Ban message
 

This morning I logged in to this:

You have been banned for the following reason:
No reason was specified.

Date the ban will be lifted: Never


This came as quite a surprise, and I sent feedback to the mods asking for a reason, but it seems like everyone was getting this message for a bit instead of the message that the site was down for maintenance.

Just want to let you know, in case the maintenance message and the permaban message have gotten crossed up somehow.

It was a temporary software glitch. Many people mistakenly got this message.

The problem should be resolved now.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Thanks
 

Phew, glad it wasn’t just me :) Thanks for clarifying

Lol. I'm coming up to my 22nd year on here. I'd have hated to be banned for something I don't remember doing🤣

Lol!
 

I knew that it was BS when it told me before I could even enter my login. Lol

I tried just accessing the site incognito VPN'd in different locations, but the same exact message, which made me think "damn, they came for VEF, PZ, etc and now this one too?!" Phew!

I’ve never been found innocent of anything I wasn’t guilty of… except this time I couldn’t remember what I did. This got me worried.

bann
 

i thought same.....after 18 years...i was really shocked...

I just received this same message, fwiw

Same here
 

After 21 years, I had a OMG moment. :D Still showing my IP as banned. I'm able to get in via VPN.

I was wondering what I did! lolol