of another member to change their meaning when using the quote feature.
3) Antagonism, bullying, or harassment - including but not limited to personal attacks, slander, and misrepresentation - of a member across multiple content areas of the forums. Repeatedly targeting or harassing members of particular groups will also be considered bullying.
There are other things you did in chat that were also not in keeping with Rule 3, beyond flicking someone off. Talking about consuming bodily waste products for the expressed purpose of putting "danger back into the chatrooms?" That's trolling. The entire conversation we had reported to us looked like a little more than "I want to trollz the chat box," which is why we'd also like to bring up Rule 9:
9. Subverting/Undermining the Forum Mission
The mission of Religious Forums is to provide a civil, informative, respectful, and welcoming environment where people of diverse beliefs can discuss, compare, and debate. Content members create while debating and discussing must be done in the spirit of productivity. Bashing other forums, creating unproductive content or responses to others, attempting to use this site as a platform for campaigning for or against or furthering a personal agenda, and attempting to undermine the forum mission may result in moderation.
The way we see it, your contributions to the chatroom had the expressed intent of deliberately undermining it - and undermining an atmosphere of civil, informative, and respectful discussion. We hope that you understand that this sort of behavior outlined above is not acceptable.
One last matter that is a bit more serious? We would also like you to explain the IP matches between your account and another one called "Aluminum Witch." Having more than one account on the forums is not allowed, especially when sock puppets are used to bypass moderation."
I'm banned for a week...