Out of curiosity, did PowerGlove ever mention if he was proxy banned for using a VPN or direct internet connection?
Both users were using privacy measures.
What is a proxy ban?
This:
When you register, the IP that you used when you submitted the registration form is used to calculate your evilness. The more frequently this IP or its neighbors were banned, the more evil is associated with your account. The amount of evil associated with an IP decays slowly over time, but the amount of evil associated with an account does not. You must pay or be manually whitelisted to enable posting on one of these "banned" accounts.
Is it that a member is accidentally getting banned because s/he appears to be some banned member or is it that such member is getting around their having had been banned because they are using a VPN or some other method of connecting to the forum?
Proxybans are meant for banned users who create new accounts, but it also hits users who use VPN or Tor.
If there is an accusation of wrong behavior or just information that such member is being "innocently" caught up in some wrong accusations, and surely PowerGlove is still active..
They're guilty of wanting privacy
I've always felt like the proxyban makes innocent victims, and at least
I can do something about it now. Voting them as Discovery of the Year is just the cherry on the cake
