When an official profile representing a business is banned, is it a ban on the business or the exact rep behind the account and how can this be determined?
A registered company is an entity, different from anyone representing the company. This means the company can be sued and can sue. But in the context of this forum, it's somehow complicated.
- Let's say a business has an account here which more than one person manages.
- If one of the persons managing the account caused the account to be banned, there's no way to determine whatever than to believe the business is banned.
- If the business returns and informs the forum that a new person is behind its management, there's no how the forum will know if it's true or not.
The best thing is to avoid being banned as a business. But if banned, come to meta and appeal rather than making another account. Unless you are willing to change your domain name and every other things related to the account.
Oh no! I was so feeling you but, I almost lost it even though, I could see value in what you’re presenting.
I don’t think it’s any complicated. In anyway, given that the entity is different from the persona, even though it happens that there is an individual behind the management of the business, banning of this individual shouldn’t affect the business. I mean, it might have some effect as to how users on the forum might perceive the business but not in the terms of a ban on the business.
That doesn’t mean, the business wouldn’t solve its problems. Of course if it comes with a problem under which ever name, the issue has to be solved.
Let’s not forget, a business could hire a known manager on the forum to help manage their operations, should the manager be banned, does it have anything to do with the business? Obviously not.
That’s how distinct a business could be from the person managing it.
